Question about spotlights.

[Chip Cross]

I resently bought a truck from Florida and it has "Cop spotlights" on both of the A pillars. My question is this illegal in the State of Louisiana for on road use viehicle ?

 

[Cbro]

don't think so,they come on my Peterbilt trucks

 

[Nolacopusmc]

Illegal unless you fit one of the below exceptions. However, unless you are acting the fool with it, you probably will be OK. Alot of Taxis are old police cars and still have them, but no one really messes with them normally. It is a great charge though, when you stop that guy who "knows my rights", LOL....never be that guy.

32:§317. Spotlights and auxiliary lamps

A.(1) A spotlight shall be authorized only on motor vehicles which meet one of the following conditions:

(a) The vehicle is a publicly owned emergency vehicle.

(b) The vehicle is operated by a public service corporation as approved by the secretary of the Department of Public Safety.

(c) The spotlight is for use within a municipality where such use is specifically permitted by special ordinance and such use shall be restricted to such municipalities.

(d) The vehicle is owned and operated by a farmer. A spotlight authorized by this Subparagraph:

(i) Shall only be mounted on the back panel of the cab of a pickup truck,

(ii) Shall not rotate more than 180 degrees at the rear of the cab,

(iii) Shall not face the front of the vehicle at any time,

(iv) Shall be used solely for agricultural purposes, and

(v) Shall not be operated on any state or local highway.

(2) When use of a spotlight is permitted, every such illuminated spotlight shall be operated upon approaching another vehicle so that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle.

B. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two fog lamps mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of 4 inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Lighted fog lamps meeting the above requirements may be used with lower head lamp beams as specified in R.S. 32:321.

C. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary passing lamps mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height not less than 24 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of R.S. 32:321 shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary passing lamps.

D. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height not less than 16 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of R.S. 32:321 shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.

Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 1982, No. 225, §1. Acts 1984, No. 74, §1.

 

[Yrdawg]

Q Beams for ever ??? Hand held I mean, not the AlQueida " mounted spotlite "

 

[charlie12]

Illegal unless you fit one of the below exceptions. However, unless you are acting the fool with it, you probably will be OK. Alot of Taxis are old police cars and still have them, but no one really messes with them normally. It is a great charge though, when you stop that guy who "knows my rights", LOL....never be that guy.

Kind of like that warrant for seatbelt, if you need it use it. 10-15 one time

 

[fallingbird]

Cool truck!

 

[charliepapa]

VERY nice find! Looks like little or no rust... Is that a 1974 Jimmy?

 

[yamatitan]

Cool truck!

Seriously that would make a great BOV/weekend offroader.

 

[Chip Cross]

don't think so,they come on my Peterbilt trucks

They do ?

Illegal unless you fit one of the below exceptions. However, unless you are acting the fool with it, you probably will be OK. Alot of Taxis are old police cars and still have them, but no one really messes with them normally. It is a great charge though, when you stop that guy who "knows my rights", LOL....never be that guy.

Thanks for the info!

Cool truck!

Thanks!

VERY nice find! Looks like little or no rust... Is that a 1974 Jimmy?

It is a 76' wish it was a 75' full top convertible. It was an original Arizona truck for 30 years very little rust at all. It has 1ton axles and is very well built. The previous owner gave me documented receipts for $14,750.00 of work and parts spent to build this truck.

Seriously that would make a great BOV/weekend offroader.

It will be a fun truck for sure.

The reason I ask the question about the lights was because I was told anytime you have lights mounted in such a fashion and you are stopped it is a direct go to jail do not pass go. Because of fools trying to imitate a LEO.

 

[yamatitan]

They would probably right you a ticket I seriously doubt they would take you to jail. Unless of course you were pulling people over or something. lol

 

[blackened1313]

That baby is clean. Someone loved her for sure.

 

[Chip Cross]

That baby is clean. Someone loved her for sure.

This is true, the trucks whole life is documented and I am only the fourth owner. The underside is immaculate it is hard to believe the truck is 34 years old. The paint scheme hooked me like a crack head to a $20 rock. LOL

 

[Unit505]

While it might be illegal, the only time I've ever seen someone get in trouble is when they are using the spotlight on the street. Even some of the new Jeep Liberty's come with four forward facing spotlights mounted on the top rack of the vehicle. Most of the old tear drop spot lights use a factory round headlight and put out no more than a factory high beam. Heck, even the pizza delivery guys around here use them for finding house numbers. My issue is with the HID headlights on vehicles. Completely blind you going down the road and the cops never mess with them. I think they should be outlawed for use on a street legal vehicle. Much worse than any spot light. Here in NW Louisiana, the oil field and gas workers run high mount forward facing spot lights on most of their vehicles. Especially their company vehicles. I've never heard of any of them getting tagged for a light that was turned off. If it were enforced, the cops would write about 500 tickets a day sitting in one spot right here by my house. I think you'll probably get in trouble twice as fast for ground effects lights. The cops I know go after those all the time. Again, I'd keep the lights and only use them off road and I doubt you'll get in trouble. Just my opinion.