§ 9-19-6-22 — Motorcycles; head lamps

Indiana § 9-19-6-22

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 19: MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
• Ch. 6: Lights, Reflectors, and Turn Signals

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(a) The head lamp or head lamps upon a
motorcycle or motor driven cycle may be of the single-beam or
multiple-beam type.
(b) A head lamp on a motorcycle or motor driven cycle must be of
sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not
less than:
(1) one hundred (100) feet when the motorcycle or motor driven
cycle is operated at a speed of less than twenty-five (25) miles per
hour;
(2) two hundred (200) feet when the motorcycle or motor driven
cycle is operated at a speed of at least twenty-five (25) miles per
hour; and
(3) for a motorcycle, three hundred (300) feet when the
motorcycle is operated at a speed of at least thirty-five (35) miles
per hour.
(c) If a motorcycle or motor driven cycle is equipped with a multiple
beam head lamp, the upper beam must meet the minimum requirements
set forth in this section and must not exceed the limitations set forth in
section 20(1) of this chapter and the lowermost distribution of light as
set forth in section 20(2) of this chapter.
(d) If a motorcycle or motor driven cycle is equipped with a single
beam lamp, the lamp must be aimed so that when the vehicle is loaded
none of the high-intensity part of the light will, at a distance of
twenty-five (25) feet ahead, project higher than the level of the center
of the lamp from which the light comes.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-26.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.221-2014, SEC.33; P.L.111-2021, SEC.25.