Gee, In CA I guess by calling them by three different name you could
actually install three sets of after-market lamps. Thata should light up
the road :>)
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From: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
Reply-To: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
To: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fog lights
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:29:41 -0700
John F Sandhoff wrote:
> [snip] can you turn off the
> headlights without turning off the fog lamps?[snip]
>
In California, at least, you won't want to - it's illegal to drive with
auxiliary lights
(fog or driving lamps) on if your headlamps aren't on, in fact, driving
lamps are only
allowed to be used in conjunction with high beam. To quote the Vehicle Code:
"24402. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two
auxiliary driving
lamps
mounted on the front at a height of not less than 16 inches nor
more than 42
inches. Driving lamps
are lamps designed for supplementing the upper beam from
headlamps and may not
be lighted with
the lower beam.
(b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two
auxiliary
passing lamps mounted
on the front at a height of not less than 24 inches nor more
than 42 inches.
Passing lamps are lamps
designed for supplementing the lower beam from headlamps and may
also be
lighted with the
upper beam.
24403. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two foglamps
which may be
used with, but shall not be used in substitution of, headlamps.
Fog lamps shall
be mounted on the
front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30
inches and so
aimed that when the
vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the
light to the
left of the center of the
vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than
a level of
four inches below the level
of the center of the lamp from which it comes. "
If the auxiliary lamps you install on your Roadster can or will be used when
low beams are
on, call them passing lamps, I guess. I couldn't find a set of definitions
of what
constitutes an auxiliary driving lamp, a passing lamp or a fog lamp.
Gary McCormick
San José, CA
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