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LICENSES 2367
shall be equipped with a mirror or reflector attached to and so located and
adjusted on such vehicle as to give the operator thereof a .clear reflected
view of the highway to the rear of such vehicle. It shall be the duty of
the owner of such motor vehicle to equip the same with a mirror or reflec-
tor as aforesaid, and see that the same is maintained on such vehicle, and of
the operator thereof at all times to see that such mirror or reflector is kept
in proper adjustment as aforesaid. The failure of either to do as above
required shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one
dollar ($1.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense.
(3) (Lights.) Every vehicle, including motor vehicles and horse drawn
vehicles, operated or driven on the public highways of the State, at any
time when there is not sufficient daylight to render clearly discernible a
person, vehicle or other substantial object on the highway at a distance of
two hundred (200) feet ahead, shall be provided with lights, as hereinafter
provided of sufficient power and so adjusted and operated as to enable the
operator or driver to proceed with safety to himself and other users of the
highways under all conditions of light, road and weather, provided, how-
ever, that the following classes of vehicles shall display under the above
condition not less than the lights next specified, to wit:
(a) Motor vehicles, other than the specific classes hereinafter enumer-
ated, shall be provided with two white or tinted lights, other than red, of
approximately equal and of not less than ten candle power mounted on
opposite sides and visible from the front for a distance of 200 feet, and
one red light visible from the rear for a distance of 200 feet; and in addi-
tion, every motor truck, trailer and commercial motor vehicle, having a
width of ninety inches or over, including the load, and not equipped with
permanent marker lights at the front and rear, located approximately
at the left side of such vehicle, shall be provided with a light attached to
the extreme left of such vehicle showing white, or tinted color other than
red, to the front and red to the rear, which shall be visible for a distance
of 200 feet from both front and rear, and so attached and adjusted as to
indicate the extreme left lateral extension of the vehicle or load.
(b) Motorcycles and tractors, one white or tinted light, other than
red, visible from the front for a distance of 200 feet, and one red light
visible to the rear for a distance of 200 feet;
(c) Trailers and vehicles towed, one red light visible to the rear for a
distance of 200 feet;
(d) Side-cars, one white light visible to the front for a distance of 200
feet;
(e) Bicycles, one white light visible to the front for a distance of 200
feet and one red light or red reflector so displayed that it may be readily
and distinctly seen from the rear;
(f) Standing motor vehicles, including all the above, at least one white
or tinted light, other than red, visible to the front for a distance of 200
feet, and red to the rear visible for a similar distance carried on the left
of such vehicle; any person who shall park a motor vehicle and shall fail
to turn on said parking light shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more
than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(g) Horse-drawn and all other vehicles of every kind on a public high-
way, in motion or at rest, one white light visible from both front and rear,
or a white light visible from the front and red light visible from the rear
for a distance of at least 200 feet.
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