Chapter 8: Automobiles And Other Vehicles

Article 18: Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-Driven Cycles

Statute 8-1805: Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment on motorcycles. Every motorcycle, other than a motor-driven cycle, shall be equipped with multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Such equipment shall:

      (a)   Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet ahead when the uppermost distribution of light is selected; and

      (b)   Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet ahead when the lowermost distribution of light is selected, and on a straight, level road under any condition of loading, none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1805; July 1.