Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-05
LEGAL NOTICE

vehicle that no part of the high
intensity portion of the beam
center of such light or device to
the level ground upon which the
vehicle stands. i
SECTION SO. HEADLIGHTS.
Every vehicle, other than a
motorcycle shall be equipped
with at least two headlights with
at least one near each side of
the front of the motor vehicle.
Every motorcycle shall be
equipped with at least one and
not more than two headlights.
SECTION SO. TAIL LIGHTS
AND ILLUMINATION OF
REAR LICENSE PLATES.
Every motor vehicle, trailer,
semitrailer, pole trailer or veh-
icle which is being drawn at the
end of a train of vehicles shall
be equipped with at least one
tail light mounted on the rear
which, when lighted, shall emit
red light visible from a dis
tance of five hundred feet to the
rear, provided, that in the case
of a train of vehicles only the
tail light on the rear most veh-
icle need be visible from the
distance specified.
Either a tail light or a sep
arate light shall be so con-
structed and placed as to i'll
uminate with a white light the
rear registration plate, when
such registration plate is re-
quired, and render it legible
from a distance of fifty feet to
the rear Any tail light to
gether with any separate light
for illuminating the rear regis
tration plate, shall be so wired
as to be lighted whenever the
headlights or auxiliary driving
lights are lighted, except where
separate lighting systems are
provided for trailerS for the
purpose of Illuminating such re-
gistration plate.
SECTION 70. RED REFLEC-
TORS REQUIRED.
Every new motor vehicle
sold after October "a, 1855, and
operated on a street, other
than a commercial tractor, to
which a trailer or semi trail
er is attached shall carry at
the rear, either as a part of the
tail lamps or separately, two
red reflectorS meeting the re-
quirement Of this section, eX-
cept that vehicles of the type
mentioned in Section II of this
Ordinance shall be equipped
with reflectorS as required by
the regulations provided for in
said sections. Every such re-
flector shall be of such size
and characteristics and so main
tanned as to be visible al night
from all distances within fifty
to three hundred feet from such
vehicle.
SECTIO II. OBSCURED
LIGHTS ON VEHICLES.
Whenever motor and other
vehicles are operated in COM
bination during the time that
lights are required, any light,
except tail lights, which by rea-
son of its location on a vehicle
of the combination would be
obScured by another vehicle
need not be lighted, but this sec
tion does not effect the require
ment that lighted clearance
lights be displayed on the front
of the foremost vehicle required
to have clearance lights or that
all lights required on the rear
of the rearmost vehicle of any
combination shall be lighted.
SECTION 72. RED LIGHT OR
FLAG REQUIRED.
Whenever the load upon any
vehicle extends to the rear four
feet or more beyond the bed
or body Of such vehicle, there
shall be displayed at the eX-
treme rear end of the load, at
the times specified in Section
81 of this Ordinance, a red light
or lantern plainly visible from
a distance of at least five hun
dred feet to the sides and rear.
The red light or lantern re-
quired by this section is in ad-
dition TO the red rear light re-
quired upon every vehicle. At
any other time there shall be
displayed at the extreme rear
end of such load a red flag or
cloth not less than sixteen in
ches square.
CTION IS. LIGHTS ON
PARKED VEHICLES.
Except in case of an emer-
gency, whenever a vehicle is
parked or stopped upon a street
open to traffic or a shoulder ad-
jacent thereto whether attend
ed or unattended, during the
times mentioned in Section 67
of this Ordinance, such vehicle
shall be equipped with one
or more lights which shall exhi-
bit white light on the street
side visible from a distance of
five hundred feet to the front
of such vehicle and a red light
visible from a distance of five
hundred feet to the rear. No
lights need be displayed upon
any such vehicle when it is
stopped or parked within the
Village where there is sufficient
light to reveal any person or sub
stantial object within dis
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