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<br />Section 47. Windshields on motor vehicles.—
<br />It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any
<br />vehicle upon a highway with any sign, poster or
<br />other non -transparent material upon the front
<br />windshield, side wings, or rear windows of such
<br />motor vehicle other than a certificate or other pa-
<br />per required to be so displayed by law.
<br />Section 48. Prevention of noise, smoke, et-
<br />cetera, muffler cutouts regulated. --(a) No person
<br />shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless
<br />such motor vehicle is equipped with a muffler in
<br />good working order and in constant operation to
<br />prevent excessive or unusual noise, annoying
<br />smoke and the escape of excessive gas, steam or
<br />oil. All exhaust pipes carrying exhaust gases
<br />from the motor shall be directed parallel with the
<br />ground or slightly upward.
<br />(b) It shall be unlawful to use a "muffler cut-
<br />out" on any motor vehicle upon a highway.
<br />(c) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on
<br />any highway unless such vehicle is so construc!ed
<br />as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting,
<br />leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom.
<br />Section 49. Requ'red I'ghting equipment of ve-
<br />hicles. ---(a) When vehicles must be equipped—
<br />Every vehicle upon a highway within this City
<br />during the period from a half hour after sunset
<br />to a half hour before sunrise and at any other
<br />time when there is not sufficient light to render
<br />clearly discernible any person on the highway at a
<br />distance of two hundred feet ahead, shall be
<br />equipped with lighted front and rear lamps as in
<br />this section respectively required for different
<br />classes of vehicles and subject to exemption with
<br />reference to lights on parked vehicles as declared
<br />in section fifty-seven.
<br />(b) Head lamps on motor vehicles. --Every
<br />motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, road -
<br />roller, road machinery, or farm tractor shall be
<br />equipped with two head lamps, no more and no
<br />less, of approximately equal candle power at the
<br />front of and on opposite sides of the motor ve-
<br />hicle which head lamps shall comply with the
<br />requirements and limitations set forth in section
<br />fifty-one or section fifty-two and except as to ac-
<br />etylene head lamps shall be of a type which has
<br />been approved by the commissioner.
<br />(c) Head lamps on motorcycles. ---Every mo-
<br />torcycle shall be equipped with at least one and
<br />not more than two head lamps which shall be of
<br />a type approved by the commissioner and shall
<br />project sufficient light to the front of such mo-
<br />torcycle to reveal a person at a distance of two
<br />hundred feet, but shall not project a glaring or
<br />dazzling light to persons approaching such mo-
<br />torcycle.
<br />(d) Rear lamps. --Every motor vehicle and ev-
<br />ery trailer or semi -trailer which is being drawn
<br />at the end of a train of vehicles shall carry at
<br />the rear a lamp exhibiting a red or yellow light
<br />plainly visible under normal atmospheric condi-
<br />tions from a distance of five hundred feet to the
<br />rear of such vehicle and so constructed and placed
<br />that the number plate carried on the rear of such
<br />vehicle shall under like conditions be so illumi-
<br />nated by a white light as to be read from a dis-
<br />tance of fifty feet to the rear of such vehicle.
<br />(e) Lamps on bicycles. ---Every bicycle shall
<br />be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front
<br />thereof visible under normal atmospheric condi-
<br />tions from a distance of at least three hundred
<br />feet in front of such bicycle and shall also be
<br />equipped with a reflex mirror or lamp on the
<br />rear exhibiting a red or yellow light visible under
<br />like conditions from a distance of at least two
<br />hundred feet to the rear of such bicycle.
<br />(f) Lights on other vehicles. All vehicles not
<br />heretofore in this section required to be equipped
<br />with specified lighted lamps shall carry one or
<br />more lighted lamps or lanterns projecting a white
<br />light, visible under normal atmospheric conditions
<br />from a distance of not less than five hundred feet
<br />to the front and rear of such vehicle.
<br />Section 50. Additional permissible lights on
<br />vehicles.—(a) Spot lights.—Any motor vehicle
<br />may be equipped with not to exceed two spot
<br />lights, except that a motorcycle shall not be
<br />equipped with more than one spot light, and ev-
<br />ery spot light shall be so aimed and used, upon
<br />approaching another vehicle, that no part of the
<br />beam will be directed to the left of the center of
<br />the highway, nor more than one hundred feet
<br />ahead of the vehicle.
<br />(b) Front side lamps.—Any motor vehicle
<br />may be equipped with two side lamps upon the
<br />front of such vehicle and projecting a light to
<br />the front or side and conforming to regulations
<br />adopted by the commissioner. No electrical lamps
<br />or bulbs exceeding four standard candle power
<br />shall be used in any such side lamp.
<br />(c) Other exterior lights prohibited.—No ve-
<br />hicle shall be equipped with any lighting device
<br />other than those required or permitted in this or
<br />the preceding section except that this provision
<br />shall not be deemed to prevent the use upon a
<br />motor vehicle of interior lights of low candle
<br />power, nor the use of vacant or destination signs
<br />on vehicles operated as public carriers.
<br />(d) Auxiliary lamps.—Any motor vehicle may
<br />be equipped with such auxiliary lights of low
<br />candle power and illuminated signal devices as
<br />may be permitted or required under this ordi-
<br />nance or the rules and regulations adopted by the
<br />commissioner.
<br />Section 51. Requirements as to head lamps.—
<br />(a) The head lamps of motor vehicles shall be
<br />so constructed, arranged, and adjusted that they
<br />will at all times mentioned in section forty-nine and
<br />under normal atmospheric conditions produce a
<br />driving light sufficient to render clearly discerni-
<br />ble a person two hundred feet ahead, but shall not
<br />project a glaring or dazzling light to persons in
<br />front of such head lamps.
<br />(b) Head lamps shall be deemed to comply
<br />with the foregoing provisions prohibiting glaring
<br />and dazzling lights if none of the main portion of
<br />the head lamp beam rises above a horizontal plane
<br />passing through the lamp censers parallel to the
<br />level road upon which the loaded vehicle stands
<br />and in no case higher than forty-two inches, sev-
<br />enty-five feet ahead of the vehicle.
<br />(c) Whenever a vehicle is being operated upon
<br />a highway or portion thereof which is sufficiently
<br />lighted to reveal any person upon the highway at
<br />a d'stance of two hundred feet ahead of such ve-
<br />hicle it sha'I be permissible to dim the head lamps
<br />or to tilt the main beams of light thereof down-
<br />ward or such head lamps may be extinguished pro-
<br />vided such vehicle is equipped with two lighted
<br />side lamps projecting a light to the front of such
<br />vehicle and which comply with the rules and reg-
<br />ulations of the commissioner.
<br />Section 52. Acetylene lights.—Motor vehicles
<br />may be equipped with two acetylene head lamps
<br />of approximately equal candle power when
<br />equipped with clear plain glass fronts, bright six
<br />inch spherical mirrors and standard acetylene
<br />five -eights foot burners not more and not less and
<br />which project a driving light sufficient to render
<br />clearly discernable a person upon the roadway
<br />within a distance of two hundred feet but must
<br />not project a glaring or dazzling light into the
<br />eyes of approaching drivers.
<br />Sect',on 53. Head lamp specifications, test and
<br />approval.— (a) The commissioner is authorized
<br />and required to determine whether any head
<br />Limps of a type sold for use or used upon any
<br />motor vehicle will comply with the requirements
<br />of section fifty-one and the specifications set forth
<br />in tills sec'ion and to approve such head lamp de-
<br />vices and to publish lists thereof by name and
<br />type as it shall determine are lawful herein after
<br />a laboratory test as provided herein.
<br />(b) The commissioner is authorized to accept
<br />a certificate of the United States bureau of stand-
<br />ards or some other recognized testing laboratory
<br />having an arrangement with the said bureau by
<br />which appeal may be made to it in case of dispute
<br />as to the findings of such other laboratory which
<br />certificate certifies that a head lamp device is of
<br />a type which by laboratory test has been found
<br />to meet the specifications set forth in this section
<br />when properly mounted, adjusted, and equipped
<br />with proper candle power bulbs provided the com-
<br />missioner is hereby authorized to refuse approval
<br />to any device certified as above which the com-
<br />missioner determines will be in actual use unsafe
<br />or imprancable or would fail to comply with the
<br />provisions hereof.
<br />(c) Head lamps by laboratory test shall meet
<br />the following requirements and limitations:
<br />1. In the median vertical plane parallel to the
<br />lamps on a level with the centers of the lamps
<br />not less than eighteen hundred and not more than
<br />six thousand apparent candle power.
<br />2. In the median vertical plane, one degree of
<br />arc below the level of the center of the lamps, not
<br />less than seven thousand two hundred apparent
<br />candle power, and there shall not be less than
<br />seven thousand two hundred apparent candle
<br />power anywhere on the horizontal line through
<br />this point, one degree of arc to the left and to the
<br />right of this point.
<br />3. In the median vertical plane, one degree of
<br />arc above the level of the center of the lamps, not
<br />more than twenty-four hundred nor less than
<br />eight hundred apparent candle power.
<br />4. Four degrees of arc to the left of the median
<br />vertical plane and one degree of arc above the
<br />level of the center of the lamps not more than
<br />eight hundred apparent candle power.
<br />5. One and one-half degrees or arc below the
<br />level of the center of the lamps and three degrees
<br />of arc to the left and to the right, respectively, of
<br />the median vertical plane not less than five thou-
<br />sand apparent candle power nor less than this
<br />amount anywhere on the line connecting these two
<br />points.
<br />6. Three degrees of arc below the level of the
<br />center of the lamps and six degrees of arc to the
<br />left and to the right, respectively, of the median
<br />vertical plane not less than two thousand appar-
<br />ent candle power nor less than this amount any-
<br />where on the line connecting these two points.
<br />Section 54. Head lamp devices must be tested
<br />and approved before sale or use.—(a) It shall
<br />be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale,
<br />either separately or as a part of the equipment of
<br />a motor vehicle, or to use upon a motor vehicle
<br />on a highway any head lamp, head lam
<br />flector, or head lamp control device of any c m-
<br />bination thereof unless of a type which has been
<br />submitted to a laboratory test and found to com-
<br />ply with the specifications herein set forth and
<br />which type has been approved by the comm
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<br />(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell
<br />or offer for sale either separately or as a part of
<br />the equipment of a motor vehicle any head lamp
<br />device approved by the commissioner unless such
<br />device bears thereon a trade mark or name and
<br />Is accompanied by printed instructions as to the
<br />proper candle power globes to be used therewith
<br />as approved by the commissioner and any partic-
<br />ular methods of mounting or adjustment as to
<br />focus or tilt necessary to enable such device to
<br />meet the requirements of this ordinance.
<br />Section 55. Retest of approved head lamp de.
<br />vice. -.--The commissioner when having reason to
<br />believe that an approved head lamp device sold
<br />commercially does not under ordinary conditions
<br />of use comply with the requirements of this ori-
<br />nance may after notice to the manufacturer there-
<br />of suspend or revoke the certificate of approval
<br />issued therefor until or unless such head lamp de-
<br />vice is resubmitted to and retested by an author-
<br />ized testing agency and is found to meet the re-
<br />quirements of this ordinance. The commissioner
<br />may at the time of the retest purchase in the open
<br />market and submit the testing agency one or more
<br />sets of such approved head lamp device and if
<br />such device upon such retest fails to meet the
<br />requirements of this act the commissioner may
<br />revoke the certificate of approval of such device.
<br />Section 56. Arrest upon charge that approved
<br />head lamps are improperly adjusted or equipped
<br />with wrong candle power lamps.—The driver of
<br />any motor vehicle equipped with approved head
<br />lamps who is arrested upon a charge that such
<br />head lamps are improperly adjusted or are
<br />equipped with lamps or bulbs of a candle power
<br />not approved for use therewith shall be allowed
<br />twenty-four hours within which to properly ad-
<br />just and equity such head lamps. It shall be a de-
<br />fense to any such charge that the person arrested
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<br />uce in court or submit to the proper author-
<br />ity satisfactory evidence that within twenty-four
<br />hours after such arrest, such head lamps have
<br />been made to conform with the requirements of
<br />this ordinance.
<br />Section 57. Lights on parked vehicles.—
<br />Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon
<br />a highway whether attended or unattended dur-
<br />ing the times mentioned in section forty-nine there
<br />shall be displayed upon such vehicle one or more
<br />lamps projecting a white light visible under nor-
<br />mal atmospheric conditions from a distance of
<br />five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and
<br />projecting a red or yellow light visible under like
<br />conditions from a distance of five hundred feet
<br />to the rear except that no lights need be displayed
<br />upon any such vehicle when parked in accordance
<br />with this and other ordinances upon any highway
<br />where there is sufficient light to reveal any per-
<br />sons within a distance of two hundred feet upon
<br />such highways.
<br />Section 58. Red or green light visible from in
<br />front of vehicle prohibited.--- It shall be unlaw-
<br />ful for any person to drive or move any vehicle
<br />ut>on a highway with any red or green light there.
<br />on visible from directly in front thereof.
<br />Section 59. Signal devices.—(a) Any motor
<br />vehicle which is Qo constructed or carries a load
<br />in such a manner as to prevent the hand and
<br />arm signal described in this act from being vis-
<br />ible both to the front and rear of such vehicle
<br />shall be equipped with a mechanical or electrical
<br />signal device which meets the requirements of
<br />this ordinance and is of a type which has been
<br />approved by the commissioner.
<br />(b) Every device intended to give a signal of
<br />intention to turn or stop a vehicle shall give a
<br />signal plainly visible at all times from a distance
<br />of at least one hundred feet to the rear of the
<br />vehicle upon which it is used.
<br />(c) The commissioner is authorzied to adopt
<br />and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent
<br />with tills section governing the construction, lo'
<br />cation and operation of signal devices and the
<br />color of lights which may be used in any such
<br />electric devices. The commissioner is authorized
<br />to accept a certificate of the United States bu-
<br />reau of standards or some other recognized test-
<br />ing laboratory having an arrangement with the
<br />said bureau by which appeal may be made to It
<br />in case of dispute as to the findings of such other
<br />laboratory which certificate certifies that a signal
<br />device is of a type which has been found to meet
<br />the requirement of this act and the regulations of
<br />the commissioner with reference thereto.
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