Originally Posted by RODEO

While XTrooper wouldn't have a problem here, I know that anyone not current LEO or retired (or card carrying member of the clan) would definitely be "stopped" and likely "ticketed" for displaying blue lights front or rear here in NJ because they are reserved for Volunteer Emergency vehicles. At night, those same blue lights will be an active billboard seen from far away and who needs that hassle...

Originally Posted by liltrk

It used to be cool (still is I guess) in the hotrod world to have blue dots in the center of red taillights. SEMA has been fighting to make it legal, and apparently has succeeded in a few jurisdictions. Sounds like PA might be one of them.

Originally Posted by XTrooper3936

Also, if blue lights or dark tint on your car, etc are legal in your state and your vehicle is registered in your home state, when you are traveling out-of-state, local law enforcement in the states you are passing through don't have the legal authority to ticket you for them because aren't legal in their own venue. For example, Florida residents who drive up to New Jersey with heavy tint on the front side windows of their cars (illegal on NJ-registered cars), don't have to pull over to the side of the road when they hit the NJ state line and scrap off the tint. It is legal for them to travel through NJ with the tint on their FL-registered cars because it's legal in FL. This falls under Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, commonly known as the "full faith and credit" clause.

This doesn't mean you won't get a ticket for it from someone who doesn't know any better (or doesn't care), but it wouldn't be right or legal if you did. If fought, it would eventually be thrown out.

Originally Posted by huffhuff

then why do riders from a non-helmet state have to wear a helmet in a helmet state?

Originally Posted by huffhuff

Alabama doesn't prohibit specific colored lights. They "permit" certain colors, white and amber front. Red and amber rear. red cannot be viewed from the front. the state police ticket LEDs in the engine area because they are distracting to other drivers. a friend of mine bought a street rod that had "Fireflys" on the valve stems. On the way home the trooper told him to remove them and he wouldn't write a ticket.

Originally Posted by XTrooper3936

If you are operating a NJ-registered motorcycle displaying blue lights and it's not an 'emergency vehicle' of some sort, then you would be in violation of NJ law.

Since my motorcycle is PA-registered, if I'm traveling in NJ, I might be stopped, but I shouldn't receive a motor vehicle summons for the blue lights because of the reasons already stated, irrespective of my status as a retired trooper. I'm not saying the fact that I'm a retired trooper won't help, but, in this instance, it really shouldn't matter.