Section
Safety and Equipment
72.001 Driving unsafe vehicles; application; farm and road equipment exceptions
72.002 When lighted lights required
72.003 Measurement of distances and heights
72.004 Headlights on motor vehicles and motorcycles
72.005 Tail light; illumination of rear license plate
72.006 Red light or red flag on extended loads
72.007 Lights on parked or stopped vehicles
72.008 Lights on slow-moving vehicles
72.009 Spotlights and auxiliary lights
72.010 Signal lamps and signal devices
72.011 Cowl, fender and backup lights; flashing hazard lights
72.012 Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment requirements
72.013 Use of headlight beams
72.014 Single-beam road-lighting equipment
72.015 Lights on motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and mopeds
72.016 Alternate road-lighting equipment
72.017 Number of driving lights required or permitted
72.018 Special restrictions on lights
72.019 Motor vehicle or motorcycle brakes
72.020 Inspection of brakes on motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and mopeds
72.021 Horn, siren and theft alarm signal
72.022 Muffler; muffler cutout; excessive smoke, gas or noise
72.023 Rear-view mirror
72.024 Windshield to be unobstructed; windshield wiper
72.025 Tire equipment restrictions
72.026 Safety glass in motor vehicles
72.027 Vehicles transporting explosives
72.028 Television receiver in driver’s view prohibited
72.029 Safety equipment for motorcyclists, motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and mopeds
72.030 Certification labels on mopeds
72.031 Child passenger safety device required
72.032 Certificate of inspection and approval
72.033 Alteration of motor vehicles; bumper height limits
72.034 Sun screening devices
72.035 Operation of vehicles with safety belts
Pedestrians
72.050 Compliance with traffic regulations
72.051 Right-of-way in crosswalk
72.052 Crossing roadway outside crosswalk
72.053 Drivers to exercise due care
72.054 Moving upon right half of crosswalk
72.055 Walking along streets and highways; soliciting rides
72.056 Persons working on streets and highways
72.057 Protection of blind pedestrians
Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
72.070 Oversize or overweight vehicles
72.071 Projecting loads on passenger vehicles
72.072 Maximum width, height and length
72.073 Loads dropping or leaking
72.074 Towing requirements
Licensing Generally
72.085 Registration, certificate of title required
72.086 Registration card
72.087 Display of registration plates
72.088 Operation of vehicle without evidence of registration; use of temporary facsimile
72.089 Improper use of registration card, plate or permit
72.090 Driver or motorcycle license required
72.091 Persons exempt from license
72.092 Display of license
72.093 Certain acts prohibited
72.094 Driving under suspension or revocation
72.095 Owner or operator allowing another to drive
72.096 Administrative fee
Commercial Drivers
72.110 Definitions
72.111 Limitation on number of driver’s licenses
72.112 Employer responsibilities
72.113 Commercial driver’s license required
72.114 Exemptions
72.999 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Impounding unlicensed vehicle, see § 70.191
Pedestrian control signal, see § 71.18
Pedestrian defined, see § 70.001
Pedestrians at traffic signal, see § 71.17
Statutory reference:
Authority to designate weight limits on local streets, see W. Va. Code 17C-2-8(a)(7)
Authority to permit oversized buses, see W. Va. Code 17C-17-2(b)
Obscured light on vehicles in combination, see W. Va. Code 17C-15-13
Uniform Commercial Driver’s License Act, see W. Va. Code Art. 17E-1
Warning devices for commercial vehicles, see W. Va. Code 17C-15-39
SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT
(A) No person shall drive or move and no owner shall cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any street or highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, 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 subchapter, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this subchapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this subchapter.
(B) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter.
(C) The provisions of this subchapter, with respect to equipment on vehicles, shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or farm tractors except as herein made applicable. Every farm tractor equipped with an electric lighting system shall at all times, as mentioned in § 72.002, display a red tail lamp and either multiple-beam or single-beam head lamps meeting the requirements of § 72.002.
(D) Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500. Court costs as determined by the court shall be added to each conviction.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-1) (Prior Code, § 345.01) (Ord. passed 3-18-2025)
Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) Every vehicle other than a school bus, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped operated upon a street or highway within this municipality at any time from sunset to sunrise or during fog, smoke, rain or other unfavorable atmospheric conditions, or at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the street or highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead, shall display lighted head lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter respectively required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as provided for in § 72.007(C).
(B) Every school bus, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle and moped shall display lighted head lamps at all times when upon the street or highway.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-2) (Prior Code, § 345.02)
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