West Virginia Statutes

§ 17C-15-22 — Single-beam road-lighting equipment

West Virginia § 17C-15-22
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 17CTRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF THE ROAD
Art. 15EQUIPMENT

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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 17C-15-22 (2026).

Text

Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to one year after the effective date of this chapter in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment herein specified if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:

(1)The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead.
(2)The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons

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Legislative History

1951 Reg. Sess., HB189

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