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SC Code § 56-5-4830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4830. Special restrictions on lamps; degree of intensity; red, blue and flashing lights.

 Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps, which project a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle.  A person shall not drive, move, or park any vehicle or equipment upon a highway with a lamp or device on it displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front of the center of it. This section shall not apply to a vehicle upon which a red or blue light visible from the front is expressly authorized or required by this chapter.  Flashing lights are prohibited except on an authorized emergency vehicle, school bus, snow-removal equipment, or on any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-553; 1952 Code Section 46-553; 1949 (46) 466; 1957 (50) 112; 2003 Act No. 65, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-5-4840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4840. Selling or using devices or equipment to change design or performance of lamps or reflectors.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or use any device or equipment which tends to change the original design or performance of any head lamps or any other lamps or reflectors required by law to be attached to motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers unless the equipment or device has been approved by the director of the Department of Public Safety.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-554; 1960 (51) 1969; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1448.
SC Code § 56-5-4860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4860. Performance ability of brakes; tests for deceleration and stopping distances.

 Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:  (a) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification,  (b) Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour at not less than the feet per second tabulated herein for its classification, and  (c) Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or controls begins.  Tests for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus one per cent grade), dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material.  Classification  of Vehicles Braking force at a percentage of gross vehicle or combination weight Deceleration in feet  per second Brake System application and braking distance in feet from an initial speed of 20 m.p.h. (A) Passenger vehicles with a seating capacity of ten people or less including driver, not having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating 52.8% 17 25 (B-1) All motorcycles and motor-driven cycles 43.5% 14 30 (B-2) Single unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less 43.5% 14 30 (C-1) Single unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds 43.5% 14 40 (C-2) Combination of a two-axle towing vehicle and a trailer with a gross trailer weight of 3,000 pounds or less 43.5% 14 40 (C-3) Buses, regardless of the number of axles, not having a manufacturer's gross weight rating 43.5% 14 40 (C-4) All combinations of vehicles in driveaway-towaway operations 43.5% 14 40 (D) All other vehicles and combinations of vehicles 43.5% 14 50   HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-562; 1952 Code Section 46-562; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2127.
SC Code § 56-5-4870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4870. Maintenance and adjustment of brakes.

 All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-563; 1952 Code Section 46-563; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2127.
SC Code § 56-5-4880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4880. Inspection of brakes; effect of disapproval.

 (a) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to require an inspection of the braking system on any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove any such braking system on a vehicle which it finds will not comply with the performance ability standard set forth in Section 56-5-4860, or which in its opinion is equipped with a braking system that is not so designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use.  (b) The Department of Motor Vehicles may refuse to register or may suspend or revoke the registration of any vehicle referred to in this section when the Department of Public Safety determines that the braking system thereon does not comply with the provisions of this section.  (c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle referred to in this section in the event the Department of Public Safety has disapproved the braking system upon such vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-564; 1952 Code Section 46-564; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2127; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1449; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 197.
SC Code § 56-5-4890 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4890. Hydraulic brake fluid; distribution and servicing; minimum standards; labelling.

 (a) The term "hydraulic brake fluid" as used in this section shall mean the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle.  (b) Hydraulic brake fluid shall be distributed and serviced with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public.  (c) No hydraulic brake fluid for use in motor vehicles shall be shipped into this State for sale in this State if such brake fluid shall be below the minimum standard of the then current specifications established by the Society of Automotive Engineers for heavy duty brake fluid.  (d) No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, or sell any hydraulic brake fluid unless it complies with the requirements of this section. No person shall service any vehicle with brake fluid unless it complies with the requirements of this section.  (e) Every container in which hydraulic brake fluid is sold in this State shall carry a manufacturer's or packer's label clearly stating that the fluid in the container meets or exceeds the SAE specifications for heavy duty brake fluid and giving the then current SAE identification number for the specifications which are met or exceeded.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-565; 1952 Code Section 46-565; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2127.
SC Code § 56-5-4900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4900. Regulations concerning brakes inapplicable to certain farm trailers; speed limit; small tandem tobacco trailers; chains, hooks, other safety equipment required.

 Sections 56-5-4850 to 56-5-4890 do not apply to trailers, not exceeding eight thousand pounds gross weight, which are pulled behind farm tractors or trucks and used in the transportation of farm products and articles to and from farms. These trailers may not exceed a speed of twenty miles an hour. However, farm trailers exceeding eight thousand pounds gross weight, excluding gooseneck-type trailers, which are not equipped with brakes must be pulled by tow vehicles whose empty vehicle weight is at least one-half of the farm trailer's gross vehicle weight. These trailers may not exceed a speed of thirty miles an hour and may only be pulled in clear weather conditions.  Two small tobacco trailers may be pulled in tandem if:  (1) the maximum trailer length of each trailer is thirteen feet six inches;  (2) the maximum gross weight of each trailer is three thousand pounds;  (3) the maximum speed is twenty miles an hour;  (4) within a twenty-mile radius of the operations center; and  (5) operated in daylight hours only.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of this chapter, all farm and tobacco trailers when towed must be secured by a pintle hook, spring-load latch, safety lock hitch pin, or equivalent mechanism and also must be equipped with and shall have in use safety chains secured by a spring-loaded latch or other mechanism to ensure positive closure under loaded, operating conditions when the trailers are used to haul farm products and articles on the roads, streets, or highways of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-566; 1952 Code Section 46-566; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2127; 1992 Act No. 479, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 39E.
SC Code § 56-5-4910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4910. Bumpers; "private passenger automobile" defined.

 For the purposes of Sections 56-5-4910 to 56-5-4940, the term "private passenger automobile" shall mean a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed for carrying ten persons or less, except a multipurpose passenger vehicle which is constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-571; 1972 (57) 2115, 2677.
SC Code § 56-5-4920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4920. Bumpers; warranty as to energy absorption system and ability to sustain shock; automobiles manufactured on and after August 1, 1972.

 Every private passenger automobile manufactured on and after August 1, 1972, sold and licensed in the State of South Carolina, shall be sold subject to the manufacturer's warranty that it is equipped with an appropriate energy absorption system and that, without compromising existing standards of passenger safety, it can be driven front directly into a standard Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE-J-850) test barrier at a speed of five miles per hour, rear directly into a standard Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE J-850) test barrier at a speed of two and one-half miles per hour without sustaining any damage to the automobile.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-572; 1972 (57) 2115.
SC Code § 56-5-4930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4930. Bumpers; warranty as to energy absorption system and ability to sustain shock; automobiles manufactured on and after August 1, 1974.

 Every private passenger automobile manufactured on and after August 1, 1974, sold and licensed in the State of South Carolina, shall be sold subject to the manufacturer's warranty that it is equipped with an appropriate energy absorption system and that without compromising existing standards of passenger safety, it can be driven, both front and rear, directly into a standard Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE J-850) test barrier at a speed of five miles per hour without sustaining any damage to the automobile other than minor deformation of bumper parts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-573; 1972 (57) 2115.
SC Code § 56-5-4940 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4940. Bumpers; exceptions to warranty requirements; common-law and statutory remedies not removed.

 The warranty provisions of Sections 56-5-4910 to 56-5-4940 shall not be applicable with respect to any private passenger automobile as to which the manufacturer files a written certification under oath with the Department of Motor Vehicles, on a form to be prescribed by that department, that the particular make and model described therein complies with the applicable standards of Sections 56-5-4910 to 56-5-4940. Nothing in Sections 56-5-4910 to 56-5-4940 should be construed to remove any common-law or statutory remedy available against the manufacturer, distributor or ultimate vendor for a defective product.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-574; 1972 (57) 2115; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1450.
SC Code § 56-5-4950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4950. Horns and warning devices.

 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, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or whistle. No vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon any such vehicle any siren, whistle or bell.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-581; 1952 Code Section 46-581; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-4960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4960. Use of horn.

 The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation, give audible warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-582; 1952 Code Section 46-582; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-4970 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4970. Sirens, whistle, or bell on authorized emergency vehicles.

 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 Department of Public Safety, 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 latter event the driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-583; 1952 Code Section 46-583; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-4975 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4975. Operation of vehicle upfitted but no longer licensed as an ambulance; removal of exterior equipment and markings; penalties.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to operate a vehicle that is upfitted as an ambulance or no longer permitted and licensed as an ambulance pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 61, Title 44, unless the vehicle's exterior equipment and markings including, but not limited to, emergency lights, sirens, and decals that distinguish it as an ambulance are removed. A person who violates this subsection, except as provided in subsections (B) and (C), is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.  (B) A person who operates a vehicle in violation of subsection (A) with the intent to commit a felony, or in the commission of a felony, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (C) A person who operates a vehicle in violation of subsection (A) with the intent to commit a terrorist act, or in the commission of a terrorist act, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined ten thousand dollars and imprisoned for a mandatory minimum of ten years, no part of which may be suspended nor probation granted. For purposes of this section, "terrorist act" means activities that:  (1) involve acts dangerous to human life, which are a violation of the criminal laws of this State;  (2) appear to be intended to:  (a) intimidate or coerce a civilian population;  (b) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or  (c) affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and  (3) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of this State.  (D) The provisions of this section do not apply to:  (1) eleemosynary or not-for-profit organizations that operate an ambulance that is no longer permitted and licensed and whose exterior markings have been removed for use in parades, fundraising activities, and other official functions;  (2) a person operating a vehicle that is going from the place of purchase to his home or his fixed place of business;  (3) a person operating a vehicle going to a location for the purpose of removing the vehicle's exterior equipment or markings; or  (4) a person operating an antique vehicle as defined by Section 56-3-2210.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 5, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009.
SC Code § 56-5-4980 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4980. Theft alarm signal.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-584; 1952 Code Section 46-584; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-4990 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-4990. Mirrors.

 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 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 such vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-591; 1952 Code Section 46-591; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-5000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-5000. Windows unobstructed; windshield wipers.

 No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, sidewings or side or rear windows of such vehicle which obstructs the driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway. The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle. Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-592; 1952 Code Section 46-592; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-5010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-5010. Safety glass in motor vehicles.

 No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is 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 glass shall apply to all glass used in doors, windows, and windshields in the drivers' compartments of such vehicles.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not register any motor vehicle which is subject to the provisions of this section unless it is equipped with an approved type of safety glass, and the department may thereafter suspend the registration of any motor vehicle so subject to this section which it finds is not so equipped until it is made to conform to the requirements of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-593; 1952 Code Section 46-593; 1949 (46) 466; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1451; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 198.
SC Code § 56-5-5020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-5020. Mufflers.

 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 and annoying smoke and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle upon a highway. The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes and smoke.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-601; 1952 Code Section 46-601; 1949 (46) 466.
SC Code § 56-5-5030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-5030. Devices to emit smoke screen, noisome gases, or odors prohibited.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to attach to any motor vehicle any device to emit from the exhaust pipe or any other part of such vehicle any smoke screen, noisome gases or odors. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive upon any highway or to have in his possession any motor vehicle to which is attached or unattached or in which is transported any device or substantial part of a device, attached or unattached, used in whole or in part for any smoke screen or any noisome gases or odors. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate in this State any device attached to any motor vehicle so as to emit from such device any smoke screen, noisome gases or odors. Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than two years or fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court, and his driver's license shall be forthwith revoked for a period of two years.  Any motor vehicle possessed or operated by any person in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the county in which such conviction is had. But the rights of innocent owners of mortgages shall be protected. Any such motor vehicle so forfeited may be redeemed by the owner upon the payment to the county treasurer of a sum of money agreed upon by the governing body and the sheriff of such county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-602; 1952 Code Section 46-602; 1949 (46) 466; 1960 (51) 1602; 1962 (52) 2179.