PRINTER'S NO. 477
No. 439 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY REBER, SCHULER, TIGUE, RYBAK, BELFANTI, KOSINSKI,
NAHILL, MRKONIC, KENNEY, SAURMAN, HERMAN, MERRY, CARLSON,
NOYE, FOX AND WOZNIAK, FEBRUARY 25, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 25, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the utilization of headlights
3 during certain periods of rain or snow.
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 Every vehicle upon a highway at any time between sunset and
10 sunrise, during any period of rain or snow when windshield
11 wipers are used and at any other time when, due to insufficient
12 light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and
13 vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible from a
14 distance of 1000 feet ahead shall display lighted head and other
15 lamps and illuminating devices as required under this chapter
16 for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with
17 respect to parked vehicles. Stop lights, turn signals and other
18 signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed in this title.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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