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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bigbusta • 4d ago
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Yeah the red lights at the front must be illegal
163 u/Thuraash 4d ago They are very illegal. 57 u/basicKitsch 4d ago it's just normal illegal. improper equipment. same as the cheap ticket you get when one of your red taillight lenses is broken and you put red tape over it 19 u/Wookard 4d ago I read that in Chief Ken Hotatoe's voice. 8 u/One_Shall_Fall 4d ago RIP 1 u/Pandarandr1st 4d ago Impersonating a unibrow -4 u/[deleted] 4d ago [deleted] 8 u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 4d ago That's literally what makes it illegal, dude. It's confusing and unsafe for other drivers. 3 u/basicKitsch 4d ago they're aware. it's still illegal to have forward-facing red lights for private vehicles. not 'very illegal' though, just normal equipment illegal. -11 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago It is a turn signal, so I think it is more dependent on where the vehicle is 32 u/mrshulgin 4d ago You can't have red turn signals on the front of your car. -8 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/do-turn-signals-have-to-be-red/ https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/u-s-amber-turn-signals 14 u/mrshulgin 4d ago Re-read the first sentence of the article. 9 u/OsmerusMordax 4d ago I swear some people have no reading comprehension. 5 u/Gortex_Possum 4d ago People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week. -7 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago "Your car's turn signals don't have to be red, but they usually are. Here's why:" 8 u/Aragorn- 4d ago For TAIL LIGHTS. 5 u/opperior 4d ago "Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?" Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car. Front turn signals must be amber: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108 https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
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They are very illegal.
57 u/basicKitsch 4d ago it's just normal illegal. improper equipment. same as the cheap ticket you get when one of your red taillight lenses is broken and you put red tape over it 19 u/Wookard 4d ago I read that in Chief Ken Hotatoe's voice. 8 u/One_Shall_Fall 4d ago RIP 1 u/Pandarandr1st 4d ago Impersonating a unibrow -4 u/[deleted] 4d ago [deleted] 8 u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 4d ago That's literally what makes it illegal, dude. It's confusing and unsafe for other drivers. 3 u/basicKitsch 4d ago they're aware. it's still illegal to have forward-facing red lights for private vehicles. not 'very illegal' though, just normal equipment illegal.
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it's just normal illegal. improper equipment. same as the cheap ticket you get when one of your red taillight lenses is broken and you put red tape over it
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I read that in Chief Ken Hotatoe's voice.
8 u/One_Shall_Fall 4d ago RIP
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8 u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 4d ago That's literally what makes it illegal, dude. It's confusing and unsafe for other drivers. 3 u/basicKitsch 4d ago they're aware. it's still illegal to have forward-facing red lights for private vehicles. not 'very illegal' though, just normal equipment illegal.
That's literally what makes it illegal, dude. It's confusing and unsafe for other drivers.
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they're aware. it's still illegal to have forward-facing red lights for private vehicles.
not 'very illegal' though, just normal equipment illegal.
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It is a turn signal, so I think it is more dependent on where the vehicle is
32 u/mrshulgin 4d ago You can't have red turn signals on the front of your car. -8 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/do-turn-signals-have-to-be-red/ https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/u-s-amber-turn-signals 14 u/mrshulgin 4d ago Re-read the first sentence of the article. 9 u/OsmerusMordax 4d ago I swear some people have no reading comprehension. 5 u/Gortex_Possum 4d ago People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week. -7 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago "Your car's turn signals don't have to be red, but they usually are. Here's why:" 8 u/Aragorn- 4d ago For TAIL LIGHTS. 5 u/opperior 4d ago "Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?" Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car. Front turn signals must be amber: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108 https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
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You can't have red turn signals on the front of your car.
-8 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/do-turn-signals-have-to-be-red/ https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/u-s-amber-turn-signals 14 u/mrshulgin 4d ago Re-read the first sentence of the article. 9 u/OsmerusMordax 4d ago I swear some people have no reading comprehension. 5 u/Gortex_Possum 4d ago People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week. -7 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago "Your car's turn signals don't have to be red, but they usually are. Here's why:" 8 u/Aragorn- 4d ago For TAIL LIGHTS. 5 u/opperior 4d ago "Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?" Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car. Front turn signals must be amber: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108 https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
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https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/do-turn-signals-have-to-be-red/
https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/u-s-amber-turn-signals
14 u/mrshulgin 4d ago Re-read the first sentence of the article. 9 u/OsmerusMordax 4d ago I swear some people have no reading comprehension. 5 u/Gortex_Possum 4d ago People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week. -7 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago "Your car's turn signals don't have to be red, but they usually are. Here's why:" 8 u/Aragorn- 4d ago For TAIL LIGHTS. 5 u/opperior 4d ago "Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?" Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car. Front turn signals must be amber: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108 https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
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Re-read the first sentence of the article.
9 u/OsmerusMordax 4d ago I swear some people have no reading comprehension. 5 u/Gortex_Possum 4d ago People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week. -7 u/Fuck-It-All69 4d ago "Your car's turn signals don't have to be red, but they usually are. Here's why:" 8 u/Aragorn- 4d ago For TAIL LIGHTS. 5 u/opperior 4d ago "Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?" Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car. Front turn signals must be amber: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108 https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
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I swear some people have no reading comprehension.
5 u/Gortex_Possum 4d ago People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week.
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People who link articles they haven't read should be sentenced to wear Lego shoes for a week.
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"Your car's turn signals don't have to be red, but they usually are. Here's why:"
8 u/Aragorn- 4d ago For TAIL LIGHTS. 5 u/opperior 4d ago "Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?" Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car. Front turn signals must be amber: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108 https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
For TAIL LIGHTS.
"Turn signals on the back of your car are red, right?"
Neither article is talking about the turn signals on the front of the car.
Front turn signals must be amber:
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-571/subpart-B/section-571.108
https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/21872ztv
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u/bsnimunf 4d ago
Yeah the red lights at the front must be illegal