Off Road Lights inCalifornia
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Off Road Lights inCalifornia
Do California Cops really enforce having a cover? I have the rock/branch guard on my slimlights so another cover would not fit over it.
V C Section 24411 Auxiliary Lamps Off Highway Use
24411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may be equipped with not more than eight lamps
for use as headlamps while the vehicle is operated or driven off the highway. The lamps shall be mounted at
a height of not less than 16 inches from the ground, or more than 12 inches above the top of the passenger
compartment, at any place between the front of the vehicle and a line lying on a point 40 inches to the rear of
the seat occupied by the driver, shall be wired independently of all other lighting circuits, and, whenever the
vehicle is operated or driven upon a highway, shall be covered or hooded with an opaque hood or cover, and
turned off.
Amended Ch. 149, Stats. 1986. Effective January 1, 1987
V C Section 24411 Auxiliary Lamps Off Highway Use
24411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may be equipped with not more than eight lamps
for use as headlamps while the vehicle is operated or driven off the highway. The lamps shall be mounted at
a height of not less than 16 inches from the ground, or more than 12 inches above the top of the passenger
compartment, at any place between the front of the vehicle and a line lying on a point 40 inches to the rear of
the seat occupied by the driver, shall be wired independently of all other lighting circuits, and, whenever the
vehicle is operated or driven upon a highway, shall be covered or hooded with an opaque hood or cover, and
turned off.
Amended Ch. 149, Stats. 1986. Effective January 1, 1987
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Do California Cops really enforce having a cover? I have the rock/branch guard on my slimlights so another cover would not fit over it.
V C Section 24411 Auxiliary Lamps Off Highway Use
24411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may be equipped with not more than eight lamps
for use as headlamps while the vehicle is operated or driven off the highway. The lamps shall be mounted at
a height of not less than 16 inches from the ground, or more than 12 inches above the top of the passenger
compartment, at any place between the front of the vehicle and a line lying on a point 40 inches to the rear of
the seat occupied by the driver, shall be wired independently of all other lighting circuits, and, whenever the
vehicle is operated or driven upon a highway, shall be covered or hooded with an opaque hood or cover, and
turned off.
Amended Ch. 149, Stats. 1986. Effective January 1, 1987
V C Section 24411 Auxiliary Lamps Off Highway Use
24411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may be equipped with not more than eight lamps
for use as headlamps while the vehicle is operated or driven off the highway. The lamps shall be mounted at
a height of not less than 16 inches from the ground, or more than 12 inches above the top of the passenger
compartment, at any place between the front of the vehicle and a line lying on a point 40 inches to the rear of
the seat occupied by the driver, shall be wired independently of all other lighting circuits, and, whenever the
vehicle is operated or driven upon a highway, shall be covered or hooded with an opaque hood or cover, and
turned off.
Amended Ch. 149, Stats. 1986. Effective January 1, 1987
