Section
Equipment
74.01 Unsafe vehicles, prohibition against operation
74.02 Bumpers on motor vehicles
74.03 Lighted lights required
74.04 Headlights
74.05 Tail lights and illumination of rear license plate
74.06 Red reflectors required
74.07 Safety lighting of commercial vehicles
74.08 Stoplight regulations
74.09 Obscured lights on vehicles
74.10 Red light or flag required
74.11 Lights on parked vehicles
74.12 Lights, emblems, and reflectors on slow-moving vehicles, farm machinery, agricultural tractors, and animal-drawn vehicles
74.13 Spotlight and auxiliary driving lights
74.14 Cowl, fender, and back-up lights
74.15 Two lights displayed
74.16 Headlights required
74.17 Lights of less intensity
74.18 Number of lights permitted; red and flashing lights
74.19 Standards for lights on snow removal equipment and oversize vehicles
74.20 Flashing lights permitted for certain types of vehicles
74.21 Lights and sign on transportation for preschool children
74.22 Focus and aim of headlights
74.23 Brake equipment; specifications
74.24 Brake fluid
74.25 Minimum standards for brakes and components
74.26 Horns, sirens, and warning devices
74.27 Mufflers; excessive smoke or gas
74.28 Rearview mirrors
74.29 Windshields and wipers
74.30 Solid tire requirements
74.31 Requirements for safety glass in motor vehicles; use of tinted glass or reflectorized material
74.32 Directional signals
74.33 Installation and sale of seat safety belts required; definition
74.34 Requirements for extra signal equipment
74.35 Display of warning devices on disabled vehicles
74.36 Requirements for vehicles transporting explosives
74.37 Studded tires; seasonal use permitted
74.38 Air bags
74.39 Safety inspection decals for buses
Loads
74.40 Permit required to exceed load limits
74.41 Limitation of load extension on left side of vehicle
74.42 All loads shall be properly secured
74.43 Towing requirements; exception to size and weight restrictions
74.44 Weighing of vehicle; removal of excess load
74.45 Operation of vehicle exceeding weight limits prohibited
74.46 Load limits
74.47 Maximum width, height, and length
74.48 Statement of gross vehicle weight
74.49 Wheel protectors required on heavy commercial vehicles
74.50 Liability for damages; prosecution; application of monies
74.51 Weight exceptions for certain vehicles
Commercial, Heavy and Public Vehicles
74.60 Motor transportation companies and motor carriers
74.61 Reduction of weight and speed during times of thaws and moisture
74.62 Classification of roads
74.63 Rules and regulations
74.64 Notice of arrest
74.65 Fuel use permit and identification device
74.66 Unlawful operation; Tax Commissioner to be notified
74.67 Signs
74.68 Exceptions
Statutory reference:
Exemption of certain vehicles from emission, noise control and fuel standards, see R.C. § 4513.41
Exemption of collector's or historical vehicles from equipment standards, see R.C. § 4513.38
Motorcycles, protective eye devices required for operators and passengers; helmets required for persons under 18 years of age, see O.A.C. § 4501-17-01
Notice of arrest of certain commercial drivers, see R.C. § 5577.14
Snowmobiles and all-purpose vehicles, equipment, see O.A.C. Chapter 4501-29
Vehicle lighting, see O.A.C. Chapter 4501-15
EQUIPMENT
(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) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING means the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating established for that vehicle.
MANUFACTURER has the same meaning as in R.C. § 4501.01.
MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE means a motor vehicle with motive power, except a motorcycle, designed to carry ten persons or less, that is constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.
PASSENGER CAR means any motor vehicle with motive power, designed for carrying ten persons or less, except a multipurpose passenger vehicle or motorcycle.
TRUCK means every motor vehicle, except trailers and semitrailers, designed and used to carry property and having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.
(B) Rules adopted by the Director of Public Safety, in accordance with R.C. Chapter 119, shall govern the maximum bumper height or, in the absence of bumpers and in cases where bumper height have been lowered or modified, the maximum height to the bottom of the frame rail of any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck.
(C) No person shall operate upon a street or highway any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this state that does not conform to the requirements of this section or any applicable rule adopted pursuant to R.C. § 4513.021.
(D) No person shall modify any motor vehicle registered in this state in such a manner as to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision, or cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal operation, and no person shall disconnect any part of the original suspension system of the vehicle to defeat the safe operation of that system.
(E) Nothing contained in this section or in the rules adopted pursuant to R.C. § 4513.021 shall be construed to prohibit either of the following:
(1) The installation upon a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this state of heavy duty equipment, including shock absorbers and overload springs:
(2) The operation on a street or highway of a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck registered in this state with normal wear to the suspension system if the normal wear does not adversely affect the control of the vehicle.
(F) This section and the rules adopted pursuant to R.C. § 4513.021 do not apply to any specially designed or modified passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck when operated off a street or highway in races and similar events.
(G) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.021)
Statutory reference:
Maximum height on bumpers, see O.A.C. Chapter 4501-43
(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 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.
(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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