337.01 Driving unsafe vehicles; application.
337.02 Lighted lights; measurement of distances and heights.
337.03 Headlights on motor vehicles and motorcycles.
337.04 Tail light; illumination of rear license plate.
337.05 Rear red reflectors.
337.06 Safety lighting on commercial vehicles.
337.07 Obscured lights on vehicles in combination.
337.08 Red light or red flag on extended loads.
337.09 Lights on parked or stopped vehicles.
337.10 Lights on slow-moving vehicles; emblem required; lights and reflectors on multi-wheel agricultural tractors or farm machinery.
337.11 Spotlight and auxiliary lights.
337.12 Cowl, fender and back-up lights.
337.13 Two lights displayed.
337.14 Use of headlight beams.
337.15 Lights of less intensity on slow-moving vehicles.
337.16 Number of lights permitted; red and flashing lights.
337.165 Lights and sound-producing devices on coroners' vehicles.
337.17 Vehicles transporting preschool children.
337.18 Focus and aim of headlights.
337.19 Motor vehicle and motorcycle brakes.
337.20 Horn, siren and theft alarm signal.
337.21 Muffler; muffler cutout; excessive smoke, gas or noise.
337.22 Rear-view mirror; clear view to front, both sides and rear.
337.23 Windshield required; sign or poster upon windshield; windshield wiper.
337.235 Tinted glass; materials on glass.
337.24 Limited load extension on left side of passenger vehicle.
337.25 Motor vehicle stop lights.
337.26 Bumpers.
337.27 Air cleaner required.
337.28 Use of child restraints.
337.29 Use of occupant restraining devices.
337.30 Ignition interlock devices. (Repealed)
337.31 Air bags.
337.32 Open container prohibited.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Warning devices for commercial vehicles disabled upon freeways - see Ohio R.C. 4513.28
Collector's vehicles - see Ohio R.C. 4513.38, 4513.41
Use of stop and turn signals - see TRAF. 331.13
Wheel protectors for commercial vehicles - see TRAF. 339.03
Vehicles transporting explosives - see TRAF. 339.04
Towing requirements; exception to size and weight restrictions - see TRAF. 339.05
Occupying travel trailers while in motion - see TRAF. 339.08
Bicycle equipment - see TRAF. 371.05
Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all-purpose vehicle equipment - see TRAF. 375.02
Improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle - see GEN. OFF. 571.04
(a) No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or Ohio R.C. 4513.02(A), whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4513.02(A), (H))
(a) Every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, operated upon a street or highway within this state shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by Ohio R.C. 4513.04 to 4513.37 during all of the following times:
(1) The time from sunset to sunrise;
(2) At any other time when, due to insufficient natural light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons, vehicles, and substantial objects on the highway are not discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead;
(3) At any time when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are in use because of precipitation on the windshield.
Every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the director of public safety under Ohio R.C. 4511.521 or similar Euclid Codified Ordinance. No motor vehicle, during any time specified in this section, shall be operated upon a street or highway within this state using only parking lights as illumination.
(b) Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, this distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
(c) Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lights or devices, it shall mean from the center of such light or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands.
(Ord. 202-2009. Passed 11-16-09.)
(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle.
(b) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights.
(ORC 4513.04)
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