CHAPTER 74: VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
Section
General Provisions
   74.001   Scope and effect of equipment requirements
Lights and Lamps
   74.015   When lighted lamps are required
   74.016   Clearance, identification and side marker lamps
   74.017   Lamps on parked vehicles
   74.018   Lamp or flag on projecting load
   74.019   Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
   74.020   Implements of husbandry or slow-moving vehicles; display of amber signal lamp
   74.021   Spot lamps and auxiliary driving lamps
   74.022   Signal lamps and signal devices
   74.023   Additional lighting equipment
   74.024   Use of headlamps
   74.025   Number of driving lamps required or permitted
   74.026   Special restrictions on lamps
   74.027   Special lighting equipment on rural mail delivery vehicles
   74.028   Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on motor vehicles
   74.029   Operation of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
Brakes
   74.040   Brakes
   74.041   Brake fluid
Tires
   74.055   Restriction as to tire equipment
   74.056   Sale or offer of sale of First Division motor vehicle tires with other than original grooves
   74.057   Sale or offer of sale of Second Division motor vehicle tires with other than original grooves
   74.058   Sale or offer of sale of any regrooved motor vehicle tires without marking
   74.059   Operating condition of passenger car tires
Glass, Windshields and Mirrors
   74.070   Definition
   74.071   Safety glaring material in motor vehicles
   74.072   Mirrors
   74.073   Obstruction to driver’s view
Miscellaneous Requirements
   74.085   Definitions
   74.086   Horns and warning devices
   74.087   Mufflers; prevention of noise
   74.088   Gas and smoke
   74.089   Seat safety belts
   74.090   Television receivers
   74.091   Tow trucks; identification; equipment; insurance
   74.092   Suspension system
   74.093   Bumpers
   74.094   Headset receivers
Special Requirements for Vehicles of the Second Division
   74.105   Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices
   74.106   Road oil vehicles
   74.107   Vehicles transporting explosives
   74.108   Vehicles transporting radioactive material
   74.109   Vehicles transporting flammable liquids when lights required; marking with reflectorized paint; placarding
   74.110   Fire apparatus; safety belts
   74.111   Prohibition; liability insurance; penalty
   74.112   Slow moving vehicle emblem
   74.113   Rear fender splash guards
Special Requirements for School Buses
   74.125   Definitions
   74.126   Color
   74.127   Identification
   74.128   Stop signal arm
   74.129   Other vehicles; color, stop signal arm and identification
   74.130   Identification, stop signal arms and special lighting when not used as a school bus
   74.131   Seat belt for driver; seat height
   74.132   Fire extinguisher
   74.133   First aid kit
   74.134   Restraining device for handicapped passengers
   74.135   Amber 3 bar clearance light
   74.136   School bus safety glass
   74.137   Crossing control arms
   74.138   Rules and regulations
   74.139   School bus driver communication devices
   74.140   Strobe lamp on school bus
   74.141   Emergency exits identification
   74.142   Noise suppression switch
   74.143   Pre- and post-trip inspection policy for school buses
   74.144   Nursery school buses
   74.145   Display of telephone number; complaint calls
Special Requirements for Religious Organization Buses
   74.160   Color and markings
   74.161   Special lighting equipment
City Vehicle Licenses
   74.175   Motor vehicle defined
   74.176   Vehicles requiring city license
   74.177   Application for license
   74.178   Exempt vehicles
   74.179   Annual license fee
   74.180   Time of payment; license year
   74.181   License
   74.182   Display of license
   74.183   Reserved
   74.184   License may be transferred
   74.185   Duplicate licenses
   74.186   Use of fund
   74.187   Illegal use
   74.188   Delegation of responsibility
Traffic Engineer and Emergency Regulations
   74.200   Office of the City Traffic Engineer
   74.201   City Traffic Engineer; general duties
   74.202   Traffic Engineer to place traffic control devices
   74.203   Traffic Engineer to mark crosswalks, safety zones and traffic lanes
   74.204   Erection of signs regulating or restricting turns
   74.205   Traffic Engineer to mark loading zones
   74.206   Marking of taxicab and bus stands
   74.207   Erection of signs indicating parking limitations
   74.208   Traffic Engineer to erect stop signs and signs regulating speed
   74.209   Traffic Engineer to erect yield right-of-way sign
   74.210   Traffic Engineer to erect additional signs
   74.211   Cooperation from other departments for personnel and supplies
   74.212   Authorization for emergency and experimental regulations
   74.213   Parking administration
 
   74.999   Penalty
Cross-reference:
   Bicycles, see Chapter 75
   General traffic provisions, see Chapter 70
   Pedestrians, see Chapter 72
   Traffic regulations, see Chapter 71
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 74.001 SCOPE AND EFFECT OF EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to 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 or property, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this chapter, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this chapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this chapter.
   (B)   The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or farm tractors or to farm-wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed 10,000 pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk fertilizer or to farm-wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed 1,200 gallons capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as field-storage “nurse tanks” supplying the fertilizer to a field applicator and moved on highways only for bringing the fertilizer from a local source of supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to another.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-101) Penalty, see § 74.999
LIGHTS AND LAMPS
§ 74.015 WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE REQUIRED.
   (A)   When upon any highway in this state, every motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, showing a white light, commonly known as a driving lamp, visible for at least 500 feet in the direction the motorcycle is proceeding. All other motor vehicles shall, during the period from sunset to sunrise, or at any other time when visibility is so limited as to require the use of lights for safety, exhibit two such lighted driving lamps showing white lights, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, visible for at least 500 feet in the direction the motor vehicle is proceeding. Parking lamps may be used in addition to but not in lieu of any such driving lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer shall also exhibit at least two lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500 feet in the reverse direction, except that a motorcycle or a truck tractor or road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968, need be equipped with only one such lamp.
   (B)   Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light a rear registration plate when required and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the driving lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-201) Penalty, see § 74.999
§ 74.016 CLEARANCE, IDENTIFICATION AND SIDE MARKER LAMPS.
   (A)   Every motor vehicle of the Second Division, the length of which together with any trailer or trailers in tow thereof, is more than 25 feet or the width of which is more than 30 inches exclusive of mirrors, bumpers and other required safety devices, while being operated on the highways of this state during the period from sunset to sunrise, shall display on the front of the vehicle two yellow or amber lights, one on each upper front corner of the vehicle, which shall be plainly visible at a distance of at least 500 feet; also on the rear thereof in a horizontal line, three red lights plainly visible at a distance of not less than 500 feet; also on the front of the body of that vehicle near the lower left-hand corner one yellow or amber tinted reflector, and near the lower right-hand corner one yellow or amber tinted reflector; also red reflectors on the rear of the body of that vehicle, not more than 12 inches from the lower left and right-hand corners. All motor vehicles of the Second Division more than 20 feet long, and all trailers and semi-trailers, except trailers and semi-trailers having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less including the weight of the trailer and maximum load, while being operated on the highways of this state during the period from sunset to sunrise, shall display on each side of the vehicle at approximately the one-third points of the length of the same, at a height not exceeding five feet above the surface of the road, and reflecting on a line approximately at right angles to the centerline of the vehicle, two amber tinted reflectors. After January 1974, all new motor vehicles of the Second Division more than 20 feet long, and all trailers and semi-trailers except trailers and semi-trailers having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less including the weight of the trailer and maximum load sold as new in this state, while being operated on the highways of this state during period from sunset to sunrise, shall display on each side of the vehicle, not more than 12 inches from the front, one amber tinted reflector, and not more than 12 inches from the rear one red reflector at a height not exceeding five feet above the surface of the road, and reflecting on a line approximately at right angles to the centerline of the vehicle, approved by the Department of Transportation.
   (B)   Every trailer and semi-trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less including the weight of the trailer and maximum load, towed either by a motor vehicle of the First Division or a motor vehicle of the Second Division shall be equipped with two red reflectors, which will be visible when hit by headlight beams 300 feet away at night, on the rear of the body of such trailer, not more than 12 inches from the lower left-hand and lower right-hand corners.
   (C)   Every vehicle designated in divisions (A) or (B) above that is manufactured after December 31, 1973, shall, at the places and times specified in divisions (A) or (B) above, display reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps in conformance with the specifications prescribed by the Department.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-202) Penalty, see § 74.999
§ 74.017 LAMPS ON PARKED VEHICLES.
   (A)   During the period from sunset to sunrise every motorcycle or motor vehicle which is standing on any highway shall display a parking light on the front and at the rear of the same; however, any city, village or incorporated town may by ordinance, under rules and regulations it may prescribe, designate any part or parts of any street, or other highway under their jurisdiction, as parking places in which motorcycles and motor vehicles may be parked without having their lamps lighted, as otherwise required by this section.
   (B)   Any lighted driving lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-203) Penalty, see § 74.999
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