Section
438.01 Driving unsafe vehicles; application
438.02 Lighted lights; measurement of distances and heights
438.03 Headlights on motor vehicles and motorcycles
438.04 Tail light; illumination of rear license plate
438.05 Rear red reflectors
438.06 Safety lighting on commercial vehicles
438.07 Obscured lights on vehicles in combination
438.08 Red light or red flag on extended loads
438.09 Lights on parked or stopped vehicles
438.10 Lights, emblems, and reflectors on slow-moving vehicles, farm machinery, agricultural tractors, and animal-drawn vehicles
438.11 Spotlight and auxiliary lights
438.12 Cowl, fender and back-up lights
438.13 Two lights displayed
438.14 Use of headlight beams
438.15 Lights of less intensity on slow-moving vehicles
438.16 Number of lights permitted; red and flashing lights
438.165 Lights and sound-producing devices on coroners’ vehicles
438.17 Vehicles transporting preschool children
438.18 Focus and aim of headlights
438.19 Motor vehicle and motorcycle brakes
438.20 Horn, siren and theft alarm signal
438.21 Muffler; muffler cutout; excessive smoke, gas or noise
438.22 Rear-view mirror; clear view to front, both sides and rear
438.23 Windshield required; sign or poster upon windshield; windshield wiper
438.235 Tinted glass; materials on glass
438.24 Limited load extension on left side of passenger vehicle
438.25 Motor vehicle stop lights
438.26 Bumpers
438.27 Air breather or cleaner required
438.28 Use of child restraints
438.29 Use of occupant restraining devices
438.30 Ignition interlock devices (Repealed)
438.31 Amber lights on snow plowing vehicles
438.32 Air bags
438.99 Penalty
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar state law
Bicycle equipment, see § 474.05
Collector’s vehicles, see R.C. §§ 4513.38, 4513.41
Improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, see § 672.04
Occupying travel trailers while in motion, see § 440.08
Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all-purpose vehicle equipment, see § 476.02
Towing requirements; exception to size and weight restrictions, see § 440.05
Use of stop and turn signals, see § 432.13
Vehicles transporting explosives, see § 440.04
Warning devices for commercial vehicles disabled upon freeways, see R.C. § 4513.28
Wheel protectors for commercial vehicles, see § 440.03
(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; and
(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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