Colorado § 42-4-217 Use of multiple-beam lights

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-217 — Use of multiple-beam lights

Colorado § 42-4-217

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-217 (2026).

Text

(1)Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in section 42-4-204, 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:

(a)Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred 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 oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light or composite beam specified in section 42-4-216

(1)(b) shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour a

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(1) Whenever a motor vehicle is
being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times
specified in section 42-4-204, 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:

(a) Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within
five hundred 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 oncoming driver.
The lowermost distribution of light or composite beam specified in section 42-4-216
(1)(b) shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and
loading.

(b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within two
hundred feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and
passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this title
other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section 42-4-216 (1)(a).

(c) A low-speed electric vehicle may use the distribution of light authorized
in section 42-4-216 (1.5).

(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A
traffic infraction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2253, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2009: (1)(c) added, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2324, � 11, effective August 5.