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§47-12-220.
§47-12-220.
(a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl
or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without
glare.
(b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one
running-board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall emit a
white or amber light without glare.
(c) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two back-up
lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any
such back-up lamp shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in
forward motion.
(d) Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps which may be used for the
purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of
a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in
approaching, overtaking or passing, and when so equipped may display
such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this
act. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be
mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as
practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber
lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used
to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level
and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show
simultaneously flashing amber or red lights, or any shade of color
between amber and red. These warning lights shall be visible from a
distance of not less than five hundred (500) feet under normal
atmospheric conditions at night.
(e) Any commercial vehicle eighty (80) inches or more in overall width
may be equipped with not more than three identification lamps showing
to the front which shall emit an amber light without glare and not
more than three identification lamps showing to the rear which shall
emit a red light without glare. Such lamps shall be placed in a row
and may be mounted either horizontally or vertically.
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