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NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER 70: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 71: STREETS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 72: SAFETY REGULATIONS AND LICENSING
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
COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY VEHICLES
LICENSING GENERALLY
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
CHAPTER 73: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
CHAPTER 74: RAILROADS
CHAPTER 75: PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 76: PARKING SCHEDULES
CHAPTER 77: TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 72.011 COWL, FENDER AND BACKUP LIGHTS; FLASHING HAZARD LIGHTS.
   (A)   Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare.
   (B)   Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one running-board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
   (C)   Except for school buses as provided in this division (C), any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two back-up lamps, either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such back-up lamp shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion. School buses used for the transportation of school children in this municipality, whether owned and operated by a county board of education or privately owned and operated under contract with a county board of education, shall be equipped with two back-up lamps, one on each side of the rear door, with white lens or reflectors, capable of lighting the roadway and objects to the rear of the bus for safe backing during darkness, and which, at the option of the county board of education, may each provide 50 candlepower in illumination intensity instead of 32 candlepower.
   (D)   Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps which may be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing, and when so equipped may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this subchapter. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or red lights or any shade of color between amber and red.
   (E)   Vehicles used by “rural mail carriers” in carrying or delivering mail in rural areas may be equipped with amber flashing lights. Such lights shall be on the front and rear of the vehicle and may be activated when the vehicle is stopped or decreasing speed in order to stop in the course of carrying, delivering or picking up mail along the route.
   (F)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one electro luminescent solid state ceramic front identification plate without glare, mounted in conformance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
   (G)   Vehicles used as the lead car in a funeral procession are hereby authorized to be equipped with, but are not required to use, purple lamps or purple flashing lights. Such lamps may be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing a funeral procession, and when so equipped may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this subchapter. The lamps or flashing lights used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall display simultaneously either illuminating or flashing purple lights. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing or illuminated purple lights.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-19) (Prior Code, § 345.11)
§ 72.012 MULTIPLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
   Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combinations thereof on motor vehicles, other than a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped, shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations.
   (A)   There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.
   (B)   There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading, none of the high-intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
   (C)   Every new motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped, registered in the state after January 1, 1952, which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. Such indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-20) (Prior Code, § 345.12)
§ 72.013 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS.
   Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in § 72.002, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations.
   (A)   Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam specified in § 72.012(B) shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times regardless of road contour and loading.
   (B)   Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this traffic code other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in § 72.012(A).
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-21) (Prior Code, § 345.13)
§ 72.014 SINGLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
   Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to July 1, 1952 in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment herein specified if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations.
   (A)   The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high- intensity portion of the light shall, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than 42 inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead.
   (B)   The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 200 feet.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-22) (Prior Code, § 345.14)
§ 72.015 LIGHTS ON MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES AND MOPEDS.
   The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle and moped may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows.
   (A)   Every such head lamp or head lamps shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped is operated at any speed less than 25 mph and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when it is operated at a speed of 25 mph or more.
   (B)   In the event the motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped is equipped with a multiple- beam type head lamp or head lamps, the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in § 72.012(A) and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in § 72.012(B).
   (C)   In the event the motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, such lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that, when the vehicle is loaded, none of the high- intensity portion of light, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-23) (Prior Code, § 345.15)
§ 72.016 ALTERNATE ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
   Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in § 72.002 when equipped with two lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects 75 feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in §§ 72.012 or 72.014, provided that at no time shall it be operated at a speed in excess of 20 mph.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-24) (Prior Code, § 345.16)
§ 72.017 NUMBER OF DRIVING LIGHTS REQUIRED OR PERMITTED.
   (A)   At all times specified in § 72.002, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or moped, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.
   (B)   Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a street or highway.
(W. Va. Code 17C-15-25) (Prior Code, § 345.17)
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