§ 9-21-7-2 — Lights; time for display; exception

Indiana § 9-21-7-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 21: TRAFFIC REGULATION
• Ch. 7: Vehicle Equipment

Text

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and
section 8 of this chapter, each vehicle upon a highway:
(1) between the time from sunset to sunrise; and
(2) at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are
not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred (500) feet
ahead;
must display lighted head lamps and other illuminating devices as
required for different classes of vehicles under this chapter.
(b) All lamp equipment required for vehicles described in IC 9-19-6,
including each tail lamp required by law, shall be lighted at the times
mentioned in subsection (a), except that clearance and sidemarker
lamps are not required to be lighted on a vehicle when the vehicle is
operated within a municipality if there is sufficient light to render
clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance
of five hundred (500) feet.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-8-6-3; 9-8-6-9
part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.1-1991, SEC.94; P.L.34-2010, SEC.3; P.L.198-2016, SEC.363.