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AR Code § 27-36-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 36 - Lighting Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Lights for Emergency Vehicles|§ 27-36-301. Violations

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to exhibit a red or amber rotating or flashing light on any vehicle except as otherwise provided by this Code or to activate a flashing, rotating, or oscillating purple light except during a funeral procession.  (2) If any person affixes or has affixed any red or amber light on any vehicle, this fact shall be prima facie proof that this person did exhibit the light.    (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Code, it is unlawful for any person to install, activate, or operate a blue light in or on any vehicle in this state or to possess in or on any vehicle in this state a blue light that is not sealed in the manufacturer's original package. As used in this section, “blue light” means an operable blue light which:  (1) Is designed for use by an emergency vehicle, or is similar in appearance to a blue light designed for use by an emergency vehicle; and  (2) Can be operated by use of the vehicle's battery, the vehicle's electrical system, or a dry cell battery.    (c)  (1) A violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be a Class A misdemeanor.  (2) Violation of any other provision of this subchapter shall be considered a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.
AR Code § 27-36-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 36 - Lighting Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Lights for Emergency Vehicles|§ 27-36-302. Exempted devices

 Devices that may be used by the state, city, or municipal governments as automobile traffic control devices are exempt from this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-36-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 36 - Lighting Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Lights for Emergency Vehicles|§ 27-36-303. Police vehicles

 All state, county, or city and municipal police agencies shall install, maintain, and exhibit blue rotating or flashing emergency lights upon all police motor vehicles which are equipped with emergency lighting and operated within the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 27-36-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 36 - Lighting Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Lights for Emergency Vehicles|§ 27-36-304. Fire department vehicles and ambulances

 (a) All state, county, city, and municipal or privately owned fire departments, funeral homes, or ambulance companies shall install, maintain, and exhibit red rotating or flashing emergency lights upon all fire department vehicles, automobiles used by firefighters, and ambulances which are equipped with emergency lighting and operated within Arkansas. Firefighters shall be allowed to use portable dash-mounted red rotating or flashing emergency lights on their privately owned automobiles when responding to a fire or other emergency.  (b) Emergency medical services personnel licensed by the Department of Health may install, maintain, and exhibit red rotating or flashing emergency lights upon a vehicle when responding to an emergency.
AR Code § 27-36-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 36 - Lighting Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Lights for Emergency Vehicles|§ 27-36-305. Other emergency vehicles

 (a) All state, county, and municipal agencies and private persons and businesses that operate any other type of vehicle in this state that is required or permitted to be equipped with flashing or rotating emergency or warning lights shall equip the vehicles with white or amber flashing or rotating emergency or warning lights only.  (b)  (1) In addition to amber flashing or rotating emergency or warning lights, wreckers or tow vehicles permitted or licensed under § 27-50-1203 that respond to traffic incidents may, but are not required to, be equipped with red flashing or rotating emergency or warning lights in addition to amber warning lights.  (2) Red flashing or rotating emergency or warning lights on a wrecker or tow vehicle shall be operated only at times the wrecker or tow vehicle is stopped on or within ten feet (10') of a public way and engaged in recovery or loading and hooking up an abandoned, an unattended, a disabled, or a wrecked vehicle. A wrecker or tow vehicle shall not operate forward-facing red flashing or rotating emergency or warning lights while underway, except as may be expressly authorized by law otherwise.
AR Code § 27-36-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 36 - Lighting Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Lights for Emergency Vehicles|§ 27-36-306. Other nonemergency vehicles — Funeral processions

 (a)  (1) A funeral escort vehicle engaged in leading or escorting a funeral procession shall be equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating purple lights.  (2) Except as required by subdivision (a)(1) of this section, a motor vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession may be equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating purple lights. (3) The flashing, rotating, or oscillating purple lights allowed under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall not be activated except during a funeral procession.    (b) The flashing, rotating, or oscillating purple lights shall be a warning to other motorists of the approach of the funeral procession.
AR Code § 27-37-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-37-101. Violations

 It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle, or combination of vehicles, which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts, or is not at all times equipped with equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this chapter or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this chapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this chapter.
AR Code § 27-37-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-37-102. Exemptions from provisions

 The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, or farm tractors except as made applicable by this chapter.
AR Code § 27-37-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Safety and Emergency Equipment|§ 27-37-202. Horns and warning devices — Flashing lights on emergency vehicles

 (a)  (1)  (A) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway 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 (200').  (B) No horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.    (2) When reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, the driver of a motor vehicle shall give audible warning with his or her horn but shall not otherwise use the horn when upon a public street or highway.    (b)  (1) 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.  (2) It is permissible, but not required, that commercial vehicles may 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.  (3)  (A) Every authorized emergency vehicle shall 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 (500') and of a type approved by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (B)  (i) Except as provided under § 27-51-906, the driver of an emergency vehicle shall sound a warning device:  (a) When necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers that the emergency vehicle is approaching; and  (b) While the emergency vehicle is being operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law.    (ii) The warning device shall not be used by the driver of an emergency vehicle except when the emergency vehicle is being operated as required under subdivision (b)(3)(B)(i) of this section.        (c)  (1) Every authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with signal lamps in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this subchapter. These lamps shall be mounted as high and be as widely spaced laterally as practicable. The vehicle shall be capable of displaying to the front two (2) alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear two (2) alternately flashing red lights located at the same level.  (2) These lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet (500') in normal sunlight.    (d) A police vehicle, when used as an authorized emergency vehicle, may, but need not, be equipped with alternately flashing red lights specified in this section.  (e) The use of the signal equipment described in this section shall impose upon drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right-of-way and to stop as prescribed in § 27-51-901.
AR Code § 27-37-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Safety and Emergency Equipment|§ 27-37-203. Vehicles transporting explosives

 (a) Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive or other dangerous articles as cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with the requirements of the rules promulgated under this section.  (b) The State Highway Commission is authorized and directed to promulgate rules governing the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles in vehicles upon the highways as it deems advisable for the protection of the public.
AR Code § 27-37-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Safety and Emergency Equipment|§ 27-37-204. Lamp or flag on projecting load

 (a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet (4') or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in § 27-36-204, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500') to the sides and rear.  (b) The red light or lantern required under this section shall be in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle.  (c) At any other time, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red or fluorescent orange flag or cloth not less than sixteen inches (16") square.
AR Code § 27-37-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Safety and Emergency Equipment|§ 27-37-205. Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices

 (a) No person shall operate any motor truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a house trailer upon any highway outside the corporate limits of municipalities at any time from one-half (½) hour after sunset to one-half (½) hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in the vehicle the following equipment except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:  (1)  (A) At least three (3) flares, three (3) red electric lanterns, or three (3) 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 (600') under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime;  (B)  (i) No flare, fuse, electric lantern, or cloth warning flag shall be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this subsection unless the equipment is of a type which has been submitted to the commissioner and approved by him or her; and  (ii) 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 be capable of reflecting red light clearly visible from all distances within six hundred feet (600') to one hundred feet (100') 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 approved by him or her;      (2) At least three (3) red-burning fusees, unless red electric lanterns or red portable emergency reflectors are carried;  (3) At least two (2) red cloth flags, not less than twelve inches (12") square, with standards to support the flags.    (b)  (1) At the time and under conditions stated in subsection (a) of this section, no person shall operate 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 shall be carried in the vehicle three (3) red electric lanterns or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.  (2) There shall not be carried in any such vehicle any flares, fusees, or signals produced by flame.
AR Code § 27-37-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Glass and Mirrors|§ 27-37-302. Windshields, etc., to be unobstructed

 No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, sidewings, side, or rear windows of the vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be so displayed by law if it obstructs the operator's view or the safe operation of the vehicle.
AR Code § 27-37-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Glass and Mirrors|§ 27-37-303. Windshield wipers required

 (a) The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from the windshield.  (b) This device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
AR Code § 27-37-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Glass and Mirrors|§ 27-37-304. Obstruction of interior prohibited

 (a)  (1)  (A) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle which has any substance or material except rearview mirrors and decals required by law attached to the windshield at any point more than four and one-half inches (4½") above the bottom of the windshield if the substance or material obstructs the operator's view or the safe operation of the vehicle.  (B) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle which has any substance or material attached to the window of either front door except substances or materials attached by the manufacturer if the substance or material obstructs the operator's view or the safe operation of the vehicle.    (2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to motorists driving motor vehicles registered in other states that have enacted legislation regulating the shading of windshields or windows of motor vehicles and who are driving on Arkansas roads and highways.    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the shading or tinting of windows of newly manufactured automobiles so long as the newly manufactured automobiles comply with all federal laws pertaining thereto.  (c) Violation of this section shall constitute a Class C misdemeanor.
AR Code § 27-37-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Glass and Mirrors|§ 27-37-305. Mirrors

 (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a rearview mirror.  (b) Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the driver's view to the rear thereof from the driver's position shall be equipped with a mirror located so as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet (200') to the rear of the vehicle.
AR Code § 27-37-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Glass and Mirrors|§ 27-37-307. Window tinting on chauffeur-driven sedans

 (a)  (1) As used in this section, “sedan” means a motor vehicle that:  (A) Has been licensed as an automobile for hire under § 27-14-601(a)(2);  (B) Accommodates a minimum of three (3) rear passengers; and  (C) Is chauffeur-driven.    (2) A sedan is not a taxicab or van.    (b) A sedan that is licensed as an automobile for hire may have the following window tinting:  (1) On the rear passenger doors of the motor vehicle, tinting that results in at least fifteen percent (15%) net light transmission, and on the rear windshield of the motor vehicle, tinting that results in at least ten percent (10%) net light transmission;  (2) A strip of window tinting material applied to the top edge of the front windshield, known in the industry as an “eyebrow”, if the tinting results in at least ten percent (10%) net light transmission; and  (3) Window tinting on the front passenger doors that results in at least twenty-five percent (25%) net light transmission.    (c) A sedan in compliance with this section is exempt from § 27-37-306.  (d)  (1) Except as provided under subdivision (d)(2) of this section, a person or entity that owns a sedan with window tinting under this section shall remove the tinting allowed under this section and return it to compliance with § 27-37-306 when the sedan is:  (A) Sold to another person or entity that is not in the business of renting automobiles for hire; and  (B) No longer expected to be used as a sedan for hire.    (2) If the window tinting is not a film but an actual tinting of the glass, subsection (d)(1) of this section does not apply.
AR Code § 27-37-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 4 - Tires|§ 27-37-401. Only pneumatic rubber tires permitted — Exceptions — Special permits

 (a)  (1) The wheels of all motor vehicles, including trailers and semitrailers, shall be equipped with pneumatic rubber tires.  (2) Nonpneumatic or solid rubber tire mountings shall not be permitted.    (b) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer having any metal tire in contact with the roadway.  (c) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike, or any other protuberances of any material except rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, with the following exceptions:  (1) It shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway;  (2) It shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety; and  (3) It shall be permissible to use metal studded tires as prescribed in § 27-37-402.    (d) The State Highway Commission and local authorities, in their respective jurisdictions and at their discretion, may issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of the movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-37-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 4 - Tires|§ 27-37-402. Metal studded tires lawful during prescribed period

 (a) It is lawful to use metal studded tires with studs protruding not more than one-sixteenth inch (1/16") from the surface of the rubber tread on motor vehicles operated on the public highways of this state during the period from November 15 of each year until April 15 of the following year.  (b) If the United States Congress shall enact legislation, or if any agency of the federal government shall adopt regulations prohibiting the use of metal studded tires on motor vehicles operated on the public highways, the provisions of this section authorizing the use of metal studded tires shall terminate. Thereafter, it shall be unlawful to use metal studded tires on vehicles operated on the public highways of this state at any time.  (c)  (1) It is unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle equipped with metal studded tires upon the highways of this state at any time other than the period prescribed in subsection (a) of this section.  (2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
AR Code § 27-37-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 37 - Equipment Regulations|Subchapter 5 - Brakes|§ 27-37-502. Performance ability

 (a) Every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service or foot brake, shall be capable of:  (1) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated in this section for its classification;  (2) Decelerating in a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) at not less than the feet-per-second tabulated in this section for its classification; and  (3) Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) in not more than the distance tabulated in this section for its classification, the distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.    (b) Tests for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level, which is not to exceed plus or minus one percent (1%) grade, and dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material.    1 2 3 4 Classification of vehicles and combinations Braking force as a percentage of gross vehicle or combination weight Deceleration in feet per second Brake sys- tem applica- tion and braking per second Passenger vehicles, not including buses 52.8% 17 25 Single-unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) 43.5% 14 30 Single-unit two-axle vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) or more, and buses not having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating 43.5% 14 40 All other vehicles and combinations with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) or more 43.5% 14 50   Click to view table.