Ohio Admin. Code 4501-15-02 - Taillights, registration lights and stop lights
(A) Taillights and license plate lights shall
be constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable
illumination and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E. standards for
taillights and license plate lights.
(B) Every motor vehicle, motorcycles and
motor-driven cycles, shall have at least one tail lamp. On a combination of
vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen
from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one tail lamp,
the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as
practicable.
Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches.
(C) When stop lights are used as
authorized by section
4511.39 of the Revised Code,
they shall be constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable
illumination and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E. standards for stop
lamps.
(1) After January 1, 1967, every motor
vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or
more stop lamps, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to
January 1, 1967, and motorcycles and motor-driven cycles shall be equipped with
at least one stop lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the stop lamps on
the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified in this
rule.
(2) Any vehicle may be
equipped and when required under this rule shall be equipped with a stop lamp
or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red light, visible
from a distance of not less than three hundred feet to the rear in normal
sunlight, and which shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot)
brake, and which may but need not be incorporated with one or more other rear
lamps.
(3) Every stop light shall
be located at a height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than
fifteen inches.
(4) If a high
mounted stop lamp is installed it shall be located at a minimum height of
thirty-four inches in height.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/1966, 10/16/1982, 07/23/2001, 08/11/2005
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82, 7/23/01, 8/11/05
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