§ 9-21-15-2 — Traveled portion of highway or shoulder during time when lights are required; warning devices; requirements

Indiana § 9-21-15-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 21: TRAFFIC REGULATION
• Ch. 15: Disabled Vehicles

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Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter,
whenever a vehicle is disabled upon the traveled portion of a highway
or the shoulder of a highway outside of a municipality at a time when
lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the person who drives the
vehicle shall display the following warning devices upon the highway
during the time the vehicle is disabled on the highway:
(1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern, or a portable red
emergency reflector must be immediately placed at the traffic side
of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.
(2) As soon as possible within the burning period of a fusee
(fifteen (15) minutes), the person shall place three (3)
liquid-burning flares (pot torches), three (3) lighted red electric
lanterns, or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors on the
traveled part of the highway in the following order:
(A) One (1) device approximately one hundred (100) feet from
the disabled vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by the
vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane.
(B) One (1) device approximately one hundred (100) feet in the
opposite direction from the disabled vehicle and in the center
of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle.
(C) One (1) device at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle not
less than ten (10) feet behind and not more than ten (10) feet in
front of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching
traffic. If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable
emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the
vehicle under subdivision (1), the lantern or reflector may be
used for this purpose.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-42(a) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.