P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5408

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§ 5408. Additional lights required on certain vehicles

The following rules shall apply with regard to additional lights required for certain vehicles:

(a) Every bus, trailer, school bus or heavy motor vehicle whose total width is eighty inches (80′′) or more shall be equipped with two (2) additional lights in front and two (2) in the rear. Tractors shall be required to carry only the additional front lights.

(b) Said additional lights shall be amber in color in front and red in the rear.

(c) In the case of buses, school buses, heavy motor vehicles or trailers of the closed-body type, these additional lights shall be mounted in such a manner as to indicate as closely as possible the width and height of the vehicle.

(d) In the case of heavy motor vehicles and the platform type trailers, these additional lights shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle and in such a manner as to indicate their width.

(e) For the purposes of this section, vans shall be deemed as freight and shall be excluded from the application thereof, but shall always be provided with the corresponding light reflectors.

History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 14.08; June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 14, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004.