Bash V - PA Lighting Law

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Bash V - PA Lighting Law

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In part: PA 175.146

(k) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps may be installed on a motorcycle if they comply with the following requirements:

(1) Fog lamps shall not be substituted for headlamps except under conditions of rain or fog. Fog lamps may be used with lower headlamp beams.

(2) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be mounted on front at a height not less than 12 inches nor more than 42 inches above level surface upon which the vehicle stands. Rear fog lamps, if originally installed or offered as optional equipment, are acceptable.

(3) Auxiliary lamps and fog lamps shall be aimed when the vehicle and lamp assembly are in the straight ahead position with the beam not above the horizontal centerline of the lamp at 25 feet.

(4) A motorcycle may have one and no more than two approved auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps.

(5) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall not be placed in front of any required lamp.

(6) A vehicle equipped with headlamps, auxiliary driving lamps or fog lamps may not have more than four forward projecting lamps illuminated at the same time.
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Thanks Mike.
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I guess that means Shallen can't come.
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What if it is cold?
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I'm legal. I just moved from 10 years living in PA and the bike passed the req'd yearly inspections. There are NO such inspections in Hall County Georgia. =D>
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Good thing I always wear a helmet. The lights reflecting off my bald noggin' would most certainly look like one hell of a spotlight. Hate to get a ticket for being bald!
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