Rhode Island Statutes

§ 31-24-7 — § 31-24-7. Tail lamps required.

Rhode Island·Title 31 Motor and Other vehicles·Ch. 31-24 Lighting Equipment and Reflectors

§ 31-24-7. Tail lamps required.

Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear, which when lighted as required in this chapter, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500′) to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail lamp on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

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Legislative History

P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 34, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-24-7; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 121.

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