§ 9-21-7-3 — Lights; requirements and restrictions

Indiana § 9-21-7-3

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

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(a) This section does not apply to a motorcycle
or motor driven cycle.
(b) A motor vehicle must display at least two (2) lighted lamps, one
(1) on each side at the front of the motor vehicle.
(c) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps required
under subsection (b) is also equipped with:
(1) auxiliary lamps;
(2) a spot lamp; or
(3) any other lamp on the front of the motor vehicle projecting a
beam of intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower;
not more than a total of four (4) lamps described in this subsection on
the front of a vehicle may be lighted at one (1) time when upon a
highway.
(d) Passenger buses, trucks, truck tractors, and certain trailers,
semitrailers, and pole trailers must display clearance and marker lamps,
reflectors, and stop lights as required under this title when operated
upon a highway. Except as provided in subsection (e), all lamp
equipment required on vehicles described in this subsection shall be
lighted at the times specified in section 2 of this chapter.
(e) Clearance and sidemarker lamps are not required to be lighted
on a vehicle described in subsection (d) when the vehicle is operated
within a municipality where 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: 9-8-6-9;
9-8-6-28.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.221-2014, SEC.39.