California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 2 - Department of the California Highway Patrol
Chapter 2 - Lighting Equipment
Article 5 - Mechanical Test Requirements
Section 672 - Aimable Roadlighting Devices

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 672
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Roadlighting devices with aiming adjustment features shall, when equipped with aiming pads and aimed mechanically, be set at 0-0 with a mechanical aimer meeting SAE J602c, December 1974. Roadlighting devices visually aimed, shall be aimed as specified in the following sections of this article on a vertical aiming screen at a distance of 7.6 m (25 ft) from the front of the lens surface or with an optical aimer meeting SAE J600a, March 1965, with the aiming line on the screen adjusted to the level of the surface upon which the vehicle stands. The lamps shall be aimed with only the driver in the vehicle, except that lamps on vehicles which normally carry a load should be aimed with the vehicle so loaded. Enforcement agencies that inspect vehicles may establish aiming tolerances to allow for variations in inspection procedures and in vehicle loading.

Note: Authority cited: Section 26103, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 24012 and 2103, Vehicle Code.

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