La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § I-1919

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 4, April 20, 2024

Section I-1919 - Tow Truck Lighting; Equipment

A. Tow truck operators and towing services shall ensure tow trucks are equipped with, and use, required lighting, pursuant to state law and CFR Title 49. Auxiliary tow lighting shall be required and used if the rear tail lamps, stop lamps or turn signals on a combination of vehicles are obscured, inoperative, or not visible to the rear by approaching traffic. When auxiliary tow lights are required, they shall include a minimum of two properly functioning tail lamps, stop lamps and turn signals, which may be combined and shall be attached as far apart as practical on the rearmost portion of the towed vehicle and visible to the rear by approaching traffic.

B. Tow trucks shall comply with all equipment requirements found in, or adopted pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 32, Chapter 1, Part V (Equipment of Vehicles), 32:1711 et seq., and, if applicable, CFR Title 49.

C. Tow truck shall be equipped with only amber colored flashing warning lights, strobes, light bars or beacons with sufficient strength and mounted in a location to be visible at 360 degrees at a distance of no less than 1,000 feet under normal atmospheric conditions. Each tow truck shall be equipped with at least one amber colored light bar or beacon mounted to the roof or a higher location on a tow truck. Tow trucks used solely to transport vehicles on an attached trailer are exempt from this requirement provided they do not conduct roadside recovery operations or participate on any law enforcement rotation list.

D. Tow truck operators and towing services shall ensure warning lights are operable at all times and shall only be activated after arriving at a disabled vehicle or when towing or recovering a vehicle. Slide back tow trucks solely transporting vehicles on their beds may opt to activate their tow truck's warning lights.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § I-1919

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of the State Police, LR 32:858 (May 2006), amended LR 40:799 (April 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:1714.