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§47-12-227.
§47-12-227.
A. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other
than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals,
emergency vehicle warning lamps, construction and maintenance vehicle
warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of
light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower
shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the
beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands
at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle.
B. No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any
highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red or blue light
visible from directly in front of the center thereof. This section
shall not apply to any vehicle upon which a red or blue light visible
from the front is expressly authorized or required by this title.
C. Flashing lights are prohibited except on an authorized emergency
vehicle, school bus, church bus as defined in Section 11-705.1 of this
title, snow-removal equipment, wreckers and tow vehicles while at the
scene of an emergency, or on any vehicle as a means of indicating a
right or left turn, or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard
requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing. Flashing
red or blue lights or a combination of flashing red and blue lights
may be used on authorized emergency vehicles, or on vehicles or
machinery owned or operated by any agency of the state or by any
county or city when engaged in the performance of emergency work or on
the construction or maintenance of highways or bridges, or on wreckers
and tow vehicles at the scene of an emergency.
D. Blue lights are prohibited except as allowed in subsection C of
this section.
E. Any person violating the provisions of subsection B, C or D of this
section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by
a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
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