Quote Originally Posted by Tech5 View Post
I do understand did this guy get pulled over by a city state certified officer or did he get pulled over by FBI?
Quote Originally Posted by Tech5 View Post
Such as head light color cops in the state of ga are not going around enforcing the federal law on headlight colors . GA state law is that no blue flashing,red,green,
BTW cops has a hard enough times keeping up with the changes in the state laws they don't have the time to listen to all the federal laws on stupid crap like this

How many cops you seen saw 200 cars with any color other then white pass with out pulling them over ????

Exactly
Quote Originally Posted by Bacon View Post
For safety's sake, I hope you can see.

As for officers enforcing federal laws, they have enough on their plate as it is. Yea they do enforce federal laws as local jurisdictions are an extension of the federal system. You think an FBI agent is slap you on the wrist with a ticket? No. They can arrest you, impound your shit, and tell you to get fucked while you watch them crush your car.

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I don't think you guys are understanding. FMVSS108 is a federal law, covering all 50 states. It's the same as removing a converter, tinting a windshield, or having a vehicle with no tail lights. Here is how it works. NHTSA is the legislative arm of the govt. in regards to vehicles. FMVSS108 is the Federal Moter Vehicle Safety Standard for automotive lighting on US roadways. Basically, its a federal standard of what is expected and can be enforced by ANY law enforcement official.

States cannot over-ride any federal vehicle law. They are uniform across all 50 states. Now, certain states are more agressive about lift laws, tint laws, and other vehcicle requirements. They can take the federal guideline and tighten it, but not go around it.

For Example: Federal Law restricts window tint on the windshield, but no other window. The other windows are left up to local law makers to be set, since some states need darker tint because of their climate. However, no state can allow tint on the windshield.

So, back to the HID debate. Putting a HID capsule in a lamp designed for a halogen lightsource is illegal, in all 50 states, by federal law. It is for a good reason. They are absolutley useless. A standard (lets say 98 Civic headlight for instance) halogen lamp with the correct OE halogen bulb is designed to work with that bulb it it. The lense, reflector, and all optics are designed to work with a filiment in a very particular spot. When you put an HID capsule in that spot, its completely chaning the focus point of the light and reducing output and focus by 50-75%. THis is not a "can reduce output" deal, but a 100% "will put out less light" situation. Sure, they are brighter 50 foot in front of the car. At 500 feet, its 50-75% less output and completely unfocused. 500 feet isnt much at 60MPH. Thats why they are illegal.

It doesnt take a federal officer to enforce this. Any cop, in any town, can stop you and write you a ticket for it. Hell, they can impound the vehicle if they want, you are knowingly violating a federal law.

Next there is the safety issue. There is supposed to be 35K volts travelling through those cables from the ballast to the capsule. Those cables are supposed to be shielded. They are not. Those cables are passing as much current as an ignition wire, but through a stereo cable made in China. Besides possibly killing someone, they can slowly ruin automotive electronics. Of they ground out, they can pop a 30A headlight fuse so hard that it welds together. I have seen it. Now, bear in mind, we are talking cheap, $5, made in China bullshit ballasts. The electrnic interfearence and electronic noise coming off these things is at very high levels. They also backfeed into the system intermittantly,