LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Drivers throughout Nevada are being requested to maintain colourful and brilliant festivities within the type of vacation lights at dwelling reasonably than on the roads through the vacation season.
Nevada State Police wish to remind drivers that vacation lights on their automobiles aren’t authorized. The festive lights can oftentimes mimic an emergency automobile and confuse different drivers. Solely emergency automobiles are licensed to show a gentle purple warning gentle seen from the entrance of the automobile.
Drivers are being requested to maintain colourful and brilliant festivities within the type of vacation lights at dwelling reasonably than on the freeway this vacation season. (Photograph credit score: CHP-Madera/Fb)
Below Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 484D.145, automobile lighting is strictly regulated to make sure security on the highway. Motorists could not connect ornamental lighting, together with Christmas lights, to their automobiles because it doesn’t adjust to the state’s necessities for coloration, placement, and performance.
NRS 484D.100 & 484D.110 state that automobiles will need to have correct lighting for operation, together with two working headlamps. Vacation decorations aren’t thought of authorized or secure substitutes.
Drivers are being requested to maintain colourful and brilliant festivities within the type of vacation lights at dwelling reasonably than on the freeway this vacation season. (Photograph credit score: CHP-Madera/Fb)
“While we love your holiday enthusiasm, we want to keep everyone on Nevada’s roadways safe. Drivers are encouraged to spread cheer in ways that don’t involve adding distracting or non-compliant lighting to their vehicles. Light up your home, not the highway, because a traffic ticket doesn’t make a great stocking stuffer!” Nevada State Police said in a information launch on Thursday.
For added particulars about automobile lighting legal guidelines click on HERE.