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HB 569 Motor vehicles; vehicles in operation to display headlights at all times.

Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

When headlights to be lighted. Requires every vehicle in operation to display lighted headlights. Currently headlights are only required to be lit (i) from sunset to sunrise; (ii) during any other time when, because of rain, smoke, fog, snow, sleet, insufficient light, or other unfavorable atmospheric conditions, visibility is reduced to a degree whereby persons or vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet; and (iii) whenever windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog, rain, sleet, or snow.


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