In a message dated 9/9/99 8:13:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu writes:
<< In most states it is illegal to have driving lights on at the same time
as the high beams. I know this is true in the states I have lived in
anyway. >>
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Not in the state you live in now! See section I.1 below. Here are most of
the pertinent parts of the PA Code. I left out the parts about snowplow
lights:
(l) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps and fog
lamps may be installed on a passenger vehicle or light truck if the lamps
comply with the following:
(1) Auxiliary driving lamps shall not be substituted for headlamps.
Auxiliary driving lamps may only be used with high headlamp beams.
(2) Fog lamps may not be substituted for headlamps.
(3) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be mounted on the front,
spaced at least 20 inches apart from center to center and at height not more
than 42 inches above level surface upon which the vehicle stands nor lower
than the lowest chassis part. Rear fog lamps, if originally installed or
offered as optional equipment, are acceptable.
(4) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be aimed when the vehicle
and lamp assembly are in the straight ahead position with the beam not above
horizontal centerline of lamp at 25 feet.
(5) A vehicle specified under this subchapter may have only one pair of
approved auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps.
(6) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall not be placed in front of
a required lamp.
(9) In accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. § 4303(f) (relating to general
lighting requirements), roof or roll bar mounted off-road lights may be
installed if they are not used on a highway or trafficway and are covered
with an opaque covering at all times while operating on the highway or
trafficway. Vehicles equipped with roof or roll bar mounted off-road lights
shall have a switch that indicates to the driver, through the use of a pilot
light, that the lights are on when so switched.
(m) Antique vehicle lighting exemption. An antique vehicle, if operated
exclusively between the hours of sunrise to sunset and not during periods of
reduced visibility or insufficient illumination, is exempt from requirements
of this section except requirements pertaining to stop lamps.
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'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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