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169.61 COMPOSITE BEAM.
(a) When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto
during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required in this chapter, the driver shall use
a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to
reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations.
(b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1,000 feet, such driver shall
use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected
into the eyes of the oncoming driver.
(c) When the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except
when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light
permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section
169.60.
History: (2720-247) 1937 c 464 s 97; 1945 c 207 s 5; 1953 c 330 s 1; 1955 c 52 s 1
(a) When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto
during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required in this chapter, the driver shall use
a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to
reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations.
(b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1,000 feet, such driver shall
use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected
into the eyes of the oncoming driver.
(c) When the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except
when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light
permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section
169.60.
History: (2720-247) 1937 c 464 s 97; 1945 c 207 s 5; 1953 c 330 s 1; 1955 c 52 s 1
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