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§47-12-214.


§47-12-214.
   
   (a) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder
   adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours
   between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and
   there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a
   distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such highway, such vehicle so
   parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more lamps meeting the
   following requirements: At least one lamp shall display a white or
   amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the
   front of the vehicle and the same lamp or at least one other lamp
   shall display a red light visible at a distance of five hundred (500)
   feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or
   lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of
   lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as
   practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing
   traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven
   cycle.
   
   (b) Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or
   dimmed.
   

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