Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 300

Model Traffic Ordinance

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Section 300.435.1

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August 28, 2015

Lamps on parked vehicles.

300.435. 1. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or

highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour

before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any

person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such street or

highway no lights need be displayed upon such 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 a

half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is not

sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five

hundred feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be

equipped with one or more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least

one lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five

hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and the same lamp or at least one

other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred

feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or lamps shall

always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the

requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side

of the vehicle which is closer to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions

shall not apply to a motor driven cycle.



3. Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or

dimmed.



(L. 1965 p. 445 § 116)







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