[Truck Home Original] When driving in darker road conditions, some truck owners will feel that the original headlights of the vehicle are not enough to meet their lighting needs, so they will replace the headlights to make the bulbs brighter. There are also some card lovers who will use "dark under the lights" to achieve the purpose of covering up their license plates.
Randomly adjusting the brightness of the car lights may be suspected of illegal modification and will be subject to fines of varying amounts. It may also cause traffic accidents while driving. The brightness of the headlights chosen by card lovers must comply with legal regulations.
Illegal headlight modifications result in fines ranging from
Generally speaking, when the headlights on the vehicle are impacted by the outside world or the service life of the light strips reaches a certain number of years, the headlights need to be replaced. If the light strips are replaced based on the original headlights, the man-hour cost is not small. In order to save maintenance costs, some truck owners will abandon the reserved position of the vehicle's headlights and choose to re-drill holes next to them to install light strips.
Some trucks also operate day and night. When driving at night, there will be fewer vehicles on the road. In order to pursue vehicle transportation efficiency, they will choose to drive at speed, but they are afraid of being caught by electronic eyes, so they will take advantage of it." The principle of "dark under the lights" is to install an LED strong light strip attached to the vehicle license plate to cover the license plate and avoid receiving traffic violation tickets.
In addition to violating the relevant provisions of the Road Traffic Safety Law, which prohibits any unit or individual from assembling a motor vehicle or changing the registered structure, structure or characteristics of a motor vehicle without authorization, these modified vehicle lights can also easily cause harm to other road participants. Instantaneous "blindness" and private modification of lines can easily cause problems such as line short circuits, causing serious harm to traffic safety.
According to Article 57 of the "Motor Vehicle Registration Regulations", anyone who changes the appearance of a motor vehicle or the relevant registered technical data without authorization shall be ordered by the traffic management department of the public security organ to restore it to its original state, and shall be given a warning or a fine of not more than 500 yuan. However, in the actual investigation and handling process, the traffic police department has relatively greater flexibility in law enforcement.
In Fuzhou, Fujian, the traffic police department discovered during a night inspection that a truck was equipped with bright lights near the license plate. These lights were very dazzling when turned on, dazzling other vehicles and pedestrians when passing by, and also concealed the license plate. It also played a role. It was suspected of deliberately blocking the license plate. In the end, the traffic police asked the driver to remove the modified LED lights and fined him 1,500 yuan.
Some traffic police will also impose a penalty of 200 yuan on trucks that illegally modify lights. For example, in Shandong Province, according to Article 72 of the "Shandong Province Implementation Measures", if you install or use lighting, audio and other devices that hinder the safe passage of pedestrians or other vehicles, the lamps will be confiscated and you will be fined 200 yuan.
In other words, if the Shandong traffic police investigates a truck suspected of illegally modifying lights, in addition to confiscating the lamps, they will be fined 200 yuan.
During the day, the traffic police found that the truck was suspected of illegally modifying lights. The traffic police department will consider it as appropriate. The lighting modification behavior is minor and does not affect road traffic and safety. According to the relevant provisions of the "Road Traffic Safety Law", law enforcement officers will consider The driver will be given a verbal warning, correct the illegal behavior and then let the vehicle go, and no fine will be imposed on the driver.
Legally modified headlights have regulations on color temperature lenses
The "Implementation Plan for the Special Action to Concentrate on Illegal Modified Freight Vehicles in the Road Transport Industry of Shuangya City" regulates the identification of illegally modified road transport vehicles. The document mentions that road freight vehicles must be equipped with windshields, water tanks, and tool boxes. , spare tire racks, road transport vehicles equipped with vehicle interiors, etc., shall not be deemed as illegally modified road transport vehicles without affecting safety and identification of number plates.
In other words, the state also has standards for judging the modification of car lights. It does not mean that as long as it involves modification of car lights, it is suspected of being illegal. So, what is the legal modification of car lights?
Nowadays, the irradiation intensity of the original vehicle headlights can basically meet the lighting needs. However, some truck owners often drive in remote areas and the road conditions are poor. At this time, the original light intensity seems to be insufficient. If you want to strengthen the light irradiation Intensity, relevant national departments stipulate that the low beam shall not be less than 1050 lumens and the high beam shall not be less than 1450 lumens.
At the same time, there are also requirements for the color temperature of car lights, which must not be higher than 6000K. Generally speaking, the color temperature of morning or afternoon sunlight is around 5000K, and the color temperature of fluorescent lamps is around 6400K. Therefore, when choosing a color temperature, card lovers are best to choose a warm white tone, whose color temperature is about 5000K.
When car enthusiasts modify the vehicle headlights, the color emitted by the lights should be little different from the one on the vehicle announcement. If a very brightly colored light strip is installed, such as blue, red, green, it will be more personalized. If the color is too serious and the color of the lights registered with the vehicle management office is too different, it will be considered an illegally modified vehicle.
Xenon lamps are very popular among truck enthusiasts because of their high brightness and comfortable color temperature. Strictly speaking, the installation of xenon headlights does not belong to modified vehicles. However, some vehicles cannot pass the annual inspection, mainly because of the light source of the bulbs. Too scattered and no additional lenses. Therefore, if you want your vehicle to pass the inspection smoothly, you cannot pass the inspection just by replacing the appropriate light bulbs. You also need to install a lens on the light bulbs.
● Postscript
Only the right ones are the best. Excessive pursuit of the brightness or entertainment of car lights will cause the lights to lose their original meaning and have a certain impact on traffic safety. It is recommended that car owners should not modify their vehicles at will. For headlights, if the brightness of the original car lights is indeed not enough, be sure to go to a compliant service station to choose compliant bulbs for replacement. Do not modify the car lights based on your own preferences.
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