crowmann Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Not entirly sure how legal that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowmann Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Only for show, I realise they are not legal unless you are employed in one of the proscribed professions. Surprisingly long list but none the less not me. Bought them off the same fella who sold me a lightbar. Could not resist them as they are very hard to come by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Hahaha right... bit of ned bling huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 How effective are your foglights? I keep thinking that i might fit some like that to mine, but just wondered if they were low enough there to be useful? I suspect the blues could get you through traffic quicker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I think you can use the blues ... one of the allowed emergency vehicles is 'for moving around human organs' so unless your car is remote control I think you qualify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 probably get you into custody quicker as well ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) But on a serious note Any colour light is OK to be on a vehicle if it is covered up or not connected up (excluding blue). Taken from http://www.ukemergen...id=52&Itemid=61 So you may find yourself in trouble if some busybody has the hump EDIT: I was assuming you were in the UK, but the edge of your numberplate seems to hint you are not. Edited September 22, 2011 by CwazyWabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I guess these particular ones arent blue unless they are turned on, so noone will spot the colour if they are not used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowmann Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 The light bar from the fella that sold me the ahem 'show' lights at the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I guess these particular ones arent blue unless they are turned on, so noone will spot the colour if they are not used. Good point, and of course you can always claim they were on the car when you got it and you didn't know they lit up blue.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowmann Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 How effective are your foglights? I keep thinking that i might fit some like that to mine, but just wondered if they were low enough there to be useful? I suspect the blues could get you through traffic quicker! A bit like most really - only good in the fog and then its marginal as they are being set on the bumper a bit high really. Came with the car, would not replace if they broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Some reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 i always liked the look of a nice set of fogs under the bumper did think of some along with a set of them coloured Land rover rear mudflaps cut down and mounted ot the front bumper, like wagons, i really wanted to do this on brian, but i knew i would rip off all objects below bumper level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 you like flashers, look at my tractor haha im thinking of adding roof markers to it like Brian, but you wouldnt see them for the beacons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Only for show, I realise they are not legal unless you are employed in one of the proscribed professions. Surprisingly long list but none the less not me. Bought them off the same fella who sold me a lightbar. Could not resist them as they are very hard to come by. it's actually illegal to have anything resembling 'blue -- special warning lights' fitted even if the are not switched on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 you like flashers, look at my tractor haha im thinking of adding roof markers to it like Brian, but you wouldnt see them for the beacons. if you want flashing lights click my short video below http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v384/western214h/Full%20incident%20rear%20lighting/?action=view¤t=MVI_0498.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 it's actually illegal to have anything resembling 'blue -- special warning lights' fitted even if the are not switched on. im not convinced!! i no the switch to the light(s) must be away from the drive like under the bonnet and mustn't be used on roads but totally illegal? anyway they cant see them turned on, its impossible to spot them! as they are quite 'discrete' if you want flashing lights click my short video below http://smg.photobuck...nt=MVI_0498.mp4 now thats just childish OTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I think you can use the blues ... one of the allowed emergency vehicles is 'for moving around human organs' so unless your car is remote control I think you qualify only if it's registered with NHS/DVLA as a ambulance/blood/organ transport, the use of blue lights is tightly controlled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 im not convinced!! i no the switch to the light(s) must be away from the drive like under the bonnet and mustn't be used on roads but totally illegal? anyway they cant see them turned on, its impossible to spot them! as they are quite 'discrete' now thats just childish OTT copied from the link above Any colour light is OK to be on a vehicle if it is covered up or not connected up (excluding blue). Only emergency vehicles can be fitted with a blue flashing light, or anything that looks like a blue flashing light, whether working or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 im not convinced!! i no the switch to the light(s) must be away from the drive like under the bonnet and mustn't be used on roads but totally illegal? anyway they cant see them turned on, its impossible to spot them! as they are quite 'discrete' now thats just childish OTT not when working on a rallycar recovery when my attention is taken on working safely & without further damage to the vehicle being recovered. don't want a marshal or radio car smacking in to my 110. & I have used them on the public highway at the scene of a few accidents 7 the Police in attendance didn't say a word about my use of my ambers & rear reds. more likely they were glad to have the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 nice western, and by the way, you dont need blue flashers to make traffic move, they tend to get out of the way of a "working vehicle" with its amber beacons on, especially on couintry roads.. and they pull over if your coming the other way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Some reading. I notice that fitting amber flashing lights is also illegal unless under certain circumstances. You can only have a steady white light to the front and a steady red light showing to the rear of your vehicle. The exceptions to this are:.... ....AMBER any vehicle’s indicators amber pedal reflectors or pedal lights reflected from a registration plate reflected from a road clearance vehicle reflected from a vehicle carrying dangerous substances reflected on some old or heavy vehicles flashing amber lights on a road clearance vehicle a bin lorry a breakdown vehicle a vehicle with a 25 mph top speed a vehicle wider than 2.9 metres a roadworks vehicle an escort vehicle a Revenue and Customs vehicle a surveying vehicle a clamping or tow truck vehicle airport vehicles any other specially authorised vehicle..... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 When I bought my "Nifty-90" back in 2001, the factory options-list included "headlight alternate-flash". I didn't choose this (because it was something like £500 extra) but have since implemented something similar via four relays and a simple integrated-circuit. Press the button and the headlamps cycle through: Main-beam, Dip-beam, Both main&dip lit on the left, Both main&dip lit on the right, Main-beam, Dip-beam... It's a damned effective way to shift BMWs out of the fast-lane of M4. --Tanuki "Watch out where the Huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I guess we cross posted Tanuki, but see the first line of my quote. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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