OREGON HIDs/LEDs Use Laws
OREGON
· When a vehicle is on a highway no more than a total of four lights mounted on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted; the intensity of each not exceeding 300 candlepower (3770 lumens). The intensity of the light of single beam headlightsshall be sufficient to reveal a person and vehicle on a street or highway at a distance of at least 200 feet ahead of thevehicle.
· Headlights shall show a white light. Front turn signal lights may be white or amber. Rear turn signal may be red, amber or yellow. Forward side reflectors and intermediate side reflectors shall be amber.
· The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow. All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, shall be red.
· Spotlights, fog lights, auxiliary passing lights as well as auxiliary driving lights are allowed, the number is not restricted.
LIGHTING LAWS IN OREGON
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(1) On vehicles required to be equipped with two or more headlights under ORS 816.320 and 816.330 the headlightsshall be equally distributed on each side of the front of the vehicle. This subsection does not apply to motorcycles and mopeds.
(a) When permitted under ORS 814.320, headlights for motorcycles or mopeds may have an upper beam that can be modulated between a high and lower brightness at a rate of 200 to 280 pulses per minute.
(b) A federally approved headlight flashing system may be used as emergency vehicle lights on police, fire, emergency or ambulance vehicles.
(3) Headlights shall show a white light described in Standard Number 108 of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
(5) The Department of Transportation shall adopt and enforce rules establishing minimum standards and specifications for headlights. The rules shall conform, insofar as practicable, to safety standards and specifications for vehicle lightingissued by the federal government or to standards and recommendations established by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
(6) When multiple beam headlights are used or when headlights are used in combination with auxiliary lights or passinglights, the lights shall be arranged on the vehicle so that the selection between distributions of light projected to different elevations may be selected by the driver at will or so that the selection can be made automatically.
(7) Headlights shall be aimed in accordance with rules adopted by the department. If headlights provide only a single distribution of light and are not supplemented by auxiliary lights, the single beam headlights shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high intensity portion of the light shall, at a distance of 25 feet ahead of thevehicle, project higher than five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, or higher than 42 inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead of the vehicle.
(8) The intensity of the light of single beam headlights shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles upon a street or highway at a distance of at least 200 feet ahead of the vehicle to which they are attached.
(9) Headlights that are required under ORS 816.320 and 816.330 must be mounted, adjusted and aimed in accordance with standards adopted by the department under ORS 816.010.
(10) Headlights that are required under ORS 816.320 and 816.330 and any part for such headlight that tends to change the original design or performance must be of a type that complies with standards adopted by the department under ORS 816.010.
(11) Single beam headlights that are not supplemented by auxiliary lights shall be permitted on a motor vehicle in lieu of multiple beam headlights only if the single distribution of lights complies with any requirements for single beamheadlights under this section.
(2) When auxiliary lights are used in combination with headlights, the combination of lights shall be arranged on thevehicle so that the selection between distributions of light projected to different elevations may be selected by the driver at will or so that the selection can be made automatically.
(3) Auxiliary lights shall be wired in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Transportation.
(4) Auxiliary lights shall be mounted, adjusted and aimed in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
(5) Auxiliary lights mounted on a vehicle for highway use shall be mounted at a height of 54 inches or less above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. Auxiliary lights mounted higher than 54 inches are subject to any limitation on use under ORS 811.515 and 811.520.
(6) Auxiliary lights and any part for such light that tends to change the original design or performance must be of a type that complies with standards adopted by the department under ORS 816.010.
COLORS RESTRICTIONS
(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow.
(b) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from the rear of a vehicle, shall be red.
(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color.
EQUIPMENT RESTRICTED
816.350.
OTHER RULES
HEADLIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM
§ maximum height: 54 inches
§ maximum height: 54 inches
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