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To amend section 4513.03 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
require the headlights of a vehicle to be lighted | 2 |
when its windshield wipers are in use. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 4513.03 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 4513.03. (A) Every vehicle, other than a motorized | 6 |
bicycle, operated upon a street or highway within this state shall | 7 |
display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by | 8 |
sections 4513.04 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code during all of the | 9 |
following times: | 10 |
(1) The time from sunset
to sunrise | 11 |
(2) At
any other time when | 12 |
natural light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions
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vehicles, and substantial objects on the highway are not | 15 |
discernible at a distance of one
thousand feet ahead | 16 |
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(3) At any time when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are | 20 |
in use because of precipitation on the windshield. | 21 |
Every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted | 22 |
lights meeting the rules adopted by the director of public safety | 23 |
under section 4511.521 of the Revised Code. No motor vehicle, | 24 |
during | 25 |
operated upon a street or highway within this state using only | 26 |
parking lights as illumination. | 27 |
Whenever in such sections a requirement is declared as to the | 28 |
distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects | 29 |
visible, or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, | 30 |
such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted | 31 |
highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different | 32 |
condition is expressly stated. | 33 |
Whenever in such sections a requirement is declared as to the | 34 |
mounted height of lights or devices, it shall mean from the center | 35 |
of such light or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle | 36 |
stands. | 37 |
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as | 38 |
provided in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code. | 39 |
Section 2. That existing section 4513.03 of the Revised Code | 40 |
is hereby repealed. | 41 |