345.15 LIGHTS ON MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES AND MOPEDS.
   The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle and moped may be of the single- beam or multiple-beam type but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:
   (a)   Every head lamp or head lamps shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped is operated at any speed less than twenty-five miles per hour and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when it is operated at a speed of twenty-five or more miles per hour.
   (b)   If the motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped is equipped with a multiple-beam type 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 Section 345.12(a) and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in Section 345.12(b).
   (c)   If the motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped 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.
   (d)   (1)    Subject to subsection (d)(2) hereof, a motorcycle may be equipped with, and an operator of a motorcycle may use, the following auxiliary lighting:
         A.   Amber and white illumination;
         B.   Standard bulb running lights; or
         C.   Light-emitting diode pods and strips.
      (2)   Lighting under this subsection shall be:
         A.   Nonblinking;
         B.   Nonflashing;
         C.   Nonoscillating; and
         D.   Directed toward the engine and the drive train of the motorcycle to prevent interference with the driver's operation of the vehicle.
            (WVaC 17C-15-23; Ord. 2022-009. Passed 11-7-22.)