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Driving Light Legal: Western Australia
Making Sure Your Auxiliary Spotlights or LED Light Bars are Legal Across Australia
You have to have perfect visibility for driving late at night. No matter which car you drive, your car should be equipped with a proper LED for clear vision. The point is ever crucial if you are habitual of traveling in the countryside or rural areas.
Besides these, if you plan to get additional lights for your vehicle, you need to go through laws. There are laws that guide how many more lights your vehicle can have.
It is not possible to memorize each and every law, thus going through the official website is better. The same is true for Australia, as law varies from one country to the other.
We’re kicking it off with Western Australia:
Number of Lights
In Western Australia, you are allowed to get a maximum of four lights. The four lights can be in the forward-facing direction. All four lights can come in a combo form.
For instance, two could be LED light bars and the other as spotlights. In case of all LED light together, one light act as single Lamp.
All LED lights come in one form and are taken as a single entity. In the case of multiple lights with single switching, it would be taken as a single lamp.
The Fitting of Lights
The law in Western Australia allows lights to be fitted on the front side of the vehicle. The lights should be facing the front side when mounted in that direction.
If you get lights on the front nudge bar or bull bar, it should not be higher. The height of the mounted lights should not be more than the bonnet of your vehicle.
If you drive 4WD or ute, then the height of the lights can be on roll bar or roof rack. In either case, the beam should not interfere with the vision of the driver on the road.
In symmetry as well, lights have to be in the centre position of the vehicle. In the case of an LED light bar, and that single then make it exactly in the middle.
The brackets while mounting should also not have edges on the sides to avoid any accidents. Your new lights should never intervene with existing fitting of lights.
The operations of Lights
The installation of the additional lights should also be in line with the law. These should only work when the high-beam LED lights are turned on.
Similarly, the lights should turn off with the beam lights. In other words, the additional lights are linked with high-beam LED lights.
The switch of the additional lights can be separated. However, the power source of these lights come from LED beam lights.
