Ohio Admin. Code 4501-15-03 - Reflectors
Reflectors shall be constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E. standards for reflex reflectors.
(A)
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the
rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red
reflectors meeting the requirements of this rule, except that motorcycles and
motor-driven cycles shall carry at least one such reflector.
(B) Every such reflector shall be mounted on
the vehicle at a height not less than fifteen inches nor more than sixty inches
measured as set forth in section
4513.03 of the Revised Code, and
shall be of such size and characteristic and so mounted as to be visible at
night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from such
vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.
(C) Every multi-wheeled agricultural tractor
whose model year was 2001 or earlier, when being operated or traveling on a
street or highway at times specified in section
4513.03 of the Revised Code at a
minimum shall be equipped, on the extreme left and right projection of the
tractor, with amber reflectors visible to the front and red reflectors visible
from the rear. The placement of these reflectors shall correlate with and, to
the extent not inconsistent with section
4513.111 of the Revised Code,
conform with paragraphs
chapters 3 and 4
4.1.4.1,
4.1.8.1 and 4.1.8.2 of the American society of agricultural engineers
standard ANSI/ASAE S 279.14 JUL08
ANSI/ASAE S 279.17 JUL2013 , lighting and marking of
agricultural equipment on highways. These reflectors are in addition to the
slow-moving vehicle emblem required by section
4513.11 of the Revised
Code.
(D) Every unit of farm
machinery whose model year was 2002 or later, when being operated or traveling
on a street or highway at times specified in section
4513.03 of the Revised Code
shall be equipped with reflectors that meet or exceed the standards 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 S 279.14 JUL08
ANSI/ASAE S 279.17 JUL2013 , lighting and marking of
agricultural equipment on highways.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.11, 4513.19, 4513.111
Rule Amplifies: 4513.11, 4513.19, 4513.111
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/1966, 10/16/1982, 07/23/2001, 08/11/2005, 05/27/2010, 05/25/2015
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11, R.C. 4513.19, R.C. 4513.111
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4513.11, R.C. 4513.19, R.C. 4513.111
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82, 7/23/01, 8/11/05, 5/27/10
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