Light Bar On Roof Legal Qld
However that does not mean that our upstanding friends in the queensland police won t pull you over and fine you even if your led light bar is switched off.
Light bar on roof legal qld. Unfortunately most states. While previously the law dictated that auxiliary driving lights. Driving lights can be fitted above the roof line but they must be fitted to the front half of the vehicle when measured from the front to the rearmost point of the vehicle. 1300 246 406 option 2 info sherpa4x4.
I can t see any problems with lights mounted on the roof or having more. Led light bars are considered to be one lamp if all leds in the bar operate together. Fitment and use of driving lamps including light emitting diode led light bars on vehicles released may 2013 the department of transport and main roads has recently dealt with a number of issues relating to the use of led light bars fitted to the front bumper bar or bull bar on some vehicles as driving lamps. Eagle farm qld 4009.
Led light bars can not be fitted to the top of a bullbars or nudge bars. Lately we have seen reforms on led light bar mounting from queensland south australia and more recently western australia. 1 the light bar must be on the front half of the vehicle this means that on the likes of a dual cab you cant put the light bar on the roll bar of the tray. Most people measure light output in lumens.
Does that mean that the yobbo that blinded us the other night will have to fit another full length bar to his roofrack to stay legal or will tmr enforce that lights above the bonnet must be covered. Some street legal light bars mount at or below the headlight heights. Considering the roof mounted lights i see a lot of 4 4 s with roof mounted lights both spotties and light bars. Driving lamps including light emitting diode led light bars on light vehicles september 2015 l15 3 pdf 427 kb engine modifications under the national code of practice for light vehicle construction and modification april 2013 l20 3 pdf 119 kb certification of street rods under the queensland code of practice vehicle modifications.
This means that off road lights advertise the lumen output of their lights. If they are covered the yobbo s are too lazy to uncover them for on road. Nsw roads and maritime services is a little late to the party but has finally released the new amended laws surrounding the fitment of led light bars. Yes you can legally mount a light bar on your roof however there are a couple of stipulations that are involved with this.