Driving Lights

You've got to have an even number of lights here in Vic. You should be able to get info from the VicRoads site.

I was told by a copper in Qld that 3 is ok on the bbar but you need an even number on the roof if you mount them there. Vic would probably be different though - not that it should matter from state to state! rules like this should be the same for every state I recon
JD

Mark,
Also illegal in WA to have an odd number of spotties etc

Surely odd would be ok, so long as one was smack bang in the middle. Symetrical means equal both sides. A light smack bang in the middle is symetrical, (equal both sides).

Cheers,

Dion.

In SA, no lights to be higher than the height of the original headlights. Only 4 headlights permitted at all (2 headlights and 2 driving lights) plus genuine fog lights. extra driving lights must not be closer than 600mm together.

This makes 80 series illegal to have driving lights, unless you can prove that they are fog lights (that is operate independently from headlights and are mounted lower)

Coppers just aren't interested in enforcing these types of picky regulations though. Look up (for those interested in South Australia and I presume there are equivalents in other states) Road Traffic Regulations, should clarify a few things in your stated. Might prove me wrong too.

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/dbsearch/legislation-list.asp?doctype=rr

Sorry, don't know how to post a link. Not computer literate at all

D-Jack

Roof lights are iligal only if you can turn them on whilst driving . If you need to get out og the car anf fit a fuse , they are legal .

I had a bit of a giggle at a very new looking NM Pajero I spotted yesterday on the Grand Parade in Brighton (Sydney).

It had 6 Lightforce 170's on the front. 2 above the bullbar, 2 on the bullbar and 2 under the bullbar. The bottom ones wouldn't do much for the Paj approach angles.

I know Vic's regulations are stricter on driving light setups than most states. They must be installed in pairs, which would rule out 3 lamps. However, this rule allows you to have 4 driving lights.

Click here for the rules of the VicRoads website. Page 14 is the bit you're after.

before we all get too excited - there is no height restriction for lights within ADRs. States make up there own - so what is legal in one might not be in another. They however do agree on one thing - lights are to be equal distance from the centreline of the vehicle - therefore no odd numbers - you can fit 20 if you want but 10 each side of the centreline. no light (or anything else) is to obstruct drivers forward vision - this includes HF arials. As these are ADRs you need to check when going from State to State as they all want there own individual ego trips - as for individual police/traffic within each State that is another lot of egos you run up against. I still hold out hope that one day State Govts will disappear and we may indeed all grow up. rgds

From SA regs
"(5) Additional pairs of headlights may be fitted to a motor vehicle with 4 or more wheels that was built after 1969."
Rules out odd numbers.