Coloured Fog Lights: Risky?

[MandaPanda94]

I've heard so many different things regarding coloured fogs. i've had cops tell me that though it is technically illegal, you're only really allowed white or light yellow, most cops arent THAT anal to pull you over for coloured fogs unless it's super distracting. BUT the possibility of getting a fine is always there, though you could most definitely fight it.

I want to make mine a violet colour, i'm thinking of going the coloured vinyl route so that way if i ever do get pulled over by a cop i can just take the vinyl off and send in a picture of the "fix"

Just wondering fi anyone has coloured fogs, if they ever had any trouble and what people's general opinions are.

[ryan2.3]

i think if you get radical like purple/blue/red etc, you would probably only want to use them while parked. i just went with yellow

[natspriceless]

I've heard so many different things regarding coloured fogs. i've had cops tell me that though it is technically illegal, you're only really allowed white or light yellow, most cops arent THAT anal to pull you over for coloured fogs unless it's super distracting. BUT the possibility of getting a fine is always there, though you could most definitely fight it.

I want to make mine a violet colour, i'm thinking of going the coloured vinyl route so that way if i ever do get pulled over by a cop i can just take the vinyl off and send in a picture of the "fix"

Just wondering fi anyone has coloured fogs, if they ever had any trouble and what people's general opinions are.

I've considered the risks and it's not getting pulled over or ticketed that concern me but rather what has actually put the idea on hold for me was that someone warned me that the film could melt and it would be a pain to deal with.

[ryan2.3]

I've considered the risks and it's not getting pulled over or ticketed that concern me but rather what has actually put the idea on hold for me was that someone warned me that the film could melt and it would be a pain to deal with.

i've seen some people run theirs constantly, even in the day and i've seen them burn and melt in the middle so you have black spots. Make it a pain to peel off. I only use mine at night and even then, i'll usually turn them off unless i need them.

[Booter22]

Lizz has pink fogs. Hasnt got stopped yet.

[Kiewan]

General opinion:
Just stay away from red. Those will get you pulled over and they are stupid. No reason to mimic brake lights on the front of your car

I can see a really light blue getting away with it, as it would probably just mimic xenon bulbs.

[schmat66]

i ran green bulbs for a while no hassle. i think, dodged a few encounters but that could have been for numerous reasons, my lady has ran pink fogs for 4 years now and not a single time stopped, she has had film (good quality film) and not a single burn spot, i was running green led bulbs

[Canadianbacon]

Running yellow lamix, cops could pull me over for other things, loud exhaust, illegal tint % lowered etc. Its all officer's discretion. Cops in Toronto DGAF

[soccerboy1491]

I had really blue fogs & got a ticket but that was with peel cops & they always suck. It's always gonna come down to the cop.
Oh & I have a blue lamix over the fogs & there's no burn marks ect and I mostly drive at night so they are usually on & they are fine.

[microtandme]

I have yellow tint with yellow bulbs and I have the dark brown marks in the middle i only put them on at night but I deliver pizzas and it's mainly at night.

[Mazduh]

I have yellow tint with yellow bulbs and I have the dark brown marks in the middle i only put them on at night but I deliver pizzas and it's mainly at night.

Mine have finally started to burn also. Lamin-x.

[Mitchell3]

Depends on cops in your area. For just fogs yellow are generally safe, a little blue/pink/violet probably safe so long as its still a bright white with just a hue of colour. If its a pure blue, red etc. then its just a matter of time until you get pulled over.

Reality though, anything other than white is going to be a distraction.

[ryan2.3]

Mine have finally started to burn also. Lamin-x.

glad i didn't' go with those. I paid $10 on ebay for my overlays. Odd that they sent me 3, but i guess that means i have a backup if they eventually burn.

[microtandme]

Depends on cops in your area. For just fogs yellow are generally safe, a little blue/pink/violet probably safe so long as its still a bright white with just a hue of colour. If its a pure blue, red etc. then its just a matter of time until you get pulled over.

Reality though, anything other than white is going to be a distraction.

So basically anything other than white or Amber on the front of your car is illegal.

[bpsmicro]

The relevant section of the Highway Traffic Act (Ontario) is at http://www.ontario.ca/fr/lois/loi/90h08#s61 and just beyond.

Executive summary:

- At night, two lights on the front in white or yellow, and one on the back in red (headlights/taillights)
- There are rules about the "strength" of the required lights, and no colored covering of any kind.
- No more than four on the front exceeding 300 candles intensity
- No intermittent red other than "4-way flashers", and intermittent blue restricted
- Red & Blue on the front restricted, as is flashing green

I can find no other regulations restricting any colors at all, front or rear. The only caveat is if you have, for example, purple foglights and you're driving at night with those and not also your normal white/yellow headlights, you'll be not complying with that first point.

Brad.

[ChrisDuffy705]

I live in Barrie and so far I've seen a LOT of cars with the typical yellow (Mine included) .... a few pink, blue (actual blue, not xenon) and purple.

Depends on the cop really.

[CloudPump]

I've heard so many different things regarding coloured fogs. i've had cops tell me that though it is technically illegal, you're only really allowed white or light yellow, most cops arent THAT anal to pull you over for coloured fogs unless it's super distracting. BUT the possibility of getting a fine is always there, though you could most definitely fight it.

I want to make mine a violet colour, i'm thinking of going the coloured vinyl route so that way if i ever do get pulled over by a cop i can just take the vinyl off and send in a picture of the "fix"

Just wondering fi anyone has coloured fogs, if they ever had any trouble and what people's general opinions are.

Why do people think this matters?

If you beat someone up and then send them tylenol, do you think the assault charge gets dropped?

If you were breaking the law at the time of the offence, "unbreaking" it doesn't absolve you of guilt.

-Geoff

[loki]

What's the difference between a pic after and pic before

I'm with Geoff on this one...I need a tylenol after reading all of this

[microtandme]

What's the difference between a pic after and pic before

I'm with Geoff on this one...I need a tylenol after reading all of this

I would have to disagree with both you on this because most times when people get a ticket for dark tint if they take it off they don't have to pay the ticket how could this be something different?

[ryan2.3]

Why do people think this matters?

If you beat someone up and then send them tylenol, do you think the assault charge gets dropped?

If you were breaking the law at the time of the offence, "unbreaking" it doesn't absolve you of guilt.

-Geoff

i think the reasoning is that sometimes they'll give you a warning saying, "take this off and show us, and we'll drop the ticket"

[loki]

I would have to disagree with both you on this because most times when people get a ticket for dark tint if they take it off they don't have to pay the ticket how could this be something different?

Without hard facts I would not use phrases like "most times" because I bet you have no idea how often this is the case.

What I was saying is that if all it takes is a photo, why not take a photo before you get the tints done, or fog lights or whatever...in an underground parking garage so they can't tell which season it is...and keep that to send to the police to show the "fix"

[CloudPump]

i think the reasoning is that sometimes they'll give you a warning saying, "take this off and show us, and we'll drop the ticket"

A warning isn't a ticket. If they gave you a warning, you were warned and sent on your way, there's nothing to drop. A ticket is filed in court and is a legal charge against you.

-Geoff

[CloudPump]

I would have to disagree with both you on this because most times when people get a ticket for dark tint if they take it off they don't have to pay the ticket how could this be something different?

Anecdotal evidence.

What really happens in these cases is that a person was pulled over for speeding, but given two or three tickets (tints, lights, etc.) in addition to the speeding infraction.

When traffic court comes around, the prosecutors (whose job is to get stuff through the courts as fast as possible) say that they'll drop the other charges if you can show it's fixed and you'll only pay the speeding fine.

People then believe that this is all that's needed to get out of a tint/lights/etc. ticket, when in fact you were just being gamed by the way they play the system.

-Geoff

[ryan2.3]

A warning isn't a ticket. If they gave you a warning, you were warned and sent on your way, there's nothing to drop. A ticket is filed in court and is a legal charge against you.

-Geoff

mispoke by saying drop ticket as opposed to warning. in his original message he wasn't saying explicitly there was a ticket. he was just saying he could take it off and show it was gone. If he was charged, then yeah, i agree with you, you can't just take it off and it goes away, but you may have that option if it was a conditional ticket/warning.
Several years ago i was driving really late night, and had a cop behind me for a while (long stretch of highway). One of my turn signals happened to burn out in front of him. I knew it had because the click clack got faster, and right away he pulled me over. I was given a conditional ticket/warning/whatever that i had to go to the station within 24 hours to show that it was repaired and they'd let it go, otherwise i'd get charged for having a light out. That wasn't a warning that nothing happens and i'm on my way, i had to actively show an officer at the station that i had repaired it. They signed off on it and it was gone. Annoyingly, i had extra bulbs in my glovebox, but he wouldn't let me change it on the side of the road.

I'm not defending his reason of i'll do it anyways and then peel it off if someone says something, i was just saying that it's possible. I think it's an unnecessary gamble and potential time/money waste just for a couple purple circles.

[natspriceless]

mispoke by saying drop ticket as opposed to warning. in his original message he wasn't saying explicitly there was a ticket. he was just saying he could take it off and show it was gone. If he was charged, then yeah, i agree with you, you can't just take it off and it goes away, but you may have that option if it was a conditional ticket/warning.
Several years ago i was driving really late night, and had a cop behind me for a while (long stretch of highway). One of my turn signals happened to burn out in front of him. I knew it had because the click clack got faster, and right away he pulled me over. I was given a conditional ticket/warning/whatever that i had to go to the station within 24 hours to show that it was repaired and they'd let it go, otherwise i'd get charged for having a light out. That wasn't a warning that nothing happens and i'm on my way, i had to actively show an officer at the station that i had repaired it. They signed off on it and it was gone. Annoyingly, i had extra bulbs in my glovebox, but he wouldn't let me change it on the side of the road.

I'm not defending his reason of i'll do it anyways and then peel it off if someone says something, i was just saying that it's possible. I think it's an unnecessary gamble and potential time/money waste just for a couple purple circles.

Lol ryan2.3 you mean "she" not "he" right? :P

[CloudPump]

Ontario doesn't issue Fix-it tickets. If you never went into the police station, nothing would have happened.

I do see you're listed as a Michigan resident though. Many American states do issue fix-it tickets.

-Geoff

[ryan2.3]

Lol ryan2.3 you mean "she" not "he" right? :P

my bad. I wasn't sure and didn't want to presume based on the vinyl being purple :rolleyes

[ryan2.3]

Ontario doesn't issue Fix-it tickets. If you never went into the police station, nothing would have happened.

I do see you're listed as a Michigan resident though. Many American states do issue fix-it tickets.

-Geoff

this was when i was living in Kingston back when i was in school

[WhiterThanChalk]

Fatherly advice from my dad to you guys (he was an OPP mechanic for like 20+ years): It's technically illegal to have anything other than white and amber lights at the front of your vehicle, as well as illegal to have anything other than red and amber at the back (to signal to others at night what is the front vs the back of the vehicle). Anything flashing or strobing is a horrible idea. Stay away from red and blue as they are specific to emergency vehicles and more likely to get caught. Other colours are your own choice, if you see a cop at night just flick them off, in the end it's illegal but it's their discretion whether to come after you or not.

[MandaPanda94]

OH jeez, this thread was more about if it was illegal or not and how often people get pulled over for having coloured fogs other than yellow.
I'm not saying i could always get away with just taking the vinyl off and it be a fix, im just saying i've heard people do that and it was fine. Obviously that's not always the case. worse case i get a ticket and i know to take the tint off and not do it again.

[MandaPanda94]

And yes, nat i am a she :P thanks

[Aitch]

OH jeez, this thread was more about if it was illegal or not and how often people get pulled over for having coloured fogs other than yellow.
I'm not saying i could always get away with just taking the vinyl off and it be a fix, im just saying i've heard people do that and it was fine. Obviously that's not always the case. worse case i get a ticket and i know to take the tint off and not do it again.
It's the internet, people love to argue [emoji14]

[MandaPanda94]

Update:
I went ahead with purple vinyl (like 5 layers of it because it was so transparent) and purple LED bulbs with matching licence plate bulbs. It's been just over a year and haven't been pulled over... yet. (fingers crossed) I mainly drive in and around Hamilton because that's where I live, but i also drive to Windsor at least once a month as well as the GTA and Niagara regions. Guess I've just been lucky? haha

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[TheDeeJoseph]

Update:
I went ahead with purple vinyl (like 5 layers of it because it was so transparent) and purple LED bulbs with matching licence plate bulbs. It's been just over a year and haven't been pulled over... yet. (fingers crossed) I mainly drive in and around Hamilton because that's where I live, but i also drive to Windsor at least once a month as well as the GTA and Niagara regions. Guess I've just been lucky? haha

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Nice! I haven't heard of anyone getting pulled over for tinted fog lights. I tinted mine over 2 years ago, driving through Toronto, Ottawa (where I live now) and Montreal constantly. No issues! Haven't even gotten pulled over for my window tints in Quebec where I work and they use that as a real cash grab on Ontario drivers over here.