337.01 Driving unsafe vehicles; vehicle bumpers and height.
337.02 Lighted lights; measurements 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 on slow-moving vehicles; emblem required.
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.
337.22 Towing requirements.
337.23 Limited load extension on left side of passenger vehicle.
337.24 Motor vehicle stop lights.
337.25 Air cleaner required.
337.26 Solid tire requirements.
337.27 Wheel protectors.
337.28 Vehicles with spikes, lugs and chains.
337.29 Use of studded tires and chains.
337.30 Safety glasses.
337.31 Broken, cracked, nontransparent or discolored glass.
337.33 Child restraint system required; exceptions.
337.35 Occupant restraining devices.
337.36 Engine braking.
337.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Warning devices for commercial vehicles disabled upon freeways-see Ohio R.C. 4513.28
Use of stop and turn signals-see TRAF. 331.13
Wheel protectors for commercial vehicles-see TRAF. 337.27
Vehicles transporting explosives-see TRAF. 339.12
Towing requirements-see TRAF. 337.22
Use of studded tires and chains-see TRAF. 337.29
Bicycle equipment-see TRAF. 373.05 et seq.
Motorized bicycle lights and equipment-see TRAF. 373.10
(a) No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any street any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property.
(b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles do not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or agricultural tractors except as made applicable to such articles of machinery.
(ORC 4513.02)
(d) No person shall operate upon any street or highway any motor vehicle that:
(1) Is not equipped with bumpers.
(2) Was originally equipped with bumpers as standard equipment, unless the vehicle is equipped with bumpers equal to the original equipment when so operated.
(3) Has a suspension system or body so modified that the height of any bumper on the vehicle varies more than three inches from the original manufactured bumper height, for the vehicle or in the absence of a standard manufacturer's bumper height, has a suspension system or body so modified as to endanger any person or property.
(Ord. 4-84. Passed 1-3-84.)
(a) Every vehicle upon a street or highway during the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at any other time when there are unfavorable atmospheric conditions or when there is not sufficient natural light to render discernible persons, vehicles and substantial objects on the street or highway at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead, shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by this chapter for different classes of vehicles; except that every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under Ohio R.C, 4511.521. No motor vehicle, during such times, shall be operated upon a street or highway using only parking lights as illumination.
(b) Whenever in this Traffic Code a requirement is declared as to the distance from which certain lights and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lights or devices shall be visible, such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted street under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
(c) Whenever in this Traffic Code 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.
(ORC 4513.03)
(d) Every motorcycle upon a street or highway open to traffic within this City, regardless of the hour of the day or night, shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter respectively required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as hereinafter stated. No motorcycle shall be operated upon a street or highway within this City using only parking lights as illumination.
(a) 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.
(b) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights.
(ORC 4513.04)
(a) 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 rear-most vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
(b) 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 fifty 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.
(ORC 4513.05)
Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a street or highway, other than vehicles of the type mentioned in Section 337.06 or a commercial tractor to which a trailer or semitrailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lights or separately, two red reflectors of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to fifty feet from such vehicle.
(ORC 4513.06)
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