Roof Mounted Light Bar Laws

From supplemental brake lighting to efficient work lights to classic off road high beams the range of useful applications for light bars is wider than ever and with the wide selection of designs available there s a great looking fixture for every style and budget.

Roof mounted light bar laws.

Not more than 900mm above the g round. An act to prohibit the use of light bar lighting devices on a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is being driven on the highways of this state. The lights may be fitted to the roof of the vehicle. Adr13 specifies must be at the front of the vehicle and not above headlight height and at a maximum of 1200mm from the ground.

Placing additional forward facing driving lights which do not protrude upwards or outwards from your bullbar 1 is legal but something which protrudes from the top of the bullbar 2 is not legal nor are lights positioned on the roof or roof rack 3 or on a sports bar if you re driving a ute 4. Not more than 400mm from the sides extreme outer edge of the vehicle. Install a light bar on your truck or suv for added utility and aesthetic appeal. The angle of the beam may only be 30 to 60 outwards and upwards 10 and downwards 10.

By editor july 13 2017 71. The gxl led xtreme lighting performance series offers extremely durable and incredibly intense fixed mount lighting. It is backed by a 10 year warranty. The fusion emergency light bar can be roof mounted on vehicles such as sedans and suv s.

Nsw road rule laws stick with adr13. The light or lights must not be fitted or be used in any way that is likely to dazzle another road user and must be installed in a way that the light produced does not cause the driver of the vehicle discomfort either directly or by reflection. Roy cooper signed senate bill 182 into law on july 13 2017. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two fog lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.

At the front of the vehicle and must only be front facing and not higher than the front edge of the bonnet if fitted to a bull bar or nudge bar. Thanks for keeping the light on 365 days a year. And not less than 250mm above the ground. Roy cooper signed senate bill 182.

Fitted symmetrically same position on both sides of the vehicle. Up to a maximum of 4 additional driving lights. With 16 to 48 flash patterns the fusion 49 light bar is the most advanced light bar in emergency vehicle lights. 1 is ok for light bars rest are illegal without a physical externally mounted on off switch.

No higher than the passing beam dipped beam headlamp. At least 600mm apart. Motorists will soon be outside the law if they are operating led light bars while driving on public roadways.