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Codified Ordinances of Summit County, OH
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PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
CHAPTER 335 Licensing Drivers and Vehicles
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
337.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES.
337.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND HEIGHTS.
337.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
337.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
337.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
337.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
337.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
337.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
337.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
337.10 LIGHTS, EMBLEMS AND REFLECTORS ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS, AND ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.
337.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS.
337.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS.
337.13 DISPLAY OF LIGHTED LIGHTS.
337.14 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS.
337.15 LIGHTS OF LESS INTENSITY ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES.
337.16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS; LIMITATIONS ON FLASHING, OSCILLATING OR ROTATING LIGHTS.
337.17 FOCUS AND AIM OF HEADLIGHTS.
337.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE BRAKES.
337.19 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL.
337.20 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.
337.21 REAR-VIEW MIRROR; CLEAR VIEW TO FRONT, BOTH SIDES AND REAR.
337.22 WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPER; SIGN OR POSTER THEREON.
337.23 LIMITED LOAD EXTENSION ON LEFT SIDE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE.
337.24 MOTOR VEHICLE STOP LIGHTS.
337.25 AIR CLEANER REQUIRED.
337.26 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM USAGE.
337.27 DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS REQUIRED TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.
337.28 USE OF SUNSCREENING, NONTRANSPARENT AND REFLECTORIZED MATERIALS.
337.29 BUMPER HEIGHTS.
337.30 DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS REQUIRED.
337.31 TESTS OF EQUIPMENT.
337.32 LIGHTS AND SIGN ON TRANSPORTATION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Cars or Tractors
CHAPTER 343 Sound Equipment Noise
CHAPTER 345 Text Messaging While Driving Prohibited (Repealed)
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians; Bicycles and Motorcycles; Snowmobiles and Watercraft
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
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337.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
   (a)   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.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4513.08)
337.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
   (a)   Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in Section 337.02, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the side 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 sixteen inches square.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.09)
337.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
   (a)   Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in Section 337.02, 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 where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object within a distance of 500 feet upon such street. 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)
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