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Session Laws, 1954
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230 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 64

(c) Where one intermediate beam is provided, the beam
on the left side of the road shall be in conformity with (b)
(1) of this section except when arranged in accordance
with the practice specified in (e).

(d) All road lighting beams shall be so aimed and of
sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a dis-
tance of at least 200 feet ahead.

(e) All road lighting equipment manufactured and in-
stalled on and after January 1, 1944, shall be so arranged
that whenever any beam is used which is not in conformity
with paragraph (b) (1) of this section, two white or yellow
lights, one on each side of the vehicle, visible to an oncom-
ing driver and to the driver of said vehicle shall be lighted,
except that other suitable alternate beams may be provided
for indicating to the driver behind the light when such
beams are on. Indicator lights shall not be connected
otherwise than as required in this paragraph. Beam indi-
cator lights and front parking lights shall be so connected
that neither of said lights shall be lit when a beam is in
use which conforms with paragraph (b) (1) of this
section.]

(c) Every new motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or
motor-driven cycle, registered in this State after January
1, 1955, which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be
lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from
the head lamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted.
Said indicator shall be so designed and located that when
lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver
of the vehicle so equipped.

246. (Use of Multiple-Beam Road Lighting Equip-
ment.) (a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated
on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times
specified in Section 235, the driver shall use a distribution
of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of
sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe
distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations:

(b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an on-
coming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a
distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the
glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncom-
ing driver, [and in no case shall the high intensity portion
which is projected to the left of the prolongation of the
extreme left side of the vehicle be aimed higher than the
center of the lamp from which it comes at a distance of


 

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