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LA Rev Stat § 32:346 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§346. Brakes on bicycles

RS 346 - Brakes on bicycles Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§351. Horns and warning devices

RS 351 - Horns and warning devices A.(1) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway of this state shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than two hundred feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, give audible warning with his horn, but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway of this state. (2) Persons with mobility impairments, while operating a motor vehicle upon any state or local highway of this state, may utilize the horn of such vehicle if the nature of the operator's physical impairment requires use of the horn in a situation other than one required to ensure safe operation of the motor vehicle and the operator is operating a motor vehicle with a mobility impairment license plate or the operator has been issued a mobility impairment hang tag. B. No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle or bell, except as otherwise permitted in this Section. C. It is permissible but not required that any commercial vehicle be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which is so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as an ordinary warning signal. D. Any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred feet and of a type approved by the commissioner, but such siren shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which events the driver of the vehicle shall sound the siren when reasonably necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof. However, motor vehicles which are owned and operated by members of nonprofit corporations as provided in R.S. 12:201 et seq. and which are tax exempt in accordance with Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, for exhibition in shows, parades, tours, and other special uses and not for general transportation may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of up to five hundred feet but such sound equipment shall not be used except when such vehicle is participating in shows, parades, tours, and other special events. Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1995, No. 56, §1; Acts 2006, No. 488, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §16, eff. July 23, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 32:352 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§352. Mufflers; requirements; prevention of excessive noise, fumes and smoke

RS 352 - Mufflers; requirements; prevention of excessive noise, fumes and smoke A. Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise.  B. No person shall use a muffler cut-out, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway of this state.  C. The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:353 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§353. Modification of exhaust systems

RS 353 - Modification of exhaust systems No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle, above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle and the original muffler shall comply with all of the requirements of R.S. 32:352.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:354 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§354. Mirrors

RS 354 - Mirrors  A. After January 1, 1975, every motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after December 31, 1972, of a type subject to registration in this state shall be equipped with a mirror mounted on the left side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle. B. Every motor vehicle of a type subject to registration in this state, except a motorcycle or motor driven cycle, shall be equipped with an additional mirror mounted either inside the vehicle approximately in the center or outside the vehicle on the right side and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle. When the required view from the inside mirror is obstructed, an outside mirror on the right side of the vehicle shall be required. C. All mirrors required by this section shall be maintained in good condition at all times. D. In addition to the mirrors required in Subsections A and B of this Section, every school bus shall be equipped with a mirror on the right side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle. E. Every school bus shall be equipped with a mirror of a type and so located as to give the seated driver a view of the area immediately in front of the front bumper, provided, however, that any Type II school bus constructed in such a way that the seated driver has a view of the area immediately in front of the front bumper need not be equipped with the mirror otherwise required by this Subsection. F. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, motor vehicles which are used by rural mail carriers in the performance of their duties shall not be required to be equipped with a mirror on the passenger side of the vehicle. G. In addition to the mirrors required in Subsections A and B of this Section, every delivery van which is part of an official state motor vehicle fleet shall be equipped with a mirror of a type and so located as to give the seated driver a view of the area immediately in the rear of the rear bumper. Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 273, §4; Acts 1974, No. 21, §1; Acts 1976, No. 383, §1; Acts 1993, No. 97, §1; Acts 1997, No. 187, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:355 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§355. Fire extinguishers

RS 355 - Fire extinguishers Every motor vehicle engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire on the highways shall be equipped with at least one quart of chemical type fire extinguisher, in good condition and conveniently located for immediate use.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:356 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§356. Windshields must be equipped with wiping and washing systems

RS 356 - Windshields must be equipped with wiping and washing systems A. The windshield on every motor vehicle, other than motorcycles or motor driven cycles, shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle. In addition, every such motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after December 31, 1972, shall be equipped with a two-speed, power driven windshield wiping and washing system which will adequately clean rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield regardless of engine load and speed and so constructed as to be controlled and operated by the driver of the vehicle.  B. Every windshield wiping system upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order. The windshield washing system upon a vehicle that is not more than six years old from the date of manufacture or assembly shall be maintained in good working order.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 22, §1; Acts 1992, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:357 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§357. Windshields required

RS 357 - Windshields required Every passenger vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and every motor truck or truck tractor, and every authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with an adequate windshield.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:358 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§358. Motorcycle windshields

RS 358 - Motorcycle windshields The glazing material used as a windshield on motorcycles shall be of either approved safety glass or clear plastic which need not be of an approved type.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:359 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§359. Safety glass required

RS 359 - Safety glass required No person shall sell or operate any new motor vehicle as specified herein, nor shall any motor vehicle be registered thereafter unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glazing materials of a type approved by the director of public safety wherever glazing materials are used in doors, windows and windshields. The foregoing provisions shall apply to all passenger type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school buses, but in respect to trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements as to safety glazing material shall apply to all glazing material used in doors, windows and windshields in the driver's compartments of such vehicles.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:360 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§360. Safety glass defined

RS 360 - Safety glass defined The term "safety glass" as used in this Chapter shall mean glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injuries to persons by objects from external sources or by glass, when the glass is cracked or broken.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:361 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§361. Approved types of safety glass

RS 361 - Approved types of safety glass The commissioner shall approve and maintain a list of the approved types of safety glass, conforming to recognized specifications for safety glass, as defined in this Chapter, and the Department of Public Safety shall not issue a license for or relicense any motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this Chapter, unless such motor vehicle is equipped, as herein provided, with such approved type of glass.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:361.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§361.3. Security exemption

RS 361.3 - Security exemption A. The provisions of R.S. 32:361.1 shall not apply to any motor vehicle registered in this state when the operator of the vehicle possesses an affidavit on a form issued by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections stating that valid security reasons exist which make it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sun screening material which would be of a light transmission or luminous reflectance in violation of R.S. 32:361.1. The affidavit shall include a description of the vehicle and be kept within the described vehicle. Additionally, at the time of applying for the exemption, the applicant shall provide written consent on a form approved by the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information authorizing the bureau to release any information contained in the applicant's criminal history record and identification files to the office of state police for verification that the applicant has not been convicted of a violent crime or drug offense. The department shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section. B. Any vehicle owned, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by a governmental or law enforcement agency to conduct official business shall qualify for the security exemption provided for in this Section without the necessity of applying for the exemption or providing written consent for release of criminal history record and identification files for the operator of such vehicle. C. Any exemption granted pursuant to this Section shall not apply to the area below the top six inches of a motor vehicle windshield. Acts 1993, No. 519, §1; Acts 2005, No. 238, §2; Acts 2008, No. 91, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:362 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§362. Restrictions as to tire equipment

RS 362 - Restrictions as to tire equipment A. Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle moved on any highway of this state shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery of the rim of the wheel.  B. No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any protuberances of any material, other than rubber, which projects beyond the thread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it shall be permissible to: (1) Use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highways; and (2) Use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle, when required for safety because of conditions tending to cause a vehicle to slide or skid.  C. The department may issue emergency permission authorizing the operation upon the highways of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon their periphery, or farm tractors or other farm machinery or instruments of husbandry.  D. No person shall operate or move on any highway of this state any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer having any metal tire in contact with the highway.  E. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer to sell or trade, or knowingly use any motor vehicle tire not in compliance with Sub-section A of this Section; or to sell, offer to sell, or trade, or knowingly use any motor vehicle tire the original tread of which has been worn, and which without additional treading being added, has been grooved so as to give the appearance of a new tire or a tire which has been recapped. Any person violating the provisions of this Sub-section upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars or thirty days in jail for the first offense and, a fine of two hundred fifty dollars or three months in jail, or both, for a second offense, and for a third or subsequent offense, shall be fined five hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned for six months in jail.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 512, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:363 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§363. Fuel tank caps

RS 363 - Fuel tank caps No motor vehicle shall be driven or moved upon any highway of this state if the filling spout for the fuel tank is closed or partially closed with a plug of wood, rags or other combustible materials.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:364 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§364. Fenders and mudguards

RS 364 - Fenders and mudguards A. Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, when operated upon a highway of this state, shall be equipped with fenders, covers, or such devices, including flaps or splash aprons, or fender flares to effectively minimize the spray or splash of water or mud or loose material on the highways to the rear of the vehicle unless the body of the vehicle or attachments thereto afford such protection. The width of such fenders, covers, or other devices shall be at least the width of the tires of the motor vehicle. B. This Section does not apply to those vehicles exempt from registrations, nor to any other vehicle having an unladen weight of under one thousand five hundred pounds, nor to those vehicles which were not supplied with the equipment required in Subsection A of this Section at the time of manufacture, nor to trucks and farm vehicles handling and hauling agricultural and forestry products. Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 399, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1121, §1; Acts 2003, No. 236, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:365 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§365. Television

RS 365 - Television A.(1) Except as provided in this Section, no person shall drive a motor vehicle which is equipped with a television receiver, screen, or other means of visually receiving a television broadcast or a video signal that produces entertainment or business applications where the moving images are visible to the driver while the motor vehicle is in motion. Additionally, no retailer shall install a television receiver, screen, or other means of receiving a visual television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, in a motor vehicle at any point which would make the moving images visible to the driver while the motor vehicle is in motion. The provisions of this Paragraph shall also apply to "digital versatile disc" or "digital video disc" players which are also commonly known as DVD players. (2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to the following equipment when installed in a motor vehicle: (a) A vehicle information display. (b) A navigation or global positioning display. (c) A mapping display. (d) A visual display used to monitor the area immediately around a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle. (e) A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen that produces entertainment or business applications, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has a device that, when the motor vehicle is being driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a visual display as described in Subparagraphs (a) through (d) of this Paragraph. (3) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to a self-contained motor home which is in excess of twenty-one feet in length. B. Law enforcement officers of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be authorized to operate video recording equipment and monitors in their law enforcement vehicles while in the performance of their duties. However, this provision shall not be construed to allow law enforcement officers to record vehicles in violation of traffic safety laws with citations for such violations to be mailed to the alleged violator at a later date. Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 1992, No. 834, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1171, §1; Acts 2006, No. 751, §1, eff. June 30, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 45, §1, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2011, No. 174, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:366 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§366. Required equipment of tow cars

RS 366 - Required equipment of tow cars Tow cars shall be equipped with the following: (1) One or more brooms, and the driver of the tow car engaged to remove a disabled vehicle from the scene of an accident shall remove all glass and debris deposited upon the roadway by the disabled vehicle which is to be towed.  (2) A shovel, and whenever practical the tow car driver engaged to remove any disabled vehicle shall spread dirt upon that portion of the roadway where oil or grease has been deposited by such disabled vehicle. (3) A fire extinguisher of at least two quart capacity of a type capable of extinguishing a fire of flammable liquid.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:367 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§367. Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices

RS 367 - Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices A. No person shall operate any freight carrying vehicle, passenger bus, truck-tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a mobile home or other vehicle, upon any highway of this state at any time between sunset and sunrise, unless there is carried in such vehicle the following equipment, except as provided in Subsection B: (1) At least three flares, three red electric lanterns, or three portable red emergency reflectors, each of which shall be capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of not less than six hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night time.  No flare, fuses, electric lantern, or cloth warning flag shall be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this Subsection unless such equipment is of a type which has been submitted to the secretary of public safety and been approved by him.  No portable reflector unit shall be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this Subsection unless it is so designed and constructed as to include two reflecting elements, one above the other, each of which shall be capable of reflecting red light clearly visible, from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night, when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps, and unless it is of a type which has been submitted to the commissioner and been approved by him.  (2) At least three red burning fuses, unless red electric lanterns or red portable emergency reflectors are carried.  (3) At least two red cloth flags not less than twelve inches square, with standards to support such flags.  B. No person shall operate, at the time and under conditions stated in Sub-section A, any motor vehicle used for the transportation of explosives, any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of flammable liquids or compressed gases, or any motor vehicle using compressed gas as a fuel, unless there is carried in such vehicle three red electric lanterns or three red emergency reflectors meeting the requirements of Sub-section A of this section, and there shall not be carried in any such vehicle any flares, fuses or signals produced by flame.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:369 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§369. Red flags, use in parking certain vehicles

RS 369 - Red flags, use in parking certain vehicles Between sunrise and sunset, buses, cars for hire having a capacity for over ten passengers, cars or trucks used as wreckers or for other towing purposes, freight carrying vehicles and combinations thereof, shall be equipped with two red flags, one to be placed 100 feet behind and the other 100 feet ahead of said parked vehicles and in such a position as to be visible to all approaching traffic during the daylight hours.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:370 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§370. Warning devices must be approved by commissioner prior to sale or use thereof

RS 370 - Warning devices must be approved by commissioner prior to sale or use thereof No person shall sell or offer for sale, either separately or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, or use upon a motor vehicle on the highways in this state any warning device mentioned in this Chapter, unless such device has been submitted to the commissioner and been approved by him.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.