Tennessee § 55-9-408 Headlights complying with prohibition against glaring and dazzling lights - Anti-glare devices - Mounted height of lamps

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§ 55-9-408 — Headlights complying with prohibition against glaring and dazzling lights - Anti-glare devices - Mounted height of lamps

Tennessee § 55-9-408

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-9-408 (2026).

Text

Headlights shall be deemed to comply with § 55-9-406 , prohibiting glaring and dazzling lights, if the headlights are of a type customarily employed by manufacturers of automobiles and in addition are equipped with some anti-glare device; provided, that the anti-glare device, or any combination thereof, when properly adjusted, shall prevent any of the bright portions of the headlight beams from rising above a horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to a level road upon which the loaded vehicle stands and in no case higher than forty-two inches (42"), seventy-five feet (75') ahead of the vehicle.

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Headlights shall be deemed to comply with § 55-9-406 , prohibiting glaring and dazzling lights, if the headlights are of a type customarily employed by manufacturers of automobiles and in addition are equipped with some anti-glare device; provided, that the anti-glare device, or any combination thereof, when properly adjusted, shall prevent any of the bright portions of the headlight beams from rising above a horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to a level road upon which the loaded vehicle stands and in no case higher than forty-two inches (42"), seventy-five feet (75') ahead of the vehicle.

Legislative History

Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 308, s 39, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 1931, ch. 82, § 15; 1937, ch. 245, § 5; 1939, ch. 206, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2700.16 (Williams, § 2695); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-911.