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    Default headlight laws in ga/ headlight color

    i just want to know if anymore color headlights has been added to the law of ga. i am about to get a car soon and i just want to know if there has been any change in the headlights color law

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    sorry i dont have it in the right place

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    O.C.G.A. 40-8-22 (2010)
    40-8-22. Headlights


    (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor driven cycle shall be equipped with at least two but not more than four headlights, with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which headlights shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this article.

    (b) Every motorcycle and every motor driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights, which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this article.

    (c) Every headlight upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle and motor driven cycle, shall be located at a height measured from the center of the headlight of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches, to be measured as set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 40-8-21.

    (d) The headlights required by this Code section shall be maintained in proper working condition and shall not be covered by any type of material, provided that the covering restriction shall not apply to any vehicle on which the original factory headlights were covered.

    (e) It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle unless such motor vehicle is equipped with aiming pads on each headlight.
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    Yes. That super blue and hyper yellow headlight shit is illegal

    Don't do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
    Yes. That super blue and hyper yellow headlight shit is illegal

    Don't do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
    Yes. That super blue and hyper yellow headlight shit is illegal

    Don't do it.
    Care to share that Ga code?
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    Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
    Care to share that Ga code?
    Yeah, it's called that shits gay. Annotated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
    Yeah, it's called that shits gay. Annotated.

    Once again, you offer no basis for your statement. A simple link to the OCGA number would be sufficient, if you knew it.

    Since you didn't, here you go.

    O.C.G.A. 40-8-34 (2010)
    40-8-34. Color in lighting equipment


    The color in all lighting equipment covered in this title shall be in accordance with Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J578, April, 1965, as thereafter revised or amended.

    SAE J578:
    http://standards.sae.org/j578_200612/

    1995 edition - newer editions must be paid for:

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