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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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