PRINTER'S NO. 352
No. 306 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, GEIST, McCALL, BALDWIN, LAUGHLIN, BARD,
MELIO, HARPER, WASHINGTON, MAHER, MARSICO, SAYLOR, WATSON,
HESS, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BROWNE, BUNT, CAWLEY,
CLYMER, COLEMAN, COSTA, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY,
DeLUCA, EACHUS, FLICK, FREEMAN, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, HARHAI,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KELLER, KIRKLAND,
LEWIS, MAITLAND, MANN, NAILOR, PISTELLA, RAYMOND, READSHAW,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE,
YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND ZUG, FEBRUARY 18, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 18, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for periods requiring lighted
3 lamps.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4302(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4302. Periods for requiring lighted lamps.
9 (a) General rule.--The operator of a vehicle upon a highway
10 shall display the lighted head lamps and other lamps and
11 illuminating devices required under this chapter for different
12 classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to
13 parked vehicles, at the following times:
14 (1) Between sunset and sunrise.
15 (2) Any time when[,]:
1 (i) due to insufficient light or unfavorable
2 atmospheric conditions, including rain, snow, sleet,
3 hail, fog, smoke or smog, persons and vehicles on the
4 highway are not clearly discernible to the operator for a
5 distance of 1,000 feet ahead[.]; or
6 (ii) due to precipitation, the vehicle's windshield
7 wiper system is in operation except for temporary
8 operation for cleaning purposes.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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