§ 32:327 — Special restrictions on lamps

§327. Special restrictions on lamps
A. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head
lamps, spotlamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps
and school bus warning lamps, which project a beam of light of an intensity greater than 300
candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will
strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet
from the vehicle.
B. No person shall drive or move any vehicular equipment upon any highway of this
state with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red or green light visible from directly in
front of the center thereof. This Section shall not apply to any vehicle upon which a red or
green light visible from the front is expressly authorized or required by this Chapter or by
regulation of the department. Additionally, this Section shall not apply to any department
vehicle displaying green lights.
C. Flashing lights are prohibited except on authorized emergency vehicles, school
buses, or on any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn, or the presence of a
vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing.
D. No person shall sell a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof
mounted emergency light that emits a blue glow to any person.
E. No person shall sell a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof
mounted emergency light that emits a red glow, or that emits a glow of red and white, to any
person who is not a peace officer, a firefighter, or a person employed in the performance of
emergency, highway construction, or public utility services. No person shall possess such an
emergency light except peace officers or firefighters or public utility, highway construction,
or emergency personnel. However, vehicles which are owned and operated by members of
nonprofit corporations as provided in R.S. 12:201 et seq. and which are tax exempt in
accordance with Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, for exhibition in shows,
parades, tours, and other special events and not for general transportation may be equipped
with alternately flashing red lights and these lights may have sufficient intensity to be visible
at five hundred feet in normal sunlight, provided that such use shall only be allowed when
the vehicle is participating in exhibitions, shows, parades, tours, and other special events, and
not for general transportation. The secretary by rule shall establish the criteria to be used in
determining which persons, other than members of such nonprofit corporations, qualify to
purchase or possess emergency lights as described in this Subsection.

Legislative History

Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 1993, No. 858, §1; Acts 1995, No. 56, §1; Acts 2020, No. 158, §1; Acts 2021, No. 78, §1, eff. June 4, 2021.