(a) No person shall operate any motor truck, bus or commercial tractor upon any highway at any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise unless the vehicle carries, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof the following equipment which shall be of the types approved by the Ohio Director of Transportation:
(1) At least three flares, three red reflectors or three red electric lanterns, each of which is capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of 500 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime;
(2) At least three red-burning fusses, unless red reflectors or red electric lanterns are carried; and
(3) At least two red cloth flags, not less than twelve inches square, with standards to support them.
The type of red reflectors shall comply with the standards and specifications in effect on September 16, 1963, or later established by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and must be certified as meeting such standards by Underwriters' Laboratories.
(b) No person shall operate, at the time and under the conditions stated in this section, any motor vehicle used in transporting flammable liquids in bulk, or in transporting compressed flammable gases, unless there is carried in such vehicle three red electric lanterns or three red reflectors meeting the requirements stated in subsection (a) hereof. There shall not be carried in any vehicle any flare, fusee or signal produced by a flame.
(ORC 4513.27; Ord. 3939. Passed 6-10-80.)
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.