PRINTER'S NO. 1358
No. 1194 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, KOSINSKI, ITKIN, CAPPABIANCA, NOYE,
PISTELLA, STURLA, BARLEY, NAILOR, OLASZ, HARPER,
E. Z. TAYLOR, VEON, KENNEY, STEELMAN AND LINTON,
APRIL 17, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 17, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring drivers to turn on their lights whenever
3 their windshield wipers are in operation; and imposing a
4 penalty.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 3718. Use of windshield wipers and lights.
10 (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for the driver of a motor
11 vehicle to fail to turn on the motor vehicle's lights any time
12 the vehicle's windshield wiper system is in operation.
13 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a
14 summary offense.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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