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Session Laws, 1920
Volume 539, Page 1021   View pdf image (33K)
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ALBERT C. RITCHJE. GOVERNOR 1021

of vehicles shall display under the above conditions not less
than the light next specified, to wit:

(a) Motor vehicles, other than the specific classes herein-
after enumerated, two white or' tinted lights, other than red,
of approximately equal candle power mounted on opposite
sides and visible from the front, and one red light visible from
the rear;

Motor cycles and tractors, one white or tinted light, other
than red, visible from the front, and one red light visible,
to the rear;

(c) Trailers and vehicles towed, one red light visible to
the rear;

(d) Side cars, one white light visible to the front;

(e) Standing motor vehicles, including all the above, at
least one white or tinted light, other than red, visible to
the front, and red to the rear, carried on the left of such
vehicle;

(f) Horse-drawn vehicles, 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.

The light above required shall in all instances be of suffi-
cient strength to be clearly visible at a distance of at least
two hundred (200) feet from the direction in which they
are required to be displayed.

In the case of moving motor vehicles the numerals on the
rear registration marker shall be so illuminated as to be clearly
visible at a distance of not less than twenty-five (25) feet
from the rear.

No vehicle of any kind, including motor vehicles and horse-
drawn vehicles, shall at any time, whether in motion or at rest,
use on any public highway of this State any lighting device
which shall throw a dazzling or glaring light to a height of
more than forty-two (42) inches above the surface of the
road when measured on a level road at a distance of seventy-
five (75) feet or more ahead.

No motor vehicle of any kind shall at any time, whether
in use or not in use, be equipped with an electric bulb or other
lighting device of a greater capacity than thirty-two (32)
caudle power, no matter how the same may be shaded, covered
or obscured.

No motor, vehicle of any kind shall at any time, whether
in use or not in use, be equipped with any lamp without any


 

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