Section 31-24-47. – Regulation and certification of lighting devices.
§ 31-24-47. Regulation and certification of lighting devices. (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized to approve or disapprove lighting devices and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of such lighting devices, their installation, and aiming. The regulations shall correlate with and, so far as […]
Section 31-24-48. – Revocation of certification of lighting equipment.
§ 31-24-48. Revocation of certification of lighting equipment. (a) When the administrator of the division of motor vehicles has reason to believe that an approved device as being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, he or she may, after giving thirty (30) days’ previous notice to the person holding the […]
Section 31-24-49. – Approval of lighting equipment required.
§ 31-24-49. Approval of lighting equipment required. No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer or use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector which […]
Section 31-24-50. – Trademark or name shown on equipment.
§ 31-24-50. Trademark or name shown on equipment. No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer any lamp or device mentioned in § 31-24-49 which has been approved by the administrator of the division of […]
Section 31-24-51. – Mounting and adjustment of lamps.
§ 31-24-51. Mounting and adjustment of lamps. No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer any lamps mentioned in § 31-24-49 unless the lamps are mounted and adjusted as to focus and aim in accordance with instructions of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. Violations of this section are subject […]
Section 31-24-52. – Hazard switch for flashing lights.
§ 31-24-52. Hazard switch for flashing lights. (a) All new automobiles and automobiles for hire sold in Rhode Island beginning with the 1969 models shall be provided with a hazard switch so as to produce a constant flashing light when the switch is activated. The switch shall be activated by the operator whenever any vehicle […]
Section 31-24-53. – Safety lights required on food vending vehicles.
§ 31-24-53. Safety lights required on food vending vehicles. No person engaged as an itinerant vendor of food items from a motor vehicle operated, or caused to be operated by him or her, upon the public streets or highways of the state of Rhode Island, shall operate the motor vehicle or cause the motor vehicle […]
Section 31-24-54. – Strobe lights on school buses.
§ 31-24-54. Strobe lights on school buses. All new school buses, as defined in § 31-1-3, shall at all times be equipped with a rear-viewing, rear-mounted white flashing strobe light, meeting the following requirements: (1) A white flashing strobe light will be installed on the roof of a school bus; at a point not to […]
Section 31-24-44. – Obstructed lights not required.
§ 31-24-44. Obstructed lights not required. Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp (except tail lamps) need not be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination. This shall not […]
Section 31-24-45. – Projecting loads.
§ 31-24-45. Projecting loads. Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear or front four feet (4′) or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end or front of the load, at the time specified in § 31-24-1, a red light or lantern […]