Sec. 14-96x. Head lamp of motorcycle.
Sec. 14-96x. Head lamp of motorcycle. The head lamp or head lamps upon every
motorcycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but, in either event, shall
comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every such head lamp on
a motorcycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance
of not less than one hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at any speed less than
twenty-five miles per hour and at a distance of not less than two hundred feet when the
motorcycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five or more miles per hour, and at a distance
of not less than three hundred feet when the motorcycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five or more miles per hour. (2) If the motorcycle is equipped with a multiple-beam
head lamp or head lamps, the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set
forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in subsection (a) of section 14-96t and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost
distribution of light as set forth in subsection (b) of said section. (3) If the motorcycle
is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, such lamp or lamps shall be so aimed
that, when the vehicle is loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a distance
of twenty-five feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp
from which it comes. Failure to have lamps as required by this section shall be an
infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 26; P.A. 75-577, S. 50, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added provision that violation of requirements is an infraction.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
Cited. 29 CA 791.