Okla. Stat. tit. 47 § 12-201

Current through Laws 2024, c. 9.
Section 12-201 - Proper display of lamps and other signal devices - Adoption of federal specifications and standards
A. The United States Department of Transportation specifications and standards for headlamps, auxiliary driving lamps, tail lamps, signal lamps, reflectors, and other lighting equipment and signal devices, pursuant to 49 C.F.R., Section 571.108, are hereby adopted by the State of Oklahoma.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and subject to exceptions for parked vehicles, every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall properly display all lamps and illuminating devices as required by law:
1. At any time from one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise, also referred to in this chapter as nighttime; and
2. At any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet or less.
C. All lamps required by this chapter shall display a steady light except as otherwise prescribed by this chapter. Any required individual lamp may be combined or incorporated with any other required individual lamp if the combined or incorporated lamps meet all of the individual lighting requirements of this chapter for each individual lamp contained therein.
D. No lamp, other than a headlamp, displayed on any vehicle shall project a glaring light; provided, every headlamp shall comply with Section 12-222 of this title.

Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 12-201

Added by Laws 1961, HB 556, p. 394, § 12-201, eff. 9/1/1961; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1799, c. 57, § 1, eff. 9/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 379, c. 255, § 1, eff. 9/1/1993; Amended by Laws 2003 , SB 633, c. 411, § 21, eff. 11/1/2003; Amended by Laws 2005 , HB 1246, c. 50, § 6, eff. 11/1/2005.