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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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