VIRGINIA HIDs/LEDs Use Laws

VIRGINIA
·  Any lighted lamp or illuminating device on a vehicle (other than headlamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps flashing front direction signals) which projects a beam of an intensity greater than 3770 lumens shall be so directed that thebeam will not strike the level of the road at a distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
·  No vehicle on any highway shall have any lamp displaying any color of light visible from directly in front of the center except white or amber.
·  Red and blue flashing lights are not permitted on passenger vehicles. Red flashing warning lights attached to the Class A vehicles shall be operated only when responding to and engaged in handling an emergency. Any vehicle as a means for indicating right or left turn, or any vehicle as a means for indicating the same is disabled or otherwise stopped for an emergency may have a blinking or flashing lights. Hazard lights may be used by vehicles driving slower than 30 miles per hour as well as be vehicles to indicate a traffic hazard to other drivers.
·  LED lights with a clear lens are acceptable, if of an approved type.
LIGHTING LAWS IN VIRGINIA
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2005 West Virginia Code - §17C-15-26. — Special restrictions on lamps.
(a) Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps or flashing front-direction signals which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle.
COLORS RESTRICTIONS
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following colors of flashing warning lights are restricted for the use of the type of vehicle designated:
(1) Blue flashing warning lights are restricted to police vehicles. Authorization for police vehicles shall be designated by the chief administrative official of each police department.
(2) Except for standard vehicle equipment authorized by section nineteen of this article, red flashing warning lights are restricted to ambulances; firefighting vehicles; hazardous material response vehicles; industrial fire brigade vehicles; school buses; West Virginia Department of Agriculture emergency response vehicles; Class A vehicles, as defined by section one, article ten, chapter seventeen-a of this code, of those firefighters who are authorized by their fire chiefs to have the lights; Class A vehicles of members of ambulance services or duly chartered rescue squads who are authorized by their respective chiefs to have the lights; and Class A vehicles of out-of-state residents who are active members of West Virginia fire departments, ambulance services or duly chartered rescue squads who are authorized by their respective chiefs to have the lights. Red flashing warning lights attached to the Class A vehicles shall be operated only when responding to or engaged in handling an emergency requiring the attention of the firefighters, members of the ambulance services, or chartered rescue squads.
EQUIPMENT RESTRICTED
(b) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying other than a white or amber light visible from directly in front of the center thereof except as authorized by subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Except as authorized in subsections (d) and (f) of this section and authorized in section nineteen of this article, flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles: Provided, That any vehicle as a means for indicating right or left turn, or any vehicle as a means of indicating the same is disabled or otherwise stopped for an emergency may have blinking or flashing lights.
OTHER RULES
HEADLIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM
§  minimum height: 22 inches
§  maximum height: 44 inches
TAIL LIGHTS: 1 MINIMUM
§  minimum height: 20 inches
§  maximum height: 60 inches
SPOT LIGHTS: 1 MAXIMUM
§  minimum height: Height n/a
§  maximum height: Height n/a
FOG LIGHTS: 2 MAXIMUM
§  minimum height: 12 inches
§  maximum height: 30 inches
AUXILARY PASSING LIGHTS: 1 MAXIMUM
§  minimum height: 24 inches
§  maximum height: 42 inches
AUXILARY DRIVING LIGHTS: 2 MAXIMUM
§  minimum height: 16 inches
§  maximum height: 42 inches
LINKS
http://law.justia.com/codes/west-virginia/2005/17c/wvc17c-15-26.html
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