I was just pulled over tonight and the officer told me it is illlegal to have your foglights on when there is no fog. Than he tried to tell me yellow fogs are illegal and Lexus don't come with yellow fogs. I just think he was bored and hoping I had a warrant or something. Do anyone of you cali guys know if the foglights being on when there is no fog is illegal?

 

i drive with my fog lights all day and i have 6000k hids in them. never got hassled about that before.

 

bull crap! did you get a ticket?

 

My parents have a Grand Am and the fog lights are on all the time, they cant be turned off... However, I just did a quick google and it seems that that same question has been asked MANY times... so there must be precedence... (but as you said probably just a bored cop!)

 

i believe in the CA vehicle code, the tinting of light only refers to the front headlights and taillights, but as far as the foglights- ive never heard of anyone saying they cant have yellows on it. definitely a bored cop. just take it to court and they should be able to dismiss it, unless the cop has a thing for cosmetic mods on a car.

 

lol I beam my headlights and foglights both with 5K hids on 24/7...... no harassment.

Dara

 

yea thats a stupid ticket. show him how most lexus vehicles come with yellow fogs, ex oem hid equipped gs300's all is300 and other cars came with yellow fogs.

 

A bored cop with antics!

 

back in my high school days (17-19 years ago) we used to get pulled over in CA all the time for having fogs on...I never knew if it was a law or not but we would always get warnings. Lexus does have factory yellow fogs...look at the IS300's

 

You know, the more I read about this it makes me think... (the yellow) Ive heard of a few cars in the past being made differently [in california] (or certain options not available) due to our crappy laws, could it be possible that the yellow fogs werent allowed/made in cars available in cali?

 

go to ur library and see if u can get a copy of the motor vehicle book. thats the best way i can think of to see whats legal and whats not legal in Cali.

up here in BC, the rules state,yes, fog lights are permissible when there is fog, or anything that may make driving conditions not favorable, such as rain, snow. they can be yellow or white. no more than 5 lights (including headlights) are allowed on at any given time, thus when u turn on the high beams, the fogs turn off.

has this law been practiced by the cops? depends where you are, if the city is lacking funding for law enforcement and if the cop really cares enough about it.

 

fog lamps can be white or yellow. read below.....vehicle code 25950 section 2

Color of Lamps and Reflectors
25950. This section applies to the color of lamps and to any reflector exhibiting or reflecting perceptible light of 0.05 candela or more per foot-candle of incident illumination. Unless provided otherwise, the color of lamps and reflectors upon a vehicle shall be as follows:
(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow, except as follows:

(1) Rear side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show red to the front.

(2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the color spectrum from white to yellow.

(3) An illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall emit radiation predominantly in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Any incidental visible light projecting to the front of the vehicle shall be predominantly yellow to white. Any incidental visible light projecting to the rear of the vehicle shall be predominantly red. Any incidental visible light from an illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall not resemble any other required or permitted lighting device or official traffic control device.

(b) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from the rear of a vehicle, shall be red except as follows:

(1) Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979, may show yellow to the rear.

(2) Turn signal lamps may show yellow to the rear.

(3) Front side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show yellow to the rear.

(4) Backup lamps shall show white to the rear.

(5) The rearward facing portion of a front-mounted double-faced turn signal lamp may show amber to the rear while the headlamps or parking lamps are lighted, if the intensity of the light emitted is not greater than the parking lamps and the turn signal function is not impaired.

(6) A reflector meeting the requirements of and installed in accordance with Section 24611 shall be red or white, or both.

(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color. Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are visible to the rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1974.

 

You should get the cops badge number or something and report him to his Sup.... If he doesnt know that law and his breaking your ***** you should bust his ***** for being a dumb ***

 

Which city did you get pulled over at?

 

yeah do this!

except watch out cuz after he's gonna have a vendetta.