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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 14 : Stopping, Standing Or Parking

15-1405 : Lamps on parked vehicles.

  1. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between one-half (½) hour after sunset and one-half (½) hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon the street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon the parked vehicle.
  2. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between one-half (½) hour after sunset and one-half (½) hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon the highway, the vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one (1) lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle and the same lamp or at least one (1) other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle and the location of the lamp shall always be such that at least one (1) lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this subsection is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.
  3. Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed. (1973 Code, § 11-208)