PRINTER'S NO. 111
No. 110 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY MILLER, JANUARY 19, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 19, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring lighted headlights when it is raining.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4302 of Title 75, act of November 25,
6 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 § 4302. Period for requiring lighted lamps.
9 Every vehicle upon a highway at any time between sunset and
10 sunrise, during periods of rain when the windshield wipers must
11 be used, and at any other time when, due to insufficient light
12 or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on
13 the highway are not clearly discernible from a distance of 1000
14 feet ahead shall display lighted head and other lamps and
15 illuminating devices as required under this chapter for
16 different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with
17 respect to parked vehicles. Stop lights, turn signals and other
1 signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed in this title.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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