Christmas-mad driver decks entire car out in lights – then gets stopped by police

A driver was called out on Instagram after capturing the attention of police and being pulled over, after covering their entire Ford Mustang in multi-coloured Christmas lights

A car completely decked out in Christmas lights was pulled over by police and warned against the showy stunt.

A driver covered their Ford Mustang in multi-coloured Christmas lights, but it wasn't long before they were pulled over by Wyoming Highway Patrol, which posted a snap of the car on its Instagram.

“As the holiday season approaches, we would like to remind you of a Wyoming statue,” the post reads. “No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with a lamp or device theron capable of displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front of center or thereof.”

However, the statute, by definition, does not make it illegal to use white coloured Christmas lights on your car. The Wyoming Highway Patrol added: "So while this might look cool and be festive, we would to remind you that it is illegal. Please remember to stay safe when celebrating this season!"

Many followers took to the comments, seeing light of the situation. One account, 'geeksmithing', stated: "They aren't red and blue, they are magenta and cyan."

Another account, 'thunderchief1974', added: "That's a little nit-picky, no one will see that and think Santa Cop." 'Parttimehasselhoff' mocked: "Thanks for keeping us all safe from Christmas lights. I totally thought that was a police car."

Last Christmas, YouTuber Brett Barnes covered his car in 3,000 Christmas lights, which measured about 210 metres in total. He used an inverter to plug the lights into his car's 12 volt plug socket. In total Brett and a friend spent just under eight hours sticking the lights to the car.

Once finished, he took the car for a drive and captured the attention of many onlookers in Truro before heading to Newquay. At the beginning of December, a 19-year-old man from Cleveland, was arrested after driving a Tesla with flashing Christmas lights wrapped around, after leading police on a vehicle chase. Police had recognised the car, which then accelerated, reaching speeds of more than 100 mph, before the driver turned off all the Christmas lights and police were unable to locate it.

The growing 'trend' has seen some videos on TikTok surpass 7.5 million views. In one video, a cameraman asks a police officer whether it is legal to do the trend in the UK, to which he replies: "It comes under the vehicle lighting regs, so what the vehicle lighting regs say is that you can't show a red light to the front of a car and you can't show a white light to the rear of a car other than the reversing lights and you've got white lights on your number plates as well at the back of the car, but that is an indirect light.

"You also can't fit a light to a car which is capable of flashing. So, most Christmas lights are flashing and they they have got red lights in them and white lights in them, because they are multicoloured. So in all likelihood you are going to have a flashing light that is probably going to show red on the front of your car and white somewhere on the back of the car.

"Basically fitting Christmas lights to a car just isn't going to work under the vehicle lighting regs."

It is not clear what type of penalty the driver of the Mustang incurred.