I want LED tail-lights!
On the trip my wife and I just took I found during one of our stops along the way that one of my tail-light lenses had fallen off. :( I went to an RV store in Sioux Falls, SD and found a replacement t...
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RoyB wrote:
Just be mindful that any after market DOT Safety lights additions must be DOT APPROVED type. This should have a DOT number stamped into the lens to identify if it is DOT approved...
Ran into this alot back in my off-road trucking and Jeep days... You purchase the fancy new items and install them only to have to remove them when it becomes inspection time.
Just be sure what you are purchasing is DOT Approved in your state.
While it's good to get DOT approved lights, I've never had my tail lights inspected. Short of getting something that is just horribly and clearly wrong at a glance, I don't see it being an issue.
Honestly, I'm shocked that no one has caught on to the biggest advantage to LED Brake Lights and made them standard on all new vehicles. When you apply power to an incandescent bulb, it actually takes about 0.5 seconds to heat up enough to generate visible light. LED bulbs usually are under 0.05 seconds. That means the guy behind you gets almost an extra 1/2 second to react when you hit the brakes.
The result is near misses become non-events and serious crashes may become fender benders.
