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LA Rev Stat § 32:322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§322. Use of multiple beam road lighting equipment

RS 322 - Use of multiple beam road lighting equipment A. Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in R.S. 32:301, the driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at safe distance in advance of the vehicle subject to the following requirements and limitations.  B. Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in R.S. 32:321, shall be dimmed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.  C. Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking or passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this Chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in R.S. 32:321(1).  D. Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet or follows another vehicle two hundred feet to the rear, such driver shall not use any fog lamps or other auxiliary driving or passing lamps, except during periods of inclement weather or fog.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 1988, No. 598, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:323 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§323. Single-beam road-lighting equipment

RS 323 - Single-beam road-lighting equipment Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to January 1, 1955 in lieu of multiple beam road lighting equipment herein specified if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations: (1) The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of 5 inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than 42 inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead.  (2) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 200 feet.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:324 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§324. Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles

RS 324 - Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every said head lamp or head lamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 25 or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than 300 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 35 or more miles per hour.  (2) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple beam head lamp or head lamps the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in R.S. 32:321(1), and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in R.S. 32:321(2). (3) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single beam lamp or lamps, said lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high intensity portion of light, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:325 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§325. Alternate road-lighting equipment

RS 325 - Alternate road-lighting equipment Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in R.S. 32:301 when equipped with two lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects 75 feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in R.S 32:321 or 32:323, provided, however, that at no time shall it be operated at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour but only on such highways, or parts thereof, that such slow speeds are permitted.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:326 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§326. Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights

RS 326 - Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights A. At all times specified in R.S. 32:301, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.  B. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway of this state.  C. No moving vehicle upon any public highway within this state shall be operated with only the parking lights for illumination.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 331, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:327 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§327. Special restrictions on lamps

RS 327 - Special restrictions on lamps  A. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spotlamps, 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 300 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 seventy-five feet from the vehicle.  B. No person shall drive or move any vehicular equipment upon any highway of this state with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red or green light visible from directly in front of the center thereof. This Section shall not apply to any vehicle upon which a red or green light visible from the front is expressly authorized or required by this Chapter or by regulation of the department. Additionally, this Section shall not apply to any department vehicle displaying green lights.  C. Flashing lights are prohibited except on authorized emergency vehicles, school buses, 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.  D. No person shall sell a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof mounted emergency light that emits a blue glow to any person.  E. No person shall sell a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof mounted emergency light that emits a red glow, or that emits a glow of red and white, to any person who is not a peace officer, a firefighter, or a person employed in the performance of emergency, highway construction, or public utility services. No person shall possess such an emergency light except peace officers or firefighters or public utility, highway construction, or emergency personnel. However, 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 events and not for general transportation may be equipped with alternately flashing red lights and these lights may have sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight, provided that such use shall only be allowed when the vehicle is participating in exhibitions, shows, parades, tours, and other special events, and not for general transportation. The secretary by rule shall establish the criteria to be used in determining which persons, other than members of such nonprofit corporations, qualify to purchase or possess emergency lights as described in this Subsection.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 1993, No. 858, §1; Acts 1995, No. 56, §1; Acts 2020, No. 158, §1; Acts 2021, No. 78, §1, eff. June 4, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 32:328 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§328. Special lighting equipment on school buses

RS 328 - Special lighting equipment on school buses A. The commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt standards and specifications applicable to lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school buses consistent with the provisions of this Chapter, but supplemental thereto. Such standards and specifications shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the specifications then current as approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers.  B. It shall be unlawful to operate any flashing warning signal light on any school bus except when said school bus is stopped or is in the act of coming to a complete stop on a highway for the purpose of permitting school children to board or alight from said school bus, and also, except when any such school bus is stopped or coming to a complete stop on a highway at a crossing of a railroad.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 216, §1; Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:329 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§329. Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 244, §3.

RS 329 - Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 244, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 32:329.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§329.1. Bicycles; front lamps; rear lamps; side and rear reflectors

RS 329.1 - Bicycles; front lamps; rear lamps; side and rear reflectors A. Any bicycle when in use at the times specified in R.S. 32:301 shall be equipped with the following: (1) A lamp mounted on the front that shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front. A generator-powered lamp that emits light only when the bicycle is moving may be used to meet this requirement. (2) A lamp mounted on the rear that shall emit either a flashing or steady red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. (3) A red reflector mounted on the rear and a reflector on each side facing outward at a right angle to the bicycle frame that shall be visible from all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. B. A bicycle or its operator may be equipped with lights or reflectors in addition to those required by Subsection A of this Section, except that red lamps and red reflectors shall not be used on the front of the bicycle and white lamps and white reflectors shall not be used on the rear of the bicycle. C. A lamp or lamps worn by the operator of a bicycle shall comply with the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, if the lamp or lamps can be seen at the distances specified. D. No person shall operate any bicycle on a state highway, parish road, or city street at a time specified in R.S. 32:301 unless such bicycle is equipped with lamps and reflectors to comply with Subsection A of this Section. Whoever violates this Section shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars which shall include all costs of court. E. No retailer, distributor, wholesaler, or manufacturer in this state shall sell or offer for sale any bicycle unless such bicycle is equipped with lamps and reflectors as required by Subsection A of this Section. F. This Section shall not apply to operators of bicycles or bicycles while the operator or bicycle is engaged in sanctioned competition races or to bicycles while utilized by peace officers in furtherance of their official duties. Acts 2011, No. 98, §1; Acts 2011, No. 244, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:330 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§330. Selling or using lamps or equipment

RS 330 - Selling or using lamps or equipment A. No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or for use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, which reflector is required hereunder, or parts of any of the foregoing which tend to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to the commissioner and approved by him. This Section shall not apply to equipment in actual use on August 1, 1962, or replacement parts therefor.  B. No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer any lamp or device mentioned in this Section which has been approved by the commissioner unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved so as to be legible when installed.  C. No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer any lamps mentioned in this Section unless said lamps mentioned in this Section are equipped with bulbs of a rated candlepower and are mounted and adjusted so as to focus and aim in accordance with instructions of the commissioner.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:331 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§331. Authority of commissioner with reference to lighting devices

RS 331 - Authority of commissioner with reference to lighting devices A. The commissioner is hereby authorized to approve or disapprove lighting devices and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of such lighting devices, their installation, aiming, and readjusting. Such regulations shall correlate with and, so far as practicable, conform to the then current standards and specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers applicable to such equipment.  B. The commissioner is hereby required to approve or disapprove any lighting device of a type on which approval is specifically required in this Chapter, within a reasonable time after such device has been submitted. C. The commissioner is further authorized to set up the procedure which will be followed when any device is submitted for approval and to charge fees for the approval or disapproval of those lighting devices submitted. The fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars for each type of lamp or lighting device submitted.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:332 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§332. Adjustment certificate

RS 332 - Adjustment certificate A. The commissioner is authorized to designate, instruct, and supervise official stations for adjusting head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps to conform to the provisions of this Chapter.  B. When head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps have been adjusted in conformity with the instructions issued by the Department of Public Safety, a certificate of adjustment shall be issued by the Department of Public Safety to the driver of the motor vehicle on forms issued in duplicate and showing the date of issue, registration number of the motor vehicle, owner's name, make, and official designation of the adjusting station.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 32:333 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§333. Certain lights around license plates prohibited

RS 333 - Certain lights around license plates prohibited A. Except for antique automobiles, the use of neon lights around license plates, or the use of any other lights which obscure the clear view of motor vehicle license plates, for motor vehicles is prohibited. B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 106, §1, eff. July 7, 1994.
LA Rev Stat § 32:334 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§334. Installation or use of certain lamps prohibited

RS 334 - Installation or use of certain lamps prohibited A. No person shall install upon or as part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, or parts of any of the foregoing, which tend to change the original design or performance, unless the lamp or parts of the lamp is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, as adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. B. No person shall operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, or parts of any of the foregoing, which tend to change the original design or performance, unless the lamp or parts of the lamp is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, as adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. C. An official inspection station shall be prohibited from issuing an official certificate of inspection to the driver of a motor vehicle that is in violation of this Section. D.(1) A first violation of the provisions of Subsection A or B of this Section shall be punishable by a fine of fifty dollars. (2) Each subsequent violation shall be punishable by a fine of an additional twenty-five dollars to the original fine. Acts 2011, No. 202, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:341.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§341.1. Exemptions; farm vehicles and equipment

RS 341.1 - Exemptions; farm vehicles and equipment A. Any farm trailer, farm semi-trailer, rubber-tired farm wagon or cart, drawn rubber-tired farm equipment, or implement of husbandry manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1973 and operated or moved only incidentally on the highways of this state shall be exempt from the braking requirements imposed by the State of Louisiana, including more particularly but not exclusively those requirements set forth in this subpart, provided its gross weight does not exceed ten thousand pounds or when the speed of such vehicle does not exceed thirty miles per hour. The exemption for farm vehicles described herein shall apply only to those vehicles used exclusively in transporting farm produce, livestock, farm supplies and implements of husbandry.  B. All farm trailers or farm semi-trailers of a gross weight exceeding three thousand pounds manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1973, and used on the highways of this state shall be required to meet the braking requirements imposed by the state of Louisiana. Any rubber-tired farm wagon or cart, drawn rubber-tired farm equipment, or implement of husbandry, manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1973, and designed primarily for field use, and operated or moved only incidentally on the highways of this state, shall continue to be exempt from the braking requirements imposed by the state of Louisiana, including more particularly but not exclusively those requirements set forth in this subpart, provided its gross weight does not exceed ten thousand pounds or the speed of such vehicle does not exceed thirty miles per hour. The provisions of this paragraph shall be applicable only to vehicles used exclusively in transporting farm produce, livestock, farm supplies and implements of husbandry.  Added by Acts 1972, No. 17, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:342 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§342. Performance ability of brakes

RS 342 - Performance ability of brakes A. Every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service (foot) brake, shall be capable of: (1) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification; (2) Decelerating in a stop from not more than 20 miles per hour at not less than the feet per second tabulated herein for its classification; and (3) Stopping from a speed of 20 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 control begins. B. Test for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus one per cent grade), smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material. CLASSIFICATION TABLE FOR APPLICATION Classification of vehicles and combinations Braking force as a percentage of gross vehicle or combination wt. Deceleration in feet per second Brake system application and braking distance in feet per second  I II III IV  (1) Passenger  vehicles, not including buses (2) Single-unit  vehicles with a manufacturer's gross weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds (3) Single-unit, 2 axle  vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicles weight rating of 10,000 lbs. or more, and buses not having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (4) All other vehicles  and combinations with a manufac- turer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 or more lbs.    52.8%      43.5%           43.5%      43.5%   17      14           14      14   25      30           40      50   Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 2014, No. 438, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:343 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§343. Condition of brakes

RS 343 - Condition of brakes All brakes and component parts thereof shall be maintained in good condition and in good working order. The brakes shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:344 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§344. Brakes after engine failure

RS 344 - Brakes after engine failure All motor vehicles shall be so equipped as to permit application of the brakes at least once for the purpose of bringing the vehicle to a stop within the legal stopping distance after the engine has become inoperative. Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 32:345 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation|§345. Brakes on motor driven cycles

RS 345 - Brakes on motor driven cycles A. The commissioner is hereby authorized to require an inspection of the brake on any motor driven cycle and to disapprove any such brake which he finds will not comply with the performance ability standard set forth in R.S. 32:342, or which in his opinion is not so designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use. B. The commissioner may refuse to register or may suspend or revoke the registration of any vehicle referred to in this Section when he determines that the brake thereon does not comply with the provisions of this Chapter.  C. No person shall operate on any highway of this state any vehicle referred to in this Section if the commissioner has disapproved the brake equipment upon such vehicle or type of vehicle.  Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.