§ 39-21-14 — Lamps on parked vehicle

North Dakota § 39-21-14

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 39: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 39-21: Equipment of Vehicles

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1. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours
between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and in the event there
is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand feet
[304.8 meters] upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed.
2. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent
thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after
sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any
person or object within a distance of one thousand feet [304.8 meters] upon such
highway, the vehicle must be equipped with at least one lamp displaying a white or
amber light visible from a distance of one thousand feet [304.8 meters] to the front of
the vehicle. The same lamp or at least one other lamp must display a red light visible
from a distance of one thousand feet [304.8 meters] to the rear of the vehicle, and the
location of the lamp or lamps must always be such that at least one lamp or
combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as
practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. Local
authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights need be displayed upon any motor
vehicle when parked upon a highway where the speed limit in effect does not exceed
thirty miles [48.28 kilometers] per hour in accordance with local ordinances or where
there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of two hundred feet
[60.96 meters] upon such highway.
3. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle must be depressed or dimmed.