What was up with the lights on this truck?

yep, esp. the machinery on top of the (relatively inexpensive lights)

… bonus points if its 3 tons of metal to move 0.08 tons of flesh at a leisurly pace …

Your cite says Amazon and your link is to Zoom.

Yeah. The truck is 1000 to 2000x the price of the underglows. I can sure see somebody spending an extra 0.05% to make their ride extra-cool by their standards.

Boy do we have a lot of boringly practical people around here.

Are ‘spinners’ where the hubcaps / rims are spinning independently of the tires? I jammed on my brakes before going through a green light once because the car at the red light, though completely stopped, had its hubcaps spinning-- I caught the movement and thought the car was rolling into the intersection :enraged_face:

Yup, them’s spinners. Also called dubs.

A fad that seems to have pretty thoroughly run its course.

Yeah, but you can’t see it from inside the car, can you?

I’m sure that can’t be a surprise to you

People get back tattoos that they can’t see, unless someone takes a pic or they do something with mirrors. They’re doing it ti show off for other people.

Here in Virginia, any extra lighting is illegal unless the vehicle in question is off-road, in a car show setting, or an official emergency vehicle.

You can’t see bumper stickers from inside your car but plenty of people have those.

Not to nit pick, but I haven’t seen bumper stickers on cars in longer than I can remember.

I still see them quite regularly, as well as bumper sticker-like decals and stickers on rear windows.

Looks like OP’s running lights and/or side lights might be ok to me:

Any motor vehicle may be equipped with fog lights, not more than two of which can be illuminated at any time, one or two auxiliary driving lights if so equipped by the manufacturer, two daytime running lights, two side lights of not more than …

I’m skeptical, if it looked anything like the pictures of underglow which have been shared in this thread.

You clipped off a relevant part of the text of that law on the “side lights” (emphasis mine):

I strongly suspect that underglow lights are far brighter than that, not to mention that they may be considered more than “two side lights.” It appears that a single 60-watt incandescent bulb puts out about 800 lumens, or more than ten times what that law allows; a “side light” which complies with that law would probably be only about the lighting equivalent of a 5 watt incandescent bulb.

And, the “daytime running lights” in that law likely refers to headlight-style lamps which operate even when the headlights are turned off, to improve visibility of the car.

Yes, it’s a tolerance & threshold thing like window tint or music volume or tire tread depth. I was refuting a straight up prohibition of the type that probably applies to use of certain color strobes (blue & red, usually) & law enforcement markings for civilian vehicles or as in, say, a hot rod context where driving without a windshield or un-fendered slicks is not allowed or advised.

I have a couple of small and (what I consider) tasteful bumper stickers on my car simply to make it easier to identify if there are otherwise similar-looking cars in a crowded parking lot.

According to Neon Laws, the Virginia State Police website used to have a FAQ entry which specifically covered the illegality of neon.

vanity plates? … have you seen those, lately? …

;o)

(yep, janking your chain …)

That’s not a very strong cite and the one I quoted says some lights are allowed.

Certainly, any ban or restriction isn’t very firm, decorative auto lighting seems allowed and common in other forms. A current & popular automotive feature is a doorway courtesy light, often with a logo gobo projection. Garish and unnecessary lighting equipment yet factory equipment. Granddad’s camper is festooned with lights, so is Ned’s fishing trailer. Uber & Lyft notification lamps, hearses. Domino’s Delivery on the roof, Christmas lights in the luggage rack.

Are they actually dangerous, though? How? I mean, they’re completely not my style, but if some folks enjoy having them, I can’t see any reason why they shouldn’t be allowed.