Thread: Blinded by the light

Originally Posted by Turtle61

(3) However, unless subrule (4) applies, a vehicle must not display:
...
(i) shows a red light to the front; or
(ii) shows a white light to the rear;

Hmm, they had better not look at some road/railway vehicles, e.g Speno (HiRail) cars.

Ron

the only place i have seen them is genuine mopar parts (jeep) as they are factory fitment to jeep cherokee renegades

Police cars and trucks, ambulance and fire vehicles, all have roof mounted lighting arrays - so how's their read on ADRs?

And some have strobes - which are very sus!

GQ

Originally Posted by Quiggers

Police cars and trucks, ambulance and fire vehicles, all have roof mounted lighting arrays - so how's their read on ADRs?

And some have strobes - which are very sus!

GQ

They fall into the 'exempt vehicles' category - those than CAN have flashing lights in other colours than amber, sirens and other mods...

There is provisions for search/work lamps, but they cannot (normally) face the front and must be switched on independently of any other lights - I think they cannot be switched on from a 'normal' driving position.

I am trying to get some more info/rules from RTA based on ADR13/00 which deals with driving lights and according to para 7.3 - DRIVING LIGHTS there is no restriciton on position other than they have to face front... so basically you could mount driving lights on the roof. We'll see what they say. Might be worth while to get that sort of info on paper (or email) from each state's and territory's authority... not sure if the Swiss Canton of Geneva has anything like that but you never know - but I am not going to ask - simply don't care and the only Landy I have here is my moutain bike - probably the most ecologically friendly one - not counting the methane produced after a cheese fondue

So, following your cheese fondue treatise on the subject, Turtle, we all need to acquire an "exempt vehicle" ticket.


That sounds pretty cool!


Seriously tho', part of your research explains why we have huge spotties pointed backwards on the rooves (roofs?) of Hilux ute/trayback thingies..

Yup, they like to go shootin' stuff 'round here.

GQ

Try these....

I wonder how LR got away with this regulation when the Tomb Raider Defender was sold here with 4 roof rack mounted driving lights.

I wouldn't mind fitting 2 or 4 lights to my roof rack. It's a 3/4 length rack & it's fitted towards the rear. I wouldn't have a glare on the bonnet or windscreen issue.

Cant glare can be fixed with a simple reflector or light defuser (whats the problem)