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169.58

Statute ID: 3757

Statute Function ID: 26202

Traffic Regulation - Identification Lamps-Wide/Long Veh, Volunteer Emerg Responders/Ambulance Drvrs

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Statute Number:

169.58

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Identification Lamps-Wide/Long Veh, Volunteer Emerg Responders/Ambulance Drvrs

Statute ID:

3757

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 9, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Identification Lamps-Wide/Long Veh, Volunteer Emerg Responders/Ambulance Drvrs

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/58.html

Legislative Session:

2005 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 9, 2009

Subd. 6.   
(a) An animal-drawn vehicle must be equipped with an identification lamp or lamps that indicate the vehicle's presence and are visible from a distance of at least 500 feet from both the front and the rear. The lighting requirement under this subdivision may be met using a lamp powered by energy generated from the vehicle's movement.

(b) This subdivision does not apply to an animal-drawn vehicle that: (1) operates exclusively between the hours of sunrise and sunset and never during periods of reduced visibility, inclement weather, or insufficient light; or (2) never operates on a public roadway.

Subdivision 1.  
Any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a width including load thereon at any part in excess of 80 inches or which exceeds 30 feet in overall length may be equipped with identification lamps on the front displaying three amber or white lights and identification lamps on the rear displaying three red lights, and when so equipped the lights in each such group shall be evenly spaced not less than 6 nor more than 12 inches apart, along a horizontal line as near to the top of the vehicle as practicable, and these lights shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.