Section
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, emblems, and reflectors on slow-moving vehicles, farm machinery, agricultural tractors, and animal-drawn vehicles
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
337.17 Focus and aim of headlights
337.18 Motor vehicle and motorcycle brakes
337.19 Horn, siren and theft alarm signal
337.20 Muffler; muffler cutout; excessive smoke, gas or noise
337.21 Rear-view mirror; clear view to front, both sides and rear
337.22 Windshield required; sign or poster upon windshield; windshield wiper
337.23 Limited load extension on left side of passenger vehicle
337.24 Motor vehicle stop lights
337.25 Air cleaner required
337.26 Use of child restraints
337.27 Use of occupant restraining devices
337.28 Use of sunscreening, nontransparent and reflectorized materials
337.29 Bumpers
337.30 Motor vehicle music
337.31 Directional signals required
337.32 Air bags
337.33 Lights and sound-producing devices on coroners’ vehicles
337.34 Vehicles transporting preschool children
337.99 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Bicycle equipment, see § 373.06
Towing requirements; exception to size and weight restrictions, see § 339.07
Use of stop and turn signals, see § 331.14
Use of studded tires and chains, see § 339.11
Vehicles transporting explosives, see § 339.06
Wheel protectors for commercial vehicles, see § 339.05
Statutory reference:
Motorized bicycle lights and equipment, see R.C. § 4511.521
Warning devices for commercial vehicles disabled upon freeways, see R.C. § 4513.28
(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) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 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 R.C. §§ 4513.04 through 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.
(b) Every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under R.C. § 4511.521. 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.
(c) Whenever in such sections 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, such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
(d) Whenever in such sections 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.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a vehicle being operated upon a street or highway within this state to stop the vehicle solely because the officer observes that a violation of division (a)(3) of this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for a violation of that division, or causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation of that division.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.03)
(a) (1) 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.
(2) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.04)
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