I had some questions about modern headlights, and I started digging into laws in the state of Nevada.
Nevada Revised Statutes 484D.220.2 states:
" Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlamps is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps, spot lamp or any other lamp on the front projecting a beam of intensity greater than 300 candle power, not more than a total of four of any such lamps may be lighted at one time when upon a highway."
The current Acura lineup uses 3 LED elements per side, for a total of 6 "lamps" are lighted at one time.
Current-model Ford F-Series appear to use 2 lamps per side for low beam. Add in the (probably useless) fog lamps that people love to run all the time, and you get a total of 6 "lamps".
Can one of you fine and intelligent folks help me understand how these (and there are probably other examples) are legal under Nevada law? Or perhaps it's that old standard, "lack of enforcement".
Thanks!
edit: I find nothing about how many lamps a vehicle can operate if they are *less* than 300 candlepower, maybe that's infinity.
Nevada Revised Statutes 484D.220.2 states:
" Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlamps is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps, spot lamp or any other lamp on the front projecting a beam of intensity greater than 300 candle power, not more than a total of four of any such lamps may be lighted at one time when upon a highway."
The current Acura lineup uses 3 LED elements per side, for a total of 6 "lamps" are lighted at one time.
Current-model Ford F-Series appear to use 2 lamps per side for low beam. Add in the (probably useless) fog lamps that people love to run all the time, and you get a total of 6 "lamps".
Can one of you fine and intelligent folks help me understand how these (and there are probably other examples) are legal under Nevada law? Or perhaps it's that old standard, "lack of enforcement".
Thanks!
edit: I find nothing about how many lamps a vehicle can operate if they are *less* than 300 candlepower, maybe that's infinity.
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