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FlaFFy_91

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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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15th Feb 09 at 22:22

For having blue side lights???

He sed it clearly states in the highway code that light have to be White in colour
Well I've checked the highway code and it doesn't say that anywhere

He also started not picking at my car and claims that my wheels re illigal as I don't have 2 inches on travel between my tyrea and my arches.

Anybody know anything bout the law??
Can any body yell me wether he is correct about these things ??

Thanks guys

Ps if I have any spelling mistakes please excuse them as I am using my itouch and I'm realy not good with the whole touch key pad.

K2 GTi

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Registered: 21st Oct 04
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15th Feb 09 at 22:24

you can't have blue sidelights and think its legal?

Colin

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15th Feb 09 at 22:24

Any blue lights is a no no

=] Colin

BarnshaW

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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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15th Feb 09 at 22:25

just put white ones on and you will have done the following:

- Look less of a chav
- not get pulled by the police
- look less of a chav

mart08uk

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15th Feb 09 at 22:25

quote:
Originally posted by FlaFFy_91
For having blue side lights???

He sed it clearly states in the highway code that light have to be White in colour

but standard side reps are orange... on my old corsa...

FlaFFy_91

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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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15th Feb 09 at 22:26

Ok I get it the lights are a no go

More interested in what he sed bout the wheels

Firestate88

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Registered: 10th Jul 08
Location: Northampton England
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15th Feb 09 at 22:27

can only have orange sidelights full stop

and theres no law about how much travel must be between tyres and arches
otherwise standard sports cars are fucked because i know that vx220 doesnt have that much travel

CorsAsh

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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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15th Feb 09 at 22:27

No, not side repeaters, he means the sidelights that come on before dipped beam.

FlaFFy_91

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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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15th Feb 09 at 22:30

Does anybody know for sure if there is a law about travel between tyres and arches??

CorsAsh

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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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15th Feb 09 at 22:31

Only thing I know of is that the shoulders of the tyres can't be outside the arches.

Tommy L

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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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15th Feb 09 at 22:32

Wheels can't protrude the arches?

CorsAsh

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Location: Munich
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15th Feb 09 at 22:33

Yeah, sorry, I wasn't very clear. I didn't mean the law states your car has to be so low the tyres are up in the arches

James

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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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15th Feb 09 at 22:35

Was it the fashion police?

CorsAsh

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15th Feb 09 at 22:36

Maybe it was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence?

FlaFFy_91

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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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15th Feb 09 at 22:36

So basicly what he was saying about the wheels was shite

Also the blue sides are hardly realy blue atall
But I'd say there less blue that 4800 HIDs

BarnshaW

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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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15th Feb 09 at 22:39

u cant compare halfords blue LED sidelights to HID'S

Ash_EP3

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Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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15th Feb 09 at 22:42

Blue lights look pretty god damn shite as someone has said - I have ice white bulbs in mine and they have a slight tint of blue looks

FlaFFy_91

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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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15th Feb 09 at 22:47

Ok yer they are halford blue LEDs but u get the picture there not even that blue!!!

Dione J

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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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15th Feb 09 at 23:14

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Maybe it was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRiT3ISEN3M

Wrighty

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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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15th Feb 09 at 23:28

quote:
Originally posted by FlaFFy_91
For having blue side lights???

He sed it clearly states in the highway code that light have to be White in colour
Well I've checked the highway code and it doesn't say that anywhere

He also started not picking at my car and claims that my wheels re illigal as I don't have 2 inches on travel between my tyrea and my arches.

Anybody know anything bout the law??
Can any body yell me wether he is correct about these things ??

Thanks guys

Ps if I have any spelling mistakes please excuse them as I am using my itouch and I'm realy not good with the whole touch key pad.

know anything about it? he was the law

blue sidelights, lucky he didnt do you for inpersonating a police occifer

Chris F

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Registered: 26th Dec 05
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15th Feb 09 at 23:40

quote:
Originally posted by Dione J

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Maybe it was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRiT3ISEN3M

"ever made love to a man....want to?"

dannymccann

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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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16th Feb 09 at 07:38

quote:
Originally posted by Chris F

quote:
Originally posted by Dione J

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Maybe it was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRiT3ISEN3M

"ever made love to a man....want to?"

^^ One of my favourite scenes, love it

"Move *young respectable black man*, get out the way, if I see you on the highway get the fuck out my way"

sxibeast

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Registered: 6th Aug 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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16th Feb 09 at 08:11

Some info i found on a pug forum.......

The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 (RVLR), as amended, control the colour of light that can be shown by vehicles on the public road. The unamended RVLR can be read on the internet at: www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1...6_en_1.htm

Only white light can be shown to the front of a vehicle (with a few specified exceptions, such as amber light from turn indicators). Only red light can be shown to the rear of the vehicle (again, with a few specified exceptions). Red light must never be shown to the front of a vehicle. Light shown to the side of the vehicle should generally be amber. There are, of course, some exceptions to these general provisions, for example for emergency and special purpose vehicles.

Undercar lamps and neon lights are not specifically mentioned in the RVLR. However, it is our understanding they should conform to the colours outlined above, which could be difficult to achieve. There is a general requirement in the RVLR that no lamp shall "cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other persons using the road".

Also, under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, regulation 100 requires that a vehicle shall be kept in a safe condition and shall be used in a safe manner. The mounting on a vehicle of undercar lamps or similar equipment might contravene one of these provisions, especially if the lighting was blue, which is a colour reserved for the emergency services and therefore its use on other vehicles might be confusing or distracting and thus detrimental to safety.

Enforcement of road traffic law is an operational matter for individual Chief Police Officers and their officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report the motorist for formal prosecution.

Yours sincerely,
Jillian Smith
DfT Transport Technology and Standards

Dione J

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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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16th Feb 09 at 08:36

quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann

quote:
Originally posted by Chris F

quote:
Originally posted by Dione J

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Maybe it was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRiT3ISEN3M

"ever made love to a man....want to?"

^^ One of my favourite scenes, love it

"Move *young respectable black man*, get out the way, if I see you on the highway get the fuck out my way"

Fo' Sho

nathy_87

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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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16th Feb 09 at 12:36

You doughnut.

But on a similar note, i got stopped by the polcie last nigth fora 'spot check'. Everything was ok except he said 'Did you know your number plates are illegal' I went no, ive had them on since last June and never been stopped before. He siad ok well i can read the numbers/letters so its ok.

What should i do?

[Edited on 16-02-2009 by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo]

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