| coneZONE | 07-05-2018 08:26 PM |
lol so far... it seems like none of you have broken any laws regarding fog lamps, contrary to what the officer told you Quote:
Originally Posted by BC MVAR Fog Lamps
4.11
(1) A motor vehicle may be equipped with 2 fog lamps, mounted on the front of the vehicle below the headlamps, that are capable of displaying only white or amber light.
(4) The operator of a vehicle may use fog lamps instead of headlamps when atmospheric conditions make the use of headlamps disadvantageous.
[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2.]
| Amber... is actually kind of close to orange-yellow. So Selective Yellow is definitely in the range between White and Amber and very close in colour to amber as well. Also, there are numerous vehicles with factory selective yellow fog lamps, such as Lexus IS300, Infinity QX4, lots of older historic vehicles as well, so it would not make sense for a ticket to be issued, as the vehicle was manufacture to abide by federal laws.
Also there is no mention of when NOT allowed to use fog lamps. Doesn't say you aren't allowed to use them on a clear sunny day/night. I believe other provinces/states may have a law prohibiting fog lamp use when it's not foggy, but not here that I can find...
Regarding fog lamp DRLs... Quote:
Originally Posted by BC MVAR Daytime running lamps
4.08
A motor vehicle may be equipped with daytime running lamps, mounted on the front of the vehicleat a height of not less than 30 cm and not more than 2.11 m, that comply with the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada).
[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2.]
| BC MVAR redirects you to Transport Canada regulations, and so... Quote:
Originally Posted by Transport Canada MVSR Daytime Running Lamps
(25) Subsections (26) to (30) apply to passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses and three-wheeled vehicles.
(26) Every vehicle shall be equipped with daytime running lamps
(c) that conform to
(i) sections 5, 6 and 7.3.1 of SAE Standard J2087, except that despite section 6.1.2, if a daytime running lamp is optically combined with a white front position lamp that has a projected luminous lens area of 200 cm2 or less, it may conform to the light intensity distribution values shown in figure 1 when tested in accordance with section 5.1, or
(ii) until September 1, 2020, SAE Standard J583, Front Fog Lamps (September 2016) (SAE Standard J583).
(27) Despite section 6.4 of SAE Standard J2087, the light from a daytime running lamp shall be
(a) if the lamp is optically combined with a parking lamp, white or yellow;
(b) if produced by a turn signal lamp, yellow; and
(c) in all other cases, white.
| IMO, from reading back and forth between the provincial and federal laws, BC's "amber" and Canada's "yellow" are referring to the same colour, because BC laws refer to turn signal colour as "amber", and whereas seen above, Transport Canada refers to it as "yellow" |
