What is a side marker for?
Side marker lights are auxiliary safety lights that give other drivers a clear view of your vehicle’s position and direction of travel from various angles. They illuminate with your vehicle’s headlights or blink with the directionals and are usually located near your vehicle’s bumper, fender, or rear quarter panel.
Are clear side markers legal?
No, they are not officially legal. Officially, they must reflect amber like the factory ones. However, you probably won’t be hassled if you have clear markers with an amber bulb that is DOT approved.
What is a left side marker?
They function as auxiliary safety lights that can be seen by other drivers when the vehicle operator turns on the headlights. They are standard equipment on most vehicles and can also be purchased and installed as aftermarket options.
What color do side markers have to be?
Senior Member. Technically they’re reflectors and lights and must be amber for bulb color and reflect white or amber. As long as it reflects during the day and is lit amber at night, you’re fine.
What color are side marker lights?
amber
One can argue that regulations add cost and complexity to vehicles, but it also forever changed the way cars look and function. For 1968, federal regulators imposed the requirement for side-marker lights—amber colored ones for the front and red ones for the rear.
Is it illegal to have led side markers?
Federal law trumps state law. White turn signals and side markers are illegal. Done. Front turn signals and side markers must illuminate amber.
Can my side marker lights be red?
Side markers Only can have red on the rear(i.e. your brake light assembly). And trust me on this, we pull people over with red or blue side marker lights all the time. Well, that does it. No red out on side marker lights.
What does left side marker defective mean?
‘left side marker defective’ is likely the front of the car. It actually refers to two fixtures on the same front corner – city light and front side marker.
Can marker lights be red?
Front side marker lights and rear side marker lights add more illumination for both the driver and other motorists. Side marker lights should be mounted at the sides and as far front or back as possible. Front side marker lights should be yellow. Rear side marker lights should be red.
Are side markers required?
In the United States, amber front and red rear side marker lamps and retroreflectors are required. Side markers are permitted but not required on cars and light passenger vehicles outside the United States and Canada.