PRINTER'S NO. 605
No. 576 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY A. K. HUTCHINSON, FEBRUARY 17, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 17, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring lighted headlights on trucks of Class 4
3 and higher.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4302 of Title 75, act of November 25,
7 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 § 4302. Period for requiring lighted lamps.
10 (a) General rule.--Every vehicle upon a highway at any time
11 between sunset and sunrise and at any other time when, due to
12 insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,
13 persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible
14 from a distance of 1000 feet ahead shall display lighted head
15 and other lamps and illuminating devices as required under this
16 chapter for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions
17 with respect to parked vehicles. Stop lights, turn signals and
18 other signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed in this
1 title.
2 (b) Certain trucks.--All trucks of Class 4 and higher
3 registration classes shall display lighted headlights and other
4 required lights at all times during the day or night when the
5 truck is operated upon any highway.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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