is it illegal to drive with dome light on in arizona?
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No, it's not illegal to drive with your interior lights on as there's no legislation mandating whether people can, or cannot, legally drive with interior lighting. However, by illuminating the interior of the car you are making it much harder to see outside.
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They are legal as long as you don't use them while you are driving I think. Similar to off road lights.
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Church told me the answer to Suzi's question is driving with brights is not illegal, but drivers are required by law to turn off hi-beams when there is a oncoming car closer than 500 feet.
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The RAC said: “There is no law against this. However, if a police officer pulls you over and adjudges your interior light to be a driving distraction they have the right to tell you to turn it off.”
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There is a common myth that it is illegal to drive around with the interior light of your car on. It seems, however, that this is incorrect and there is no direct law prohibiting it. The Highway Code does not say that drivers must not turn the light on while behind the wheel.
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It's something which lots of people think is a fact but there's no law against driving with your interior lights on. But at night it can be distracting or interfere with your vision by reflecting off of the inside of the windscreen.
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According to a thorough search of the state's laws on vehicle lighting, and research from Sgt. James Prouty of the Washington State Patrol and Officer Loretta Cool of the Tacoma Police Department, there is no law on the books in Washington that says it's illegal to drive with the interior dome light on.
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ORLANDO, Fla. "It's more of a list of things our parents said were against the law just so we would listen to them." In short, it's not illegal to drive with your dome light on, he said. ... Although the law may not say that driving with your dome light is illegal, Montiero said it's not the safest thing to do.
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There's no law against driving with interior lights on. But if a police officer pulls you over and adjudges your interior light to be a driving distraction they could ask you to turn it off, or even charge you with careless driving.
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-- Louisiana State Police want to remind drivers of an easy way to avoid a ticket: turn the fog lights off. ... It is, in fact, illegal to drive with your fog lights on." The cause of the hazard, Younger says, with fog lights is they can blind others because they are more intense than regular headlights.
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Is it legal to drive with your dome light on? Yes, however, it is more difficult to see at night with a light on in the vehicle. ... Yes, Wisconsin statute 347.12(1) allows for an operator to intermittently flash the vehicle's high-beam headlamps at an oncoming vehicle whose high-beam headlamps are lit.
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California: Hazard light use is not permitted while driving except to indicate a traffic hazard.
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Fog Lights: misuse is illegal in Oregon and reduces visibility for other drivers. http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/ts/Pages/veh_equipment.aspx scroll to #18: "It is also illegal to have auxiliary lights or fog lights on by themselves or on at times when you are required to dim your headlights.
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ORLANDO, Fla. "As young drivers we are told a slew of things that aren't necessarily true," Montiero said. "It's more of a list of things our parents said were against the law just so we would listen to them." In short, it's not illegal to drive with your dome light on, he said.
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Utah law does not restrict additional aftermarket vehicle lighting which would include neon underglow. Therefore it's our conclusion that in Utah neon underglow is not illegal, as long as you adhere to the following restrictions: No red or blue lights may be visible from the front of the car.
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Bennett clarifies: "A dome light is not required vehicle equipment and is not expressly permitted in the Michigan Vehicle Code. It may be a distraction/vision obstruction for the driver. This will be left open to local interpretation."
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No, it's not illegal to drive with your interior lights on as there's no legislation mandating whether people can, or cannot, legally drive with interior lighting. ... These lights are designed to illuminate the entire cabin to make it easier and safer to enter or exit the vehicle at night, or in low-light conditions.