§ 31-24-23. Use of multiple beam lamps.
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or on its shoulder during
the times specified in § 31-24-1, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough
and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance
of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(1) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred
feet (500′), the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed
that the glaring rays are not projected i
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§ 31-24-23. Use of multiple beam lamps.
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or on its shoulder during
the times specified in § 31-24-1, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough
and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance
of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(1) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred
feet (500′), the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed
that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The
lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in subdivision (2) of
§ 31-24-22, shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.
(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within two hundred feet (200′)
to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, the driver
shall use a distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the upper
most distribution of light specified in subdivision (1) of § 31-24-22.
(3) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.