§ 390.020. Definitions.  


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  • As used in this Article, unless the context requires another or different construction the following terms shall have the meanings set out herein:
    APPROVED
    Approved by the director of revenue and when applied to lamps and other illuminating devices means that such lamps and devices must be in good working order.
    AUXILIARY LAMP
    An additional lighting device on a motor vehicle used primarily to supplement the headlamps in providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle;
    HEADLAMP
    A major lighting device capable of providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle;
    MOUNTING HEIGHT
    The distance from the center of the lamp to the surface on which the vehicle stands;
    MULTIPLE-BEAM HEADLAMPS
    Headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use one of two or more distributions of light on the road;
    REFLECTOR
    An approved device designed and used to give an indication by reflected light;
    SINGLE-BEAM HEADLAMPS
    Headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use but one distribution of light on the road;
    VEHICLE
    Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks;
    WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE REQUIRED
    At any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet ahead.