4501-13-05 Lamps and reflectors.

All vehicle lights as required or authorized in division (A) of section 4513.11 of the Revised Code shall be constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination. Vehicle lighting and marking under division (A) of section 4513.11 of the Revised Code and section 4513.111 of the Revised Code, when required, shall be as follows:

(A) Vehicles shall be equipped with and display at least one white light facing forward visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front of the vehicle and,

(B) Vehicles shall be equipped with and display red lamps visible to the rear as follows:

(1) Two lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear of the vehicle, or ;

(2) One lamp displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear and two red reflectors visible from a distance of six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps.

(C) Every multi-wheel agricultural tractor whose model year was 2001 or earlier and every unit of farm machinery whose model year was 2002 or later, shall also meet the lighting and marking requirements of section 4513.111 of the Revised Code and Rules 4501-15-03 and 4501-15-04 of the Administrative Code.

Replaces: replaces part of former Rule 4501-13-05

Effective: 08/11/2005

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/09/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11, R.C. 4513.111

Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4513.11, R.C. 4513.111, R.C. 4513.03

Prior Effective Dates: 12/1/77, 4/1/66