I have white neon underneath my 1999 firebird. I've heard from several friends that it appears blue, and a Highway State Patrolman recently gave me a ticket, for "NRS 484.493". I live in Nevada..
I looked this up, and the statute is.. "Police officer to remove lights and sirens unlawfully installed or operated. A police officer shall remove and destroy or cause to be removed and destroyed, all red, blue, or amber lights and all sirens unlawfully installed or operated." (Added to NRS by 1963, 1266; A 1985, 1041)
I'm preparing my legal defense, and was hoping someone here knew exactly why a White Neon underbody light could/would appear blue from a distance, but not up close?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. I have a mandatory court date on Feb 15th.
hmmm, white light hitting a grey-black road maybe? or maybe its actually blue. try to get your hands on a spectrometer, that could give you some solid evidence.
Seth, that sucks, I got a court date around Feb also. I cant see how it would appear blue. Freaking cops.. He seen it was white, when he got up on the freaking car!!!! Is he color blind?
what about all these head lights that look really blue that are out there?? if up close it doesn't even look close, i'd bring the light into the court room and turn it on and be like "so, what ya think?" lol.
Hmm... But what I'm trying to do is, be able to have them on my car, as they're white, not blue, red, or amber, etc.. Not tell the court I took them off, and keep getting harassed by the same people for it.
I figure if I can win this court case, it'll stop a lot of the highway patrol from harassing me.. They're the ones that always bug about the underbody lights.. not the reno PD, sparks PD, washoe county sherrifs, etc.. Heh.. I even have gone through a couple sobriety checkpoints, and reno PD just kind of sticks their foot under my car to make sure the light is really white, not blue..
lol U need to have it tested somewhere! Somewhere that deal with lighting or something. Then arrivie to court, with the results of the test. The judge sees that, he cant tell them to do sh!t, but dismiss the case!
Tell them how many lummens and everything is on the bulb. Just be prepared!!
Seth, you can remove your current light system and install a 100% "white" light for the court date. The thing is, it is illegal in most areas to have lights underneath the car. The only exception is at a private car show.
I had the same problem with some windshield washer lights.
The "white" color LED appears to have similar properties of a halogen bulb (the really bright ones) that appear blue, but are just an extremely crisp and bright white light. They're so clear that it's deceiving to the eyes.
If nothing else, get the original packaging of your underkit, and show them the colors as compared to how they light up on your car to what the package shows.
What do you mean a temp white spray? The tubes themselves are clear even, heh. You think it looks bluish even in the pic? I think it looks grayish/white.. (the blue dot above it is seperate neon from my interior that's no longer there..)
