Funny thing is, a few years ago when I was at the New Westminster court house paying a ticket, there was a sign saying "as of (whatever date it was), fees will go up $30, but if you pay it before 30 days, you get $25 off".

Therefore, you are still paying 5 bucks more even after the 'discount'

 

They're not illegal to install, just depending on when you're using them they could be illegal. for instance- if you were working on the side of the road or trailing a slow moving vehicle you would likely get away with them since they'd be used for safety purposes. I've been looking into doing this since I sometimes work on the side of the road on cell sites and I have asked about it and been told by CHP that this type of usage would be acceptible for strobe lights. They can be amber or white all around and red is acceptible on the rear.

 

Wouldn't you just get a ticket for dangerous driving? I call bad idea.

 

Amber, white, and green are all legal. They are listed as auxiliary warning devices.

I was a volunteer firefighter in high school. I had red strobes on my truck. We couldn't use them on the road, but we could go to calls with POV and I used them when parked on the street. When I left the department I changed them to green and had them for years.

 

That friggen sucks!

I may also mention this was my first ticket ever.. At least I didn't get any points on my licence. Im going for my class 5 in febuary!

 

if he ran in to you, it would been HIS fault, i would have slammed on my brakes

 

As I said earlier, you just would have been charged for dangerous driving causing an accident.

 

I got pulled over in 02 went to cort and they droped case the cop had given 85 tickets that day pulling every one that came by the intersection near deer park wa he had been left by his wife and was pissed off at the world

they had him on "a leave of abanse" I hope he never came back

but it proves my point cops are ppl too and have bad days just like every one else

 

Actually.....they are good until the renewal date. A cops not gonna run current tags just to see if he could catch you by a day or so, but since he already had you pulled over, he probably discovered it when running the plate and just added it to the bill. Bad luck.

 

yeah nothing better to do but their job....

 

yea the lights are cheapo autozone crap...but i aint gonna spend some serious money..on something i will have to take off..because i know i'll eventually get in trouble by the cops..lol..so why spend serious cash..