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(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.
(ORC 4513.04)
(a) (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail light mounted on the rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail light on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
(2) Either a tail light or a separate light shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate, when such registration plate is required, and render it legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail light, together with any separate light for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlights or auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separate lighting systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plate.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.05)
(a) (1) Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a highway, other than a commercial tractor to which a trailer or semitrailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section, except that vehicles of the type mentioned in Ohio R.C. 4513.07 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance shall be equipped with reflectors as required by the regulations provided for in that section.
(2) Every such reflector shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from such vehicle.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.06)
(a) (1) When the Director of Public Safety prescribes and promulgates regulations relating to clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors and stop lights on buses, trucks, commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, when operated upon any highway, these vehicles shall be equipped as required by such regulations, and such equipment shall be lighted at all times mentioned in Ohio R.C. 4513.03 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, except that clearance lights and side marker lights need not be lighted on any such vehicle when it is operated within the Municipality where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object on the highway at a distance of 500 feet.
(2) Such equipment shall be in addition to all other lights specifically required by Ohio R.C. 4513.03 through 4513.16, or any substantially similar municipal ordinances.
(3) Vehicles operated under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission are not subject to this section.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.07)
Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any light, except tail lights, which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, need not be lighted, but this section does not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lights be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lights or that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.
(ORC 4513.08)
(a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of this vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in Ohio R.C. 4513.03 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required by this section is in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than 16 inches square.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.09)
(a) Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic or a shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the times mentioned in Ohio R.C. 4513.03 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lights which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear. No lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when it is stopped or parked within the Municipality where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object within a distance of 500 feet upon such highway. Any lighted headlights upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(ORC 4513.10)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Boat trailer.” Means any vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less.
(2) “Slow-moving vehicle” and “SMV”. Mean a boat trailer, unit of farm machinery, road construction machinery, or other machinery designed by the manufacturer to operate at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less. The term does not include a bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric bicycle, or animal-drawn vehicle.
(R.C. § 4513.11)
(b) Generally.
(1) At the times specified in R.C. § 4513.03, no person shall operate either of the following vehicles unless it is equipped with and displays the lamps described in division (b)(2) of this section:
A. A vehicle not specifically required to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices by R.C. § § 4513.03 to 4513.10;
B. A vehicle referred to in R.C. § 4513.02(G).
(2) Vehicles described in division (b)(1) of this section shall be equipped with both of the following:
A. At least one lamp displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the front of the vehicle;
B. Two lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear of the vehicle, or as an alternative, one lamp displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear and two red reflectors visible from all distances of 600 feet to 100 feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps.
(3) A. At the times specified in R.C. § 4513.03, no person shall operate a multi- wheel agricultural tractor model year 2001 or earlier on a street or highway unless it is equipped with and displays reflectors and illuminated amber lamps so that the extreme left and right projections of the tractor are indicated by all of the following:
1. Flashing lamps displaying amber light, visible to the front and the rear. The lamps need not flash simultaneously and need not flash in conjunction with any directional signals of the tractor.
2. Amber reflectors, all visible to the front;
3. Red reflectors, all visible to the rear.
B. Rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under R.C. § 4513.111 governing the lamps and reflectors described in division (b)(3)A. of this section and their placement correlate with and, as far as possible, conform with paragraphs 4.1.4.1, 4.1.7.1, and 4.1.7.2 respectively of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Standard ANSI/ASAE S279.10 OCT 98, Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways.
(4) At the times specified in R.C. § 4513.03, no person shall operate a unit of farm machinery model year 2002 or later on a street or highway unless it is equipped with and displays markings and illuminated lamps that meet or exceed the lighting, illumination, and marking standards and specifications that are applicable to that type of farm machinery for the unit's model year specified in the American society of agricultural engineers standard ANSI/ASAE S279.10 OCT 98, lighting and marking of agricultural equipment on highways.
(5) Any unit of farm machinery designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed of 25 miles per hour or greater or any SMV may be equipped with and display a red flashing light that is visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear at all times specified in R.C. § 4513.03. When a double-faced light is used, it shall display amber light to the front and red light to the rear.
(6) Lights and reflectors required under divisions (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this section and authorized under division (b)(5) of this section are in addition to other lights required or permitted by this division (b) or R.C. § 4513.17.
(7) The Ohio Director of Public Safety shall adopt rules in accordance R.C. Chapter 119 Code that establish standards and specifications for lamps and reflectors required or authorized by this section. Lamps and reflectors required or authorized by this section shall meet those standards and specifications.
(8) This division (b) does not apply to a bicycle, motorized bicycle, electric bicycle, or animal-drawn vehicle.
(9) Whoever violates this division (b) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.111)
(c) Slow-moving vehicles.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall operate an SMV on a street or highway as follows:
A. At a speed exceeding 25 miles per hour;
B. Without displaying the triangular SMV emblem mounted in accordance with division (c)(2) of this section.
(2) The SMV emblem shall be mounted so as to be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear. In accordance with R.C. Chapter 119, the Ohio Director of Public Safety shall adopt standards and specifications for the design and position of mounting the SMV emblem. The standards and specifications for the SMV emblem correlate with and, so far as possible, conform with those approved by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
(3) A person may operate an SMV on a street or highway without displaying the triangular SMV emblem when any of the following apply:
A. The SMV is being used in actual construction and maintenance work in an area guarded by a flagperson, or where flares are used.
B. The SMV is operating or traveling within the limits of a construction area designated by the Ohio Director of Transportation, a city engineer, or the county engineer of the several counties, when such construction area is marked in accordance with requirements of the Ohio Director of Transportation and the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as set forth in R.C. § 4511.09.
(4) No person shall display an SMV emblem on any of the following:
A. Any vehicle not required to use the SMV emblem by this division (c) or R.C. § 4513.113 or 4513.114;
B. An SMV being transported upon any other vehicle;
C. Any stationary object on the highway.
(5) No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate an SMV, except a unit designed to be completely mounted on a primary power unit that is manufactured or assembled on or after April 1, 1966, unless it is equipped with an SMV emblem mounting device.
(6) Whoever violates this division (c) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.112)
(d) Farm machinery and agricultural tractors.
(1) No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate on a street or highway any unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour unless the unit displays both of the following:
A. The SMV emblem mounted in accordance with R.C. § 4513.112(B);
B. A speed identification symbol that does both of the following:
1. Meets the specifications contained in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Standard ANSI/ASAE S584 JAN2005, Agricultural Equipment: Speed Identification Symbol (SIS);
2. Indicates the maximum speed in miles per hour at which the unit of farm machinery is designed by its manufacturer to operate.
(2) No person operating a tractor on a street or highway that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour and that is towing, pulling, or otherwise drawing a unit of farm machinery while operating at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour shall fail to display both of the following on the unit of farm machinery:
A. The SMV emblem;
B. The speed identification symbol that matches the speed identification symbol required to be displayed on the agricultural tractor.
(3) No person shall operate an agricultural tractor that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour unless the person possesses documentation published or provided by the manufacturer indicating the maximum speed in miles per hour at which the manufacturer designed the agricultural tractor to operate.
(4) Whoever violates this division (d) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.113)
(e) Animal-drawn vehicles.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (e)(4) of this section, no person shall operate an animal-drawn vehicle on a street or highway unless it is equipped with and displays, at the times specified in R.C. § 4513.03, both of the following:
A. At least one lamp displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the front of the animal-drawn vehicle;
B. Two lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear of the animal-drawn vehicle, or as an alternative, one lamp displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear and two red reflectors visible from all distances of 600 feet to one hundred feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (e)(4) of this section, no person shall operate an animal-drawn vehicle on a street or highway unless it is equipped with and displays, at all times, all of the following:
A. One yellow flashing lamp displaying yellow light that is visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet and that is mounted in either of the following positions:
1. On the top most portion of the rear of the animal-drawn vehicle;
2. On the top of the animal-drawn vehicle.
B. At least one of the following:
1. An SMV emblem mounted in accordance with R.C. § 4513.112(B);
2. Micro-prism reflective tape that is visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps;
3. Both an SMV emblem and micro-prism reflective tape, as specified in this division.
C. Lamps and micro-prism reflective tape required by this section shall meet standards and specifications adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under R.C. § 4513.114.
(3) The Ohio Director of Public Safety, in accordance with R.C. Chapter 119, shall adopt rules establishing standards and specifications for the position and mounting of the lamps and micro-prism reflective tape required by R.C. § 4513.114. The rules permit the micro-prism reflective tape to be red, amber, white, or silver in color.
(4) A. Divisions (e)(1) and (e)(2) of this section do not apply to the operator of animal-drawn agricultural equipment who is not transporting any livestock or a person other than the operator.
B. No operator described in division (e)(4)A. of this section shall operate animal-drawn agricultural equipment unless it is equipped with and displays, at all times, the SMV emblem mounted in accordance with R.C. § 4513.112(B).
C. As used in division (e)(4) of this section, “animal-drawn agricultural equipment” means equipment drawn by the muscular power of an animal that is used solely for agricultural purposes. “Animal-drawn agricultural equipment” includes any of the following:
1. A plow;
2. A manure spreader;
3. A thresher.
(5) Whoever violates this division (e) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.114)
(f) Strict liability offenses. The offenses established under this section are strict liability offenses, and R.C. § 2901.20 does not apply. The designation of these offenses as strict liability offenses shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
(R.C. § 4513.115)
(a) (1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one spotlight and every lighted spotlight shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle, nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle.
(2) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than three auxiliary driving lights mounted on the front of the vehicle. Any such lights which do not conform to the specifications for auxiliary driving lights and the regulations for their use prescribed by the Director of Public Safety shall not be used.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.12)
(a) (1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
(2) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lights on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
(3) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with back-up lights, either separately or in combination with another light. No back-up lights shall be continuously lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.13)
(a) At all times mentioned in Ohio R.C. 4513.03 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, at least two lighted lights shall be displayed, one near each side of the front of every motor vehicle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.14)
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