Why It’s Important To Ensure That Your Truck Has Enough Lights

After buying a brand new truck, the chances are that you already have quite a few truck lights on your vehicle.

Nevertheless, most new trucks come only with the mandatory lights, and you might need to invest some more in terms of headlights and other lighting accessories. Therefore, making sure that your new truck is well-lit is extremely important and is a matter that you shouldn’t ignore or take lightly.

And even though some of the truck lighting accessories are meant just for fun, others, like the headlights, are intended to ensure that you enjoy a safe driving experience. For that reason, you need to ensure that your truck has two properly functioning headlights at all times. Of course, driving with less than two properly functioning headlights is a terrible idea as it can fool you into believing that an oncoming vehicle in the dark is bigger or smaller than its actual size. But, on the other hand, driving with more than two headlights can emit too much light that might blind the oncoming vehicle’s driver and consequently cause an accident. 

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As a rule, specialized trucking lights should make your vehicle perfectly visible for other drivers and vice versa, make it easy for you to spot oncoming cars, but there’s much more to that.

That being said, let’s consider the main reasons why it’s incredibly important to ensure that your truck has enough lights and truck lighting accessories.

Interior Lights Will Make Your Life On The Road Much Easier 

For modern-day trucks, it's commonplace for a configuration of multiple light strips to be fitted to the truck's interior to provide sufficient interior lighting. Apart from roof lighting, interior light strips can also be fitted above workbenches, the underside of shelves, and other places in each cabin to provide enhanced down lighting on working areas. Additionally, drawer lights and shelf lighting systems will offer you enhanced visibility during dark hours inside the driver's cabin.

Keep in mind that interior lighting in the ceiling of the truck can create shadows. Therefore, it's helpful to fit down lighting to the underside of shelves to illuminate what's available on the shelf below. Interior lights will help you find exactly what you need when you need it, making the entire truck far more efficient. 

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Rather than drilling and positioning lights into permanent fixtures, sophisticated led lights for truck interior can also be fitted with magnets. For example, beacons with magnets can be set externally and internally to different truck areas. United with lightweight aluminum flooring, strategically placed interior lights can create a bright and highly visible interior for any truck, thus improving the user's working conditions. Bottom line, an organized and well-lit truck can make the right impression as customers can rest assured that they deal with a distinguished professional.   

Proper Lighting Can Help You Avoid Getting A Ticket

Subject to where you live and operate with the truck, there’s a good chance that you could be cited for not having ample lights on your new truck. For instance, in Texas, all trucks are required to have a certain number of lights installed in particular places on the truck, and it’s also necessary that the truck’s lights be seen at a distance of 500 feet away in regular sunlight. 

Of course, laws vary based on location, but many places across the U.S. have pretty similar trucking laws and regulations. Make sure that your vehicle is appropriately lit up to avoid a citation and a hefty fine. 

Exterior Lights Increase Safety On The Road 

Apart from increasing the driver’s visibility, exterior lights can also increase the safety on the road for truck operators that drive at night or encounter extreme weather conditions by enhancing how well other drivers see the truck. The most crucial exterior lighting that you need to have correctly working on your truck include: 

• Brake lights to alert other vehicle’s drivers behind your truck that you’re slowing down or stopping and hence reduce their driving speed; 
• Corner lights to alert other drivers that you’re taking a turn on the road ahead; 
• Emergency flasher light to help you notify other drivers that you’re into an emergency mechanical issue like a flat tire and want to pull over as soon as possible.

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Final Words 

Trucking lights are a must, and as such, it’s your obligation as a truck operator to have all mandatory lights properly working at all times. However, besides safety and visibility, you can use truck lighting to express your individuality and style. To achieve this, there are numerous lighting solutions you can use, like tail lights, tailgate tail lights, underbody neon lights, and more.