polarity Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 What's the law in ohio about riding with blue light on your bike? I got some new headlights that have the "demon eye" which glows blue when the projectors are not on. Is it illegal to ride around with a solid blue light on (not strobing or flashing)? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphy Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I looked it up, because I have blue accent lights on my bike, and the way I read the law is Flashing blue is bad solid blue is not talked about. Talking to LEO's and I got most would pull me over and depending on my attitude I may or may not get a ticket. I have had mine on and passed LEOs with out issue was well. On another note, I had a friend a few years back get a ticket for blue LEDs on her windshield washer fluid jets on her hood. I don't recall if they flashed or not, but the Westerville LEO made he pop the hood and cut the wires to them right there on the side of the road as well as the ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmanlyst Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Blue lights are fine as long as they are not flashing while riding on highway or street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikAccord Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Back in the day when they were first getting popular blue lights would get quite a few people in trouble because the law was not clear on them and Leo's saw them as reserved for them alone. Now, as long as they are not flashing and you see more of the glow versus the actual light, they don't care as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 The only reference to blue lights being illegal I can see is ORC 4513.17 which says flashing/rotating/oscillating blue is illegal. Can't seem to find a law against solid blue. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4513.17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOoTeR Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I vaguely remember a law that said the only colors allowed to be projected (or displayed or something) on the front of a vehicle were white and amber. The only colors allowed for the rear were red amber and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentcropduster Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'm a LEO, as long as they are soild - not strobing, flashin, blinking etc - no ones going to mess with you. I'm talking about auxiliary or accent lights tho. If your using blue halo's around ur beams - I guess as long as they aren't the primary source for lighting the roadway and don blind anybody - I wouldnt see an issue with it. Then again there is a lot of gray area in the law. I did take a quick look @ my ORC and cant find jack about it being against the law as long as they aren't strobing, flashing, or blinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwb675 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I used to have green turn signals in my ranger about 10 years ago. The only person that had an issue was an overweight University of Toledo cop. He pulled me over twice. First time was verbal warning, i ignored it. About a month later he pulled me over again and added that i was driving recklessly; this was after he pulled a u-turn in the middle of the busy 4 lane road right by the university. Written warning this time and said if saw me again, he would impound it. I doubted him but didn't want to deal with his superiority complex. Both times i was driving straight, not turning so they were not blinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarity Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thanks for the info guys. The blue is just what color the projectors are when I don't have my headlights on. No strobing, flashing, blinking or anything else so I should be good. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarity Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 that is them actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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