Lamps on parked or stopped motor vehicles.

1. Law
2. Oklahoma Statutes
3. Motor Vehicles
4. Lamps on parked or stopped motor vehicles.

A. Whenever a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles is parked or stopped, whether attended or unattended, upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, and there is not sufficient light to reveal the parked or stopped vehicle to the operator of another vehicle within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet upon such roadway or shoulder, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall display the following:

1. At least two lamps displaying a white or amber light visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the front of the vehicle; and

2. At least two lamps displaying a red light visible at a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear of the vehicle.

B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to:

1. A vehicle parked or stopped on a street or highway with designated on-street parking or with a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or less:

• a.when the vehicle is positioned as close as practicable to the outer edge of the roadway or of the shoulder, if present, or
• b.unless the street or highway is posted as a no-parking area;

2. A vehicle which has lost the ability to display lamps and the vehicle is parked or stopped off the roadway;

3. A vehicle which is disabled, unattended, and parked or stopped off the roadway; or

4. An authorized emergency vehicle of a law enforcement agency, when such vehicle is parked or stopped on the shoulder.

C. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked or stopped vehicle shall be lower beams.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 397, § 12-214. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 411, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.

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