Are Undercar Lights (neons) Legal Or Not? (qld) - neons legal in qld?  

004dam

Legal, blue ones are the only legal ones but have to be connected to the indicator relay so there not on constantly on, taken from www.carmodifactions.gov.au/neons

R34-GTR

It is not illegal to have them fitted. It IS illegal to have them turned on whilst the car is being driven.

You can go as nuts as you want while the vehicle is stationary and parked, just not whilst your driving MmmmK...

Hope that helps..

AdamLavv

Thanks guys that clears things up a bit , so if |'m only using them when parked , can I have any colour?

as i thought it was illegal to have any blue lights on your car ,

I remember reading they are legal , as long as people can't see the source of the light (the neon bulb itself)

low96

i got em on my car.
they are illegal to have on when driving.
when not driving u can hav whatever colour u want
i have 7 different colours including blue and red

khubner

i've seen a car rolling around paradise point with red neons on whilst driving. and was under the impression and know this to be true atleast for wa that under car glow is perfectly legal so long as the source of the light is not visible and does not dazzle other drivers. although in saying this i went to a cop shop about those washer jets with lights in them and got told all external lighting is illegal/ will get you pinged.

my headlights have 3 leds in them per headlamp that are blue and are tied into the park lights and as of yet have yet to be stoped for them i beleive that the reason i havn't been stoped is that the amount of light these emit is so marginal compared to the ccfl rings and low/highbeam they are barly noticed whilst driving but im sure if i get stoped for an rbt there's gona be a coment on them

J-train

They are illegal when switched on when driving because they are distracting to other drivers. Doesn't matter about colour or if you can see the source, if there on when your car is in motion then they are illegal.
I did in the past use red LED tubes for break lights (red obviously) and with a cop car behind me one night they didn't say a thing and these things were very bright.

low96

ur allowed to do that
ur allowed a total of 3 brake lights on the rear (must be red)
so if u replaced your eye level stop light with one then its legal

khubner

i think you'll find it a minimum of three stop lights on vehicle that come fitted from factory. my old accord didn't have a 3rd stop light but it was not fitted from factory thus not required.

and if what you saying about only 3 stop lights every mack truck, tow truck, taxi, bus are all illegal. taxi's in particular have roof mounted stop lights and indicators above the drivers head which in alot of cases are well and truly visable from the rear which thoreticly give them 5 stop lights

low96

tru.
i know trucks are allowed it because of their height (over a certain height)
and cabs might hav a similar rule
yer coming from factory is different.my mates XP doesnt even need rear seat belts

WinKE55

Ah, I have seen different laws stating about this..

I seen that it is illegal to have white,red, blue and I think there was another colour as it is related to Police,Ambulance,Fire brigade..

pretty sure a member on here posted a small thing on it.. I will try and find it.

Edit:

Here you go, use google man, my 6 year old half brother can use it..

Underbody lighting is permitted, provided the lights are fitted in
accordance with the conditions listed in this information sheet

AIS INFORMATION SHEET No. 21


Alternative lights

Additional lights fitted to motor vehicles and, in particular, alternative
lighting on dressed up vehicles with underbody lighting, such as neon
lights and ultra violet lights, are acceptable, subject to certain
conditions.

(TO(RUM-VSS)) allows lights not mentioned in the standards to be fitted in
addition to the required lights, whereas the former Traffic Regulation 1962
required specific approval, which was not often granted. Lights that flash
or are white, red, yellow or blue are mentioned in the standards. However,
pink lights, for example are not mentioned and could, theoretically, be
fitted.

The use of blue lights are reserved for police vehicles in Queensland but
ambulances and fire engines in other states may use blue lights.

As such, additional underbody lighting such as neon lights and ultra violet
lights are acceptable provided the light omitted is not blue, yellow, red
or white. Of the last two, red lights must not be seen from the front and
white must not be seen from the rear. Other colours are acceptable as long
as they do not flash or dazzle another driver.

Other additional lighting requirements are covered by the regulations and
which is summarised in the brochure "All About Modifications to Motor
Vehicles". This brochure may be sighted on the Queensland Transport website
at www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/driver.nsf/index/vehiclemods

Additional mandatory lights, e.g. an extra pair of direction indicator
lights, are also permitted. The Australian Design Rules set mandatory
position, width and height limits for a primary set of lights fitted to a
vehicle. In the case of light and heavy omnibuses (MD and ME categories),
all commercial vehicles (N category) and medium and heavy trailers (TD and
TC categories), additional direction indicator, hazard warning, stop,
parking and rear position lights may be fitted to satisfy specific
operational requirements.

These operational requirements could include the need to better project
manoeuvring intentions in congested traffic such as for buses frequently
stopping to pick up and set down passengers, the need to have additional
lights to retain signalling capability in case of primary light breakages,
and where operating environment results in low mounted lights becoming
covered in dirt or dust.

The maximum height limits for particular lights, which includes stop
lights, fitted to the above categories of vehicles do not apply when
provided as additional lights.