Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by weather conditions and providing a penalty.
Bus and truck Motor vehicle — Equipment Motor vehicle — Regulation Road Weather
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
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- Governor signs, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway
during hours of darkness unless the vehicle is equipped with headlamps and tail
lamps. A person who violates this requirement may be required to pay a forfeiture
of not less than $10 nor more than $200. Also under current law, no person may
operate a vehicle upon a highway during hours of darkness unless any required
headlamps, tail lamps, and clearance lamps on the vehicle are lighted. A person who
violates this requirement may be required to pay a forfeiture of not less than $10 and
not more than $20 for a first offense and not less than $25 nor more than $50 for a
second or subsequent conviction within a year.
This bill provides that no person may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway
when weather conditions limit visibility such that objects on a highway are not
clearly discernable at a distance of 500 feet from the front of a vehicle (a period of
limited visibility) unless the motor vehicle is equipped with headlamps and tail
lamps. This bill also provides that required headlamps, tail lamps, and clearance
lamps be lighted during periods of limited visibility. A person who violates these
provisions is subject to the same minimum and maximum forfeiture amounts that
may be imposed for improper lighting equipment or improper use of these lamps
during hours of darkness.