PRINTER'S NO. 1056
No. 925 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, APRIL 16, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 16, 1985
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 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4302. Period for requiring lighted lamps.
9 (a) General rule.--Every vehicle upon a highway at any time
10 between sunset and sunrise and at any other time when, due to
11 insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,
12 persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible
13 from a distance of 1000 feet ahead shall display lighted head
14 and other lamps and illuminating devices as required under this
15 chapter for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions
16 with respect to parked vehicles. Stop lights, turn signals and
17 other signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed in this
18 title.
1 (b) Certain trucks.--All trucks of Class 4 and higher
2 registration classes shall display lighted headlights and other
3 required lights at all times during the day or night when the
4 truck is operated upon any highway.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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