Emergency Lights
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From: McKinney, TX
i am fully aware of the laws against them. in texas it is a class d felony if you are caught using them. mine cannot be seen because its just a relay switch that makes it lights flash back and forth.its a little box under my dash. its not like a huge lightbar on my roof. i bought them strictly for off road use for when me and my friends are out 4wheelin. i dont have to worry about wrecks being my fault since i never use them on the road.and since you cant tell i have them unless you break apart my headlights.
Now a year later I'm a VFF with a station down the street. I'm running POV with 4 white strobe heads, and two hidden red LED bars under my grille. i'd be VERY interested to see what you are running wd. i have my switches mounted to a homemade panel sitting on the din above my cd player
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Now a year later I'm a VFF with a station down the street. I'm running POV with 4 white strobe heads, and two hidden red LED bars under my grille. i'd be VERY interested to see what you are running wd. i have my switches mounted to a homemade panel sitting on the din above my cd player
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From: Huntsville/Cypress, TX
§ 37.11. IMPERSONATING PUBLIC SERVANT. (a) A person commits an offense if he:
(1) impersonates a public servant with intent to
induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely on his pretended official acts; or
(2) knowingly purports to exercise any function of a
public servant or of a public office, including that of a judge and court, and the position or office through which he purports to exercise a function of a public servant or public office has no lawful existence under the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree.
i dont think i have even turned those things on since this thread was started. they arent even in my headlights anymore. i took them out when i did the HIDs.
but thanks for sharing the law with me
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From: McKinney, TX
well for one this thread is like 2 years old. i am fully aware of the law.
§ 37.11. IMPERSONATING PUBLIC SERVANT. (a) A person commits an offense if he:
(1) impersonates a public servant with intent to
induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely on his pretended official acts; or
(2) knowingly purports to exercise any function of a
public servant or of a public office, including that of a judge and court, and the position or office through which he purports to exercise a function of a public servant or public office has no lawful existence under the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree.
i dont think i have even turned those things on since this thread was started. they arent even in my headlights anymore. i took them out when i did the HIDs.
but thanks for sharing the law with me
§ 37.11. IMPERSONATING PUBLIC SERVANT. (a) A person commits an offense if he:
(1) impersonates a public servant with intent to
induce another to submit to his pretended official authority or to rely on his pretended official acts; or
(2) knowingly purports to exercise any function of a
public servant or of a public office, including that of a judge and court, and the position or office through which he purports to exercise a function of a public servant or public office has no lawful existence under the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree.
i dont think i have even turned those things on since this thread was started. they arent even in my headlights anymore. i took them out when i did the HIDs.
but thanks for sharing the law with me
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Now a year later I'm a VFF with a station down the street. I'm running POV with 4 white strobe heads, and two hidden red LED bars under my grille. i'd be VERY interested to see what you are running wd. i have my switches mounted to a homemade panel sitting on the din above my cd player
alright.. i'm actually still waiting for my gall dern siren to show up and finishing the wiring.. i have all the lights mounted though. I will take pics when I finish the install. i think it looks pretty slick personally. My dang bar makes hellish wind noise but i think it's cause my dang 2wd truck nose dives like any other 2wd.. so im gonna level it out and that should make the wind go straight around the bar rather than hitting the top of it.
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From: NW Louisiana
Check these out. Portable - plug into the 12v power outlet and you can change lens colors from emergency to non emergency ambers or whites. Mount via suction cup, visor or hard wire.
http://www.yourhotcar.com/prod/ADS/P...ght_Visor/259/
And legality can be an issue. Believe it or not I have a golf cart with a blue rotating beacon light. I use it here at the private airport where I live. Anything that moves near the runway must have a rotating light for safety. I chose blue cause the cart is painted in a yellow and blue theme.
I took the cart to a hot air balloon event in SC last year to ride around on the field. On my way to a 5am pilot briefing on a stret closed to traffic I was stopped - and told very seriously that if the "Chief" had seen me I would have been ticketed. I was told it was against the law for anyone other than law enforcement to have a blue light on a vehicle in SC.
But a golf cart at 5am???? So be careful.
http://www.yourhotcar.com/prod/ADS/P...ght_Visor/259/
And legality can be an issue. Believe it or not I have a golf cart with a blue rotating beacon light. I use it here at the private airport where I live. Anything that moves near the runway must have a rotating light for safety. I chose blue cause the cart is painted in a yellow and blue theme.
I took the cart to a hot air balloon event in SC last year to ride around on the field. On my way to a 5am pilot briefing on a stret closed to traffic I was stopped - and told very seriously that if the "Chief" had seen me I would have been ticketed. I was told it was against the law for anyone other than law enforcement to have a blue light on a vehicle in SC.
But a golf cart at 5am???? So be careful.
Last edited by Smokin Lariat; Jan 20, 2009 at 11:41 PM. Reason: spelling
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The sheer ignorance and outright disrespect for emegency lights in POVs is appaling when you read threads like this. Using them to scare friends off the road? I hope you are caught, ticketed and fined like there is no tomorrow. People who have these lights and abuse them make it that much harder for those of us who have them for a good reason.
Grow up already.
Grow up already.
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From: Des Moines, IA
...oh wait...
You can't legally drive with lights and sirens.
So why are you installing this large amount of lights?
im prepping for when i can. already signed up for EVOC, First Res., CPR and a extracation class. ill have all those under my belt in a matter of months, perfectly on time for my 18th b-day.
as for the lights, i found a cheap kit for the right price at the right time, so i pounced. believe it or not, i have matured a bit and im not going to go down the highway doing 100 mph playing cops and robbers...
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a simple 2-way dash light is a "large amount"? im not going "undercover" crazy here, a dash light and siren is all VFF can run as POV.
im prepping for when i can. already signed up for EVOC, First Res., CPR and a extracation class. ill have all those under my belt in a matter of months, perfectly on time for my 18th b-day.
as for the lights, i found a cheap kit for the right price at the right time, so i pounced. believe it or not, i have matured a bit and im not going to go down the highway doing 100 mph playing cops and robbers...
im prepping for when i can. already signed up for EVOC, First Res., CPR and a extracation class. ill have all those under my belt in a matter of months, perfectly on time for my 18th b-day.
as for the lights, i found a cheap kit for the right price at the right time, so i pounced. believe it or not, i have matured a bit and im not going to go down the highway doing 100 mph playing cops and robbers...
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From: Huntsville/Cypress, TX
The sheer ignorance and outright disrespect for emegency lights in POVs is appaling when you read threads like this. Using them to scare friends off the road? I hope you are caught, ticketed and fined like there is no tomorrow. People who have these lights and abuse them make it that much harder for those of us who have them for a good reason.
Grow up already.
Grow up already.