Sec. 14-96m. Farm tractors and equipment.
Sec. 14-96m. Farm tractors and equipment. (a) Every farm tractor and every
self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry shall at all times
mentioned in subsection (a) of section 14-96a be equipped with two single-beam or
multiple-beam head lamps meeting the requirements of section 14-96t, at least two red
lamps visible when lighted from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear
and at least two red reflectors visible from all distances within six hundred feet to one
hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps.
(b) Every combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment or towed implement of husbandry shall at all times mentioned in subsection (a) of section 14-96a be
equipped with lamps as follows: (1) The farm tractor element of every such combination
shall be equipped as required in subsection (a) of this section. (2) The towed unit of farm
equipment or implement of husbandry element of such combination shall be equipped on
the rear with two red lamps visible when lighted from a distance of not less than one
thousand feet to the rear, and two red reflectors visible to the rear from all distances
within six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful
upper beams of head lamps. (3) Such combinations shall also be equipped with a lamp
displaying a white or amber light, or any shade of color between white and amber, visible
when lighted from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front. This lamp
shall be so positioned as to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the extreme left projection
of the combination carrying it.
(c) The two red lamps and the two red reflectors required in subsections (a) and (b)
of this section on a self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry
or combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment shall be so positioned as to
show from the rear as nearly as practicable the extreme width of the vehicle or combination carrying them.
(d) Failure to have lamps as required of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 14; P.A. 75-577, S. 39, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 8; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 14-96v, re
specific requirements for single-beam road-lighting equipment; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but
without affecting this section.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.