Indiana § 8-8-8-1 Headlights and red rear electric lights; violation; offense

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§ 8-8-8-1 — Headlights and red rear electric lights; violation; offense

Indiana § 8-8-8-1

Art. 8RAILROAD EQUIPMENT

Ch. 8Railroad Track Motor Cars

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Ind. Code § 8-8-8-1 (2026).

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A person operating or controlling any railroad
shall equip each of its track motor cars used, during the period from
thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise,
with an electric head-light of such construction and with sufficient
candlepower to render plainly visible, at a distance of not less than
three hundred (300) feet in advance of the track motor car, any track
obstruction, landmark, warning sign, or grade crossing, and also shall
equip each track motor car with a red rear electric light of such
construction and with sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at
a distance of three hundred (300) feet. It is a Class C infraction for such
a person to operate or use any track motor car from thirty (30) minutes
before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after s

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A person operating or controlling any railroad
shall equip each of its track motor cars used, during the period from
thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise,
with an electric head-light of such construction and with sufficient
candlepower to render plainly visible, at a distance of not less than
three hundred (300) feet in advance of the track motor car, any track
obstruction, landmark, warning sign, or grade crossing, and also shall
equip each track motor car with a red rear electric light of such
construction and with sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at
a distance of three hundred (300) feet. It is a Class C infraction for such
a person to operate or use any track motor car from thirty (30) minutes
before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise if it is not equipped
with lights of the candlepower, construction, and utility described in
this section. Each day of operation or use in violation of this section
constitutes a separate offense.
Formerly: Acts 1955, c.141, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978,
P.L.2, SEC.830.