California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 2 - Department of the California Highway Patrol
Chapter 2 - Lighting Equipment
Article 9 - Auxiliary Driving, Fog, and Passing Lamps
Section 713 - Beam Aimability Requirements

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 713
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Driving, fog, and passing lamps shall be centered on a goniometer, operated at design voltage, and aimed in a dark room on a perpendicular screen 7.5 m (25 ft) from the lamp. The goniometer shall be adjusted until the observer considers the visual aim on the screen to be correct in accordance with Sections 674, 675, or 680 of this title. Each of three experienced observers shall aim the lamp at least three times and each observer's goniometer settings shall be individually averaged. The deviation of each observer's averaged reading from that of any other observer shall not be more than 0.2 deg in the vertical direction and 0.4 deg in the horizontal direction.

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

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