I've been trying to do research and find out if it is legal in RI, MA, CT, and NY to ride at night with accent lights on the bike. These are the states I'm in most often and want to get some lights but I'd I cant use them its kinda pointless. I'm not the kind of guy to park the bike and turn the lights on just to watch people look at her, if I have them I'm riding with them. Wondering if anyone has any good info. Toby, your usually good at finding stuff like this, got anything?
Accent Light Legality??
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I can't really say if they are legal or not in a state because it changes even from one county to the next. I had them on my 636 but only used them when I was parked. I saw about three or four Harleys all dressed out in lights ridding together. It looked really gay. I used to have neons under my ranger years ago.
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I live in NY and i have red lights on my bike None of them are pointing outward unless you count the ones pointing to the ground on the bottom. I have ridden with them on and i have not been stopped yet! that does not mean i wont but just maybe the officers like it enough to not bother me?
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isn't blue and red a big no no no..
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I live in NY and I ride around town alot at night with my accent lights on. However I only use red or white and I make sure they are not flashing or fading. My lights are not visible other then the color emitting from them. There is a section I posted in this thread which has a lot to say about the lighting... http://www.yamahastarstryker.com/index.php/topic,3120.msg48785.html#msg48785
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For NY also see § 375
41. Colored and flashing lights. The provisions of this subdivision
shall govern the affixing and display of lights on vehicles, other than
those lights required by law.
1. No light, other than a white light, and no revolving, rotating,
flashing, oscillating or constantly moving white light shall be affixed
to, or displayed on any vehicle except as prescribed herein.
2. Red lights and certain white lights. One or more red or combination
red and white lights, or one white light which must be a revolving,
rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving light, may be
affixed to an authorized emergency vehicle, and such lights may be
displayed on an authorized emergency vehicle when such vehicle is
engaged in an emergency operation, and upon a fire vehicle while
returning from an alarm of fire or other emergency.
3. Amber lights. a. One or more amber lights may be affixed to a
hazard vehicle, and such a light or lights which display an amber light
visible to all approaching traffic under normal atmospheric conditions
from a distance of five hundred feet from such vehicle shall be
displayed on a hazard vehicle when such vehicle is engaged in a
hazardous operation. Such light or lights shall not be required to be
displayed during daylight hours provided at least two red flags visible
from a distance of five hundred feet are placed both in or on the front
of, and to or on the rear of the vehicle and two such flags are placed
to each side of the vehicle open to traffic. Such lights or flags need
not be displayed on the vehicle when the vehicle is operating, or
parked, within a barricaded work area and said lights or flags are
displayed on the barricade. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
prohibit the temporary affixing and display of an amber light to be used
as a warning on a disabled motor vehicle or on a motor vehicle while it
is stopped on a highway while engaged in an operation which would
restrict, impede or interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
b. In any city in this state having a population of one million or
more, one amber light may be affixed to any motor vehicle owned or
operated by a volunteer member of a civilian or crime patrol provided
such volunteer civilian or crime patrol member has been authorized in
writing to so affix an amber light by the police commissioner of the
municipality in which he patrols, which authorization shall be subject
to revocation at any time by the police commissioner who issued the same
or his successor in office. Such amber light may be operated by such
volunteer civilian or crime patrol member in such a vehicle only when
engaged in a patrol operation as defined and authorized by rules and
regulations promulgated by the police commissioner and only in such a
manner and at such times as may be authorized by the police commissioner
pursuant to said rules and regulations.
4. Blue light. a. One blue light may be affixed to any motor vehicle
owned by a volunteer member of a fire department or on a motor vehicle
owned by a member of such person's family residing in the same household
or by a business enterprise in which such person has a proprietary
interest or by which he or she is employed, provided such volunteer
firefighter has been authorized in writing to so affix a blue light by
the chief of the fire department or company of which he or she is a
member, which authorization shall be subject to revocation at any time
by the chief who issued the same or his or her successor in office. Such
blue light may be displayed exclusively by such volunteer firefighter on
such a vehicle only when engaged in an emergency operation. The use of
blue lights on vehicles shall be restricted for use only by a volunteer
firefighter except as otherwise provided for in subparagraph b of this
paragraph.
b. In addition to the red and white lights authorized to be displayed
pursuant to paragraph two of this subdivision, one or more blue lights
or combination blue and red lights or combination blue, red and white
lights may be affixed to a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance,
emergency ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical
services vehicle provided that such blue light or lights shall be
displayed on a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency
ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle
for rear projection only. In the event that the trunk or rear gate of a
police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service
vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle obstructs or
diminishes the visibility of other emergency lighting on such vehicles,
a blue light may be affixed to and displayed from the trunk, rear gate
or interior of such vehicles. Such lights may be displayed on a police
vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle,
and county emergency medical services vehicle when such vehicles are
engaged in an emergency operation. Nothing contained in this
subparagraph shall be deemed to authorize the use of blue lights on
police vehicles, fire vehicles, ambulances, emergency ambulance service
vehicles, and county emergency medical services vehicles unless such
vehicles also display one or more red or combination red and white
lights as otherwise authorized in this subdivision.
c. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
relating to the use, placement, power and display of blue lights on a
police vehicle and fire vehicle.
5. Green light. One green light may be affixed to any motor vehicle
owned by a member of a volunteer ambulance service, or on a motor
vehicle owned by a member of such person's family, or by a business
enterprise in which such person has a proprietary interest or by which
he is employed, provided such member has been authorized in writing to
so affix a green light by the chief officer of such service as
designated by the members thereof. Such green light may be displayed
exclusively by such member of a volunteer ambulance service only when
engaged in an emergency operation. The use of green lights on vehicles
shall be restricted for use only by a member of a volunteer ambulance
service as provided for in this paragraph.
As used in this paragraph volunteer ambulance service means: a. a
non-profit membership corporation (other than a fire corporation)
incorporated under or subject to the provisions of the membership
corporations law, or any other law, operating its ambulance or
ambulances on a non-profit basis for the convenience of the members
thereof and their families or of the community or under a contract with
a county, city, town or village pursuant to section one hundred
twenty-two-b of the general municipal law; or
b. an unincorporated association of persons operating its ambulance or
ambulances on a non-profit basis for the convenience of the members and
their families or of the community.
41. Colored and flashing lights. The provisions of this subdivision
shall govern the affixing and display of lights on vehicles, other than
those lights required by law.
1. No light, other than a white light, and no revolving, rotating,
flashing, oscillating or constantly moving white light shall be affixed
to, or displayed on any vehicle except as prescribed herein.
2. Red lights and certain white lights. One or more red or combination
red and white lights, or one white light which must be a revolving,
rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving light, may be
affixed to an authorized emergency vehicle, and such lights may be
displayed on an authorized emergency vehicle when such vehicle is
engaged in an emergency operation, and upon a fire vehicle while
returning from an alarm of fire or other emergency.
3. Amber lights. a. One or more amber lights may be affixed to a
hazard vehicle, and such a light or lights which display an amber light
visible to all approaching traffic under normal atmospheric conditions
from a distance of five hundred feet from such vehicle shall be
displayed on a hazard vehicle when such vehicle is engaged in a
hazardous operation. Such light or lights shall not be required to be
displayed during daylight hours provided at least two red flags visible
from a distance of five hundred feet are placed both in or on the front
of, and to or on the rear of the vehicle and two such flags are placed
to each side of the vehicle open to traffic. Such lights or flags need
not be displayed on the vehicle when the vehicle is operating, or
parked, within a barricaded work area and said lights or flags are
displayed on the barricade. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
prohibit the temporary affixing and display of an amber light to be used
as a warning on a disabled motor vehicle or on a motor vehicle while it
is stopped on a highway while engaged in an operation which would
restrict, impede or interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
b. In any city in this state having a population of one million or
more, one amber light may be affixed to any motor vehicle owned or
operated by a volunteer member of a civilian or crime patrol provided
such volunteer civilian or crime patrol member has been authorized in
writing to so affix an amber light by the police commissioner of the
municipality in which he patrols, which authorization shall be subject
to revocation at any time by the police commissioner who issued the same
or his successor in office. Such amber light may be operated by such
volunteer civilian or crime patrol member in such a vehicle only when
engaged in a patrol operation as defined and authorized by rules and
regulations promulgated by the police commissioner and only in such a
manner and at such times as may be authorized by the police commissioner
pursuant to said rules and regulations.
4. Blue light. a. One blue light may be affixed to any motor vehicle
owned by a volunteer member of a fire department or on a motor vehicle
owned by a member of such person's family residing in the same household
or by a business enterprise in which such person has a proprietary
interest or by which he or she is employed, provided such volunteer
firefighter has been authorized in writing to so affix a blue light by
the chief of the fire department or company of which he or she is a
member, which authorization shall be subject to revocation at any time
by the chief who issued the same or his or her successor in office. Such
blue light may be displayed exclusively by such volunteer firefighter on
such a vehicle only when engaged in an emergency operation. The use of
blue lights on vehicles shall be restricted for use only by a volunteer
firefighter except as otherwise provided for in subparagraph b of this
paragraph.
b. In addition to the red and white lights authorized to be displayed
pursuant to paragraph two of this subdivision, one or more blue lights
or combination blue and red lights or combination blue, red and white
lights may be affixed to a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance,
emergency ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical
services vehicle provided that such blue light or lights shall be
displayed on a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency
ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle
for rear projection only. In the event that the trunk or rear gate of a
police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service
vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle obstructs or
diminishes the visibility of other emergency lighting on such vehicles,
a blue light may be affixed to and displayed from the trunk, rear gate
or interior of such vehicles. Such lights may be displayed on a police
vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle,
and county emergency medical services vehicle when such vehicles are
engaged in an emergency operation. Nothing contained in this
subparagraph shall be deemed to authorize the use of blue lights on
police vehicles, fire vehicles, ambulances, emergency ambulance service
vehicles, and county emergency medical services vehicles unless such
vehicles also display one or more red or combination red and white
lights as otherwise authorized in this subdivision.
c. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
relating to the use, placement, power and display of blue lights on a
police vehicle and fire vehicle.
5. Green light. One green light may be affixed to any motor vehicle
owned by a member of a volunteer ambulance service, or on a motor
vehicle owned by a member of such person's family, or by a business
enterprise in which such person has a proprietary interest or by which
he is employed, provided such member has been authorized in writing to
so affix a green light by the chief officer of such service as
designated by the members thereof. Such green light may be displayed
exclusively by such member of a volunteer ambulance service only when
engaged in an emergency operation. The use of green lights on vehicles
shall be restricted for use only by a member of a volunteer ambulance
service as provided for in this paragraph.
As used in this paragraph volunteer ambulance service means: a. a
non-profit membership corporation (other than a fire corporation)
incorporated under or subject to the provisions of the membership
corporations law, or any other law, operating its ambulance or
ambulances on a non-profit basis for the convenience of the members
thereof and their families or of the community or under a contract with
a county, city, town or village pursuant to section one hundred
twenty-two-b of the general municipal law; or
b. an unincorporated association of persons operating its ambulance or
ambulances on a non-profit basis for the convenience of the members and
their families or of the community.
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Visionary said:
There goes your legality with the reds. The mentioning of the white light is ambiguous and can be argued. 375.1 says you can have a white light, but then 375.2 says only emergency vehicles can have it as a strobe. Just be ready to pony-up the dough for a fix-it ticket if you meet the wrong officer.XVS13CAL said:
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We had the same thing back in the day with neons. I had blue and a friend had red. You can have red or blue lights but they cannot flash in any way.
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Cops should get more to do....really.
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