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§47-12-223.
§47-12-223.
Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be
permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to one (1)
year after the effective date of this act 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 (25) feet ahead project higher than a level of
five (5) inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which
it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two (42) inches above the
level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five (75)
feet ahead.
2. The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at
a distance of at least two hundred (200) feet.
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