Light Bar On Roof Legal

Nsw roads and maritime services is a little late to the party but has finally released the new amended laws surrounding the fitment of led light bars.

Light bar on roof legal.

If an led light bar has different parts or sections that can be switched on or off independent of other parts or sections then each independently controlled section counts as a driving light. Roy cooper signed senate bill 182 into law on july 13 2017. These lights may be dedicated emergency. It can not be defected in another state ie in south australia we can have a light bar or a pair of spotlight mounted on the bull bar an a light bar mounted on the roof or the sports bar legally if we travel to wa it can not be defected for the top light bar.

Considering the roof mounted lights i see a lot of 4 4 s with roof mounted lights both spotties and light bars. Led light bar nilight 21inch 100w spot flood combo single row 9000lm off road 3d led fog driving light roof bumper light bars for jeep ford trucks boat 2 years warranty 4 4 out of 5 stars 1 793 48 38 48. Wa unfortunately put out a clarification bulletin making it quite clear that in their interpretation of the rules they led light bars are not allowed on the roof or the top of the bar. Lately we have seen reforms on led light bar mounting from queensland south australia and more recently western australia.

Placing additional forward facing driving lights which do not protrude upwards or outwards from your bullbar 1 is legal but something which protrudes from the top of the bullbar 2 is not legal nor are lights positioned on the roof or roof rack 3 or on a sports bar if you re driving a ute 4. Under australia law if a vehicle is legal in the state it is reg. While previously the law dictated that auxiliary driving lights. Motorists will soon be outside the law if they are operating led light bars while driving on public roadways.

An led light bar is considered to be one driving light if all the leds operate together simultaneously. This is regardless whether they comply with the other rules for glare of for limiting the drivers forward view over the bull bar.