§ 9-19-6-5 — New vehicles; rear reflectors

Indiana § 9-19-6-5

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

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
through (d), a new motor vehicle sold and operated upon a highway,
other than a truck-tractor, must carry on the rear, either as a part of the
tail lamps or separately, two (2) red reflectors.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a motorcycle and motor
driven cycle must carry at least one (1) reflector meeting the
requirements of this section.
(c) A motorcycle manufactured before January 1, 1956, is not
required to carry a reflector under this section if the motorcycle is not
operated at the times when lighted head lamps and other illuminating
devices are required under IC 9-21-7-2.
(d) A vehicle of the type listed in section 7 of this chapter must be
equipped with reflectors as required in those sections applicable to
those vehicles.
(e) A reflector must be mounted on a vehicle at a height not less
than twenty (20) inches and not more than sixty (60) inches as
measured in the manner set forth in section 2(b) of this chapter. Except
as otherwise provided, a reflector must be of the size and
characteristics and mounted so as to be visible at night from all
distances within three hundred fifty (350) feet to one hundred (100)
feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of
head lamps.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.63-1994, SEC.3; P.L.221-2014, SEC.30.