Stop lamps and turn signals.

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(1) Every motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with a stop light in good working order at all times and shall meet the requirements of section 42-4-215 (1).

  1. No person shall sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any motor vehicleregistered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, unless it is equipped with at least two stop lamps meeting the requirements of section 42-4-215 (1); except that a motorcycle manufactured or assembled after said date shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of section 42-4-215 (1).

  2. No person shall sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any motor vehicle,trailer, or semitrailer registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, and no person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer on the highways when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab, or load of such motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches, unless it is equipped with electrical turn signals meeting the requirements of section 42-4-215 (2). This subsection (3) shall not apply to any motorcycle or low-power scooter.

  3. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B trafficinfraction.

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2246, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2009: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1273, § 40, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-207 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-208 was relocated to § 42-4-209.


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