Sec. 14-96o. Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps.
Sec. 14-96o. Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps
and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high-intensity
portion of the beam will strike the windshield, or any windows, mirror or occupant of
another vehicle in use.
(b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two fog lamps mounted
on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than thirty inches above
the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that, when the vehicle is
not loaded, none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the
vehicle shall, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, project higher than a level of four
inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.
(c) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary passing
lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twenty-four inches nor more than
forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions
of section 14-96t shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary passing
lamps.
(d) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary driving
lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than sixteen inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of
section 14-96t shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.
(e) Operating a motor vehicle with lamps which do not conform to the provisions
of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 16; P.A. 75-577, S. 41, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (e).
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.