Important! : Are they legal

1. 0790hooper Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2009 norwich Posts: 460

   #1 8th January 2010, 16:13

   I was wandering are blue led washer jets legal or illegal cheers tom
2. sax-dan Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 wigan Posts: 772 vauxhall corsa gsi ford fiesta rs 1800 citroen s

   #2 8th January 2010, 16:15

   legal as long as they dont flash or if the bulbs where red. but there gash!
3. steviee90 Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Torrance, Glasgow Posts: 1624 03 Saxo VTR

   #3 8th January 2010, 16:15

   illegal iirc
4. Claireeyy Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Aberdeenshire Posts: 2059 Clio Sport

   #4 8th January 2010, 16:16

   Think it's illegal for any blue lights on a car......the are chavvy and shit though

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5. user_19364 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2007 Liverpool Posts: 8780 Seat Leon

   #5 8th January 2010, 16:17

   Any blue light on a non-emergency vehicle is illegal. They cn be white (same as your headlights) if you must have them but they are the chaviest thing you can do to your car.
6. sax-dan Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 wigan Posts: 772 vauxhall corsa gsi ford fiesta rs 1800 citroen s

   #6 8th January 2010, 16:18

   there legal, someone put that ask the police website up last night and it said it on there.
7. user_19364 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2007 Liverpool Posts: 8780 Seat Leon

   #7 8th January 2010, 16:22

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by sax-dan there legal, someone put that ask the police website up last night and it said it on there.

   It doesn't say hey are legal on there, it says

   Quote:

   may be legal if they do not flash, move or distract other drivers.

   Blue lights will distract other drivers and you'll find yourself getting pulled every minute and fined if the police officer is having a bad day, or thinks your a chav with them on your car
8. Paulp Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE

   #8 8th January 2010, 16:24

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by sax-dan there legal, someone put that ask the police website up last night and it said it on there.

   If they are white and not flashing then they would be legal.. But why would you?
   
   Btw they're called 'Wanker lights'.
9. 0790hooper Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2009 norwich Posts: 460

   #9 8th January 2010, 16:25

   ok prob wont do not worth just in case and about the chav bit you call them chavy i have a saxo myself which is standared and every1 calls that chavy so any1 with a saxo is a bit as i hear
10. Paulp Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE

    #10 8th January 2010, 16:25

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...anker%20lights
11. sax-dan Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 wigan Posts: 772 vauxhall corsa gsi ford fiesta rs 1800 citroen s

    #11 8th January 2010, 16:25

    my bad.
12. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #12 8th January 2010, 17:21

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by 0790hooper ok prob wont do not worth just in case and about the chav bit you call them chavy i have a saxo myself which is standared and every1 calls that chavy so any1 with a saxo is a bit as i hear

    not really. you cant be a chav just becuase of the car you drive, its usually what you do to it that makes you 'look' chavvy.
    
    in this case, led lights anywhere on the exterior look extremely chavvy in my opinion.
13. user_15989 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857

    #13 8th January 2010, 17:21

    There not illegal as such but rather:
    
    If they flash there illegal.
    If there red on the front there illegal.
    If there any colour apart from red on the back there illegal.
    If there visible to the driver whilst seated there illegal.
    If they could be considered a distraction to other road users there illegal.
    
    There are more reasons whey they could be illegal but I cant recall them off hand but the long and the short of it is if the police don't like it odds are they will be illegal.
14. steviee90 Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Torrance, Glasgow Posts: 1624 03 Saxo VTR

    #14 8th January 2010, 17:23

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Paul http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...anker%20lights

    sorry paul, i had to look twice at your avatar, i though for a minute you had shaved your hair lol its really just patrick stewart lol
15. user_39173 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Hull Posts: 983 01' Ph1 VTS

    #15 8th January 2010, 18:17

    there most probably illegal and there definatly CHAV!
16. CarlosVT Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2009 Bristol Posts: 4070 Mk3 Ibiza Cupra

    #16 8th January 2010, 20:07

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Paul http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...anker%20lights

    Spot on description. lol
17. gaz4399 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2007 Chester Posts: 2850 1275 mini

    #17 8th January 2010, 20:09

    illegal as far as i know, but chavvy as fook
18. squeaky Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2008 louth Posts: 326 Saxo vtr, ax gti, sloda fabia vrs

    #18 8th January 2010, 20:12

    defo think there illegal
19. Predator_R32p Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP

    #19 8th January 2010, 21:08

    100% illegal, my mate had some about 8 years ago and got pulled over and had to take them off
    
    anything other than white is classed as illegal, as your impersonating an emergency vehicle, obviously theres orange indicators but with them flashing all the time it will look like youve broke down
    
    white washer jets might be legal but still they will state on the box/packaging there for show use only, which means having a switch fitted and used on private property
20. user_34323 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 ringwood Posts: 6305 suzuki swift 1.2 sz3

    #20 8th January 2010, 21:13

    screw getting fined the worst thing that can happen with putting blue lights on your car happed to some guy with neons. he got prosecuted for impersonating a police officer. now that aint good!!
21. MikeYost Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2770

    #21 8th January 2010, 21:15

    illegal

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22. 1-1dicky Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 maidstone Posts: 702 saxo vtr

    #22 8th January 2010, 21:17

    dont get em, theyre chavvy and look pants also illigal

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23. kennysevenfold Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Baillieston, Glasgow Posts: 792 Vectra

    #23 8th January 2010, 22:27

    None.
    
    There Gay.
24. Tommyboy1507 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Northants Posts: 855 52 Silver Saxo VTR

    #24 9th January 2010, 21:00

    While on the subject, Is it or isn't it illegal to drive with front fog lights on??
    I'm sure it is illegal to have the rear on.
25. user_15989 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857

    #25 9th January 2010, 22:41

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tommyboy1507 While on the subject, Is it or isn't it illegal to drive with front fog lights on?? I'm sure it is illegal to have the rear on.

    LOL you really should know this one if you have passed a driving test. It's illegal to use them unless in server conditions that reduce vision to a point you can not see another car 100m away. Even then its still illegal to use them if in the circumstance they provide undue glare to other road users. Even though you could go to courts and be issued points, banned, have a unlimited fine or even do time for it generally it's dealt with a simple on the spot fine. This is for front and or rear.
26. Tommyboy1507 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Northants Posts: 855 52 Silver Saxo VTR

    #26 9th January 2010, 23:03

    Cheers, thought it was but I've seen so many people with them on and was unsure about them (front)
27. mickyfinn Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 high wycombe Posts: 1078 mk2 silver saxo vtr 1.6 silver mk2 vts and now A

    #27 9th January 2010, 23:44

    dont do it its chav tastic lol
28. user_39344 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2009 manchester Posts: 279 mgzs 180 trophy blue

    #28 10th January 2010, 01:12

    yea they look cheap but it up to you mate what you pesonally want on your car
    i would ditch them tho.
29. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

    #29 10th January 2010, 01:39

    fog lights are usually a £30 on the spot fine but most coppers are decent and just tell you to turn them off, but i dont get that problem as ive removed mine lol ive got a set of blue LED washer jets free in a magazine years ago before i could even drive and im glad to say they have never left the package lol