HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  2641

22-224.1.

(A) IN THIS SECTION THE TERM "MOTORCYCLE" INCLUDES
CLASS M (MULTIPURPOSE) VEHICLES THAT ARE DESIGNATED BY THE
ADMINISTRATOR.

(B) The head lamp or head lamps on every motorcycle
may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in
either event shall comply with the following requirements
and limitations:

(1) Every head lamp or head lamps on a
motorcycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a
person or a vehicle at a distance of:

(i) Not less than 100 feet, when the
motorcycle is operated at any speed of less than 25 miles an
hour;

(ii) Not less than 200 feet, when the
motorcycle is operated at a speed of 25 miles an hour or
more; and

(iii) Not less than 300 feet, when the
motorcycle is operated at a speed of 35 miles an hour or
more;

(2) If the motorcycle is equipped with a
multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps, the upper beam shall
meet the minimum requirements set forth above and may not
exceed the limitations set forth in § 22-222(a)(l) of this
subtitle, and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements
applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth
in § 22-222(a)(2) of this subtitle; and

(3) If the motorcycle is equipped with a
single-beam lamp or lamps, the lamp or lamps shall be so
aimed that, when the vehicle is loaded, none of the
high-intensity portion of light, at a distance of 25 feet
ahead, projects higher than the level of the center of the
lamp from which it comes.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 301
(Senate Bill 844)