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YukonBrosef12

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I have know that having blue LED anything outside the vehicle is illegal...I've been pulled over and ticketed for it as well. But here is my question! Is having a blue LED map or dome light illegal, even when it's on and I'm on the road? It may or may not be visible outside the vehicle but if it is, is it illegal? Thanks in advance!
 

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thats actually a good question because i also switched my interior lights to blue led lights
if you think about it logically the police would never know unless you drive around with your dome light on wich i believe is illegal regardless of the color the lighting in your vehicle
i also put a white LED in the passanger side map light just in case i drop something in the floor at night or something of that nature
 

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Interior lights can be any color. However, some colors are better than others for seeing
 

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Back in the fast and furious days lol I had blue neon lights under the dash, 2nd row, and lighting the subs in the cargo area. I used to drive around all the time with them on. It pretty much glowed blue when the windows were down. I never got in trouble with them. However if you are doing anything illegal or such they will draw excessive attention.
 

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I checked and what i found is that any interior lighting of anykind cannot provide a distraction to the driver and the term distraction is not determined by the driver but by any peace officer observing the operation of the vehicle
so no state is it currently illegal to drive with the dome light on but if your pulled over the cop can say your dome light is a distraction and site your for it
seriously dont roll around with your dome light on here in arizona thats like there text book indicator that they mite have a drunk driver
 
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I checked and what i found is that any interior lighting of anykind cannot provide a distraction to the driver and the term distraction is not determined by the driver but by any peace officer observing the operation of the vehicle
so no state is it currently illegal to drive with the dome light on but if your pulled over the cop can say your dome light is a distraction and site your for it
seriously dont roll around with your dome light on here in arizona thats like there text book indicator that they mite have a drunk driver

Thanks Bro! Lol I don't intend on doing that...but it is good to know that! Its just like if I dropped something or needed something or was reading a map...that if I had that on, I wouldn't get pulled over because its not a stock color or white!

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Back in the fast and furious days lol I had blue neon lights under the dash, 2nd row, and lighting the subs in the cargo area. I used to drive around all the time with them on. It pretty much glowed blue when the windows were down. I never got in trouble with them. However if you are doing anything illegal or such they will draw excessive attention.

Thank you, I might actually look into that idea! It would be cool!
 

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Interior lights can be any color. However, some colors are better than others for seeing

^^ this I used blue for my maps and I can't see anything at night just looks like a Rave , Not doing blue anymore
 

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The best color, besides white, to use for reading at night is red or green. As far as colored interior lights being illeagal, they aren't, but it draws the attention to you and will probably cause an officer to look for a reason to stop you.
 

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