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§47-12-224.
§47-12-224.
The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of
the single-beam or multiple-beam type but in either event shall comply
with the requirements and limitations as follows:
1. Every said head lamp or head lamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be
of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance
of not less than one hundred (100) feet when the motor-driven cycle is
operated at any speed less than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and at
a distance of not less than two hundred (200) feet when the
motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five (25) or more
miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than three hundred (300)
feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five
(35) or more miles per hour.
2. In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a
multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps the upper beam shall meet the
minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the
limitations set forth in Section 12-221, 1., and the lowermost beam
shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of
light as set forth in Section 12-221, 2.
3. In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam
lamp or lamps, said lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the
vehicle is loaded none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a
distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead, shall project higher than the
level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. -->
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