13 AAC 04.020 - Headlights
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, a motor vehicle must be equipped with at least two headlights, one on
each side of the front of the motor vehicle. The headlights must emit white
light to the front of the vehicle, comply with the requirements and limitations
set out in this section, and be mounted at a height of not more than 54 inches
or less than 24 inches.
(b)
Repealed 6/28/79.
(c) Repealed
6/28/79.
(d) Repealed
6/28/79.
(e) When a motor vehicle
is driven on a highway during the times specified in sec. 10 of this chapter,
the driver shall use a high distribution of light or composite beam, directed
at a height and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a
distance of 450 feet in advance of the vehicle for all load conditions, subject
to the following requirements and limitations:
(1) when the driver of a vehicle approaches
an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, the driver shall use a distribution of
light, or composite beam, so that the glaring or high-intensity portion of the
light is not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver; the light must be
of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of 150
feet in advance of the vehicle for all load conditions; and
(2) when the driver of a vehicle approaches
another vehicle from the rear, within 300 feet, the approaching driver may not
use the highest distribution of light.
(f) Headlight systems which provide a single
distribution of light are permitted on all implements of husbandry,
motor-driven cycles, bicycles and off-highway vehicles regardless of date of
manufacture, if the systems are, as far as practicable, mounted and aimed as
required in (a) of this section and are of sufficient intensity to reveal a
person or a vehicle at a distance of 200 feet in advance of the vehicle, except
as otherwise provided for motor-driven cycles or bicycles in sec. 320(a) and
(d) of this chapter.
(g) A motor
vehicle may be driven under the conditions specified in sec. 10 of this chapter
when equipped with two illuminated lights upon the front of the vehicle capable
of revealing persons and vehicles 100 feet ahead; provided, however, that a
vehicle using the lights may not be driven at a speed in excess of that
specified in
13 AAC
02.325(c).
Notes
Authority:AS 28.05.011
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