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CO Code § 42-4-219 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-219. Number of Lamps Permitted

 Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as required in this article is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred 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. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2253, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-217 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-219 was relocated to § 42-4-222 .
CO Code § 42-4-225 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-225. Mufflers - Prevention of Noise

  Every motor vehicle subject to registration and operated on a highway shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise, and no such muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cut-off, bypass, or similar device. 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 such original muffler shall comply with all of the requirements of this section. (1.5) Any commercial vehicle, as defined in section 42-4-235 (1)(a) , subject to registration and operated on a highway, that is equipped with an engine compression brake device is required to have a muffler.    A muffler is a device consisting of a series of chamber or baffle plates or other mechanical design for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine and effective in reducing noise.    Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction. Any person who violates subsection (1.5) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars. Fifty percent of any fine for a violation of subsection (1.5) of this section occurring within the corporate limits of a city or town, or within the unincorporated area of a county, shall be transmitted to the treasurer or chief financial officer of said city, town, or county, and the remaining fifty percent shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, credited to the highway users tax fund, and allocated and expended as specified in section 43-4-205 (5.5)(a), C.R.S.    This section shall not apply to electric motor vehicles.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2260, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 97: (4) added, p. 393, § 2, effective August 6. L. 2000: (1.5) added and (3) amended, p. 1100, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2005: (3) amended, p. 149, § 26, effective April 5.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-222 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-225 was relocated to § 42-4-228 .
CO Code § 42-4-226 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-226. Mirrors - Exterior Placements

  Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror or mirrors so located and so constructed as to reflect to the driver a free and unobstructed view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such vehicle.    Whenever any motor vehicle is not equipped with a rear window and rear side windows or has a rear window and rear side windows composed of, covered by, or treated with any material or component that, when viewed from the position of the driver, obstructs the rear view of the driver or makes such window or windows nontransparent, or whenever any motor vehicle is towing another vehicle or trailer or carrying any load or cargo or object that obstructs the rear view of the driver, such vehicle shall be equipped with an exterior mirror on each side so located with respect to the position of the driver as to comply with the visual requirement of subsection (1) of this section.    Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2261, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 97: (2) amended, p. 393, § 5, effective August 6. L. 2009: (2) amended, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2324, § 12, effective August 5.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-223 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-226 was relocated to § 42-4-229 .
CO Code § 42-4-229 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-229. Safety Glazing Material 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 glazing material of a type approved by the department for any required front windshield and wherever glazing material is used in doors and windows of said motor vehicle. This section shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school vehicles, but, in respect to camper coaches and trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements as to safety glazing material shall apply only to all glazing material used in required front windshields and that used in doors and windows in the drivers' compartments and such other compartments as are lawfully occupied by passengers in said vehicles.    The term “safety glazing materials” means such glazing materials as will reduce substantially, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from exterior sources or by these safety glazing materials when they may be cracked or broken.    The department shall compile and publish a list of types of glazing material by name approved by it as meeting the requirements of this section, and the department shall not, after January 1, 1958, register any motor vehicle which is subject to the provisions of this section unless it is equipped with an approved type of safety glazing material, and the department shall suspend the registration of any motor vehicle subject to this section which is found to be not so equipped until it is made to conform to the requirements of this section.    A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle is equipped with a front windshield as provided in this section, except as provided in section 42-4-232 (1) and except for motor vehicles registered as collector's items under section 42-12-301 or 42-12-302.    Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2264, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 1173, § 10, effective August 8. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1232), ch. 163, p. 573, § 12, effective April 28. L. 2011: (4) amended, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 245, § 7, effective August 10.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-226 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-229 was relocated to § 42-4-231 .
CO Code § 42-4-231 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-231. Parking Lights

 When lighted lamps are required by section 42-4-204 , no vehicle shall be driven upon a highway with the parking lights lighted except when the lights are being used as signal lamps and except when the head lamps are lighted at the same time. Parking lights are those lights permitted by section 42-4-215 and any other lights mounted on the front of the vehicle, designed to be displayed primarily when the vehicle is parked. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2266, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-229 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-231 was relocated to § 42-4-232 .
CO Code § 42-4-233 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-233. Alteration of Suspension System

  No person shall operate a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered under the laws of this state upon a public highway with either the rear or front suspension system altered or changed from the manufacturer's original design except in accordance with specifications permitting such alteration established by the department. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the installation of manufactured heavy-duty equipment to include shock absorbers and overload springs, nor shall anything contained in this section prevent a person from operating a motor vehicle on a public highway with normal wear of the suspension system if normal wear shall not affect the control of the vehicle.    This section shall not apply to motor vehicles designed or modified primarily for off-highway racing purposes, and such motor vehicles may be lawfully towed on the highways of this state.    Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2267, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-232 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-233 was relocated to § 42-4-234 .   Cross references:   For the penalty for class 2 misdemeanor traffic offenses, see § 42-4-1701 (3)(a)(II) .   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 42-4-233 is similar to § 42-4-232 as it existed prior to the 1994 amending of title 42 as enacted by SB 94-1 a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   Section unconstitutional. This section's flat prohibition against any motor vehicle suspension system alteration, except the installation of heavy duty shock absorbers or springs, is unconstitutionally overbroad. People v. Von Tersch, 180 Colo. 295 , 505 P.2d 5 (decided prior to 1975 amendment).
CO Code § 42-4-234 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-234. Slow-Moving Vehicles - Display of Emblem

     All machinery, equipment, and vehicles, except bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehicles, designed to operate or normally operated at a speed of less than twenty-five miles per hour on a public highway must display a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear. (1) (a) All machinery, equipment, and vehicles, except bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehicles, designed to operate or normally operated at a speed of less than twenty-five miles per hour on a public highway must display a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear.    The department shall set standards for a triangular slow-moving emblem for use on low-speed electric vehicles.    Bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehicles may, but need not, display the emblem specified in this subsection (1).       The executive director of the department shall adopt standards and specifications for such emblem, position of the mounting thereof, and requirements for certification of conformance with the standards and specifications adopted by the American society of agricultural engineers concerning such emblems. The requirements of such emblem shall be in addition to any lighting device required by law.    The use of the emblem required under this section shall be restricted to the use specified in subsection (1) of this section, and its use on any other type of vehicle or stationary object shall be prohibited.    Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2267, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 97: (1) amended, p. 393, § 6, effective August 6. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2324, § 14, effective August 5; (1) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1276, § 49, effective October 1. L. 2019: (1)(a) and (1)(c) amended, (HB 19-1221), ch. 271, p. 2560, § 7, effective May 23.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 42-4-233 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-234 was relocated to § 42-4-235.    Amendments to subsection (1) by Senate Bill 09-075 and House Bill 09-1026 were harmonized.
CO Code § 42-4-238 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-238. Blue and Red Lights - Illegal Use or Possession

  A person shall not be in actual physical control of a vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle as defined in section 42-1-102 (6), that the person knows contains a lamp or device that is designed to display, or that is capable of displaying if affixed or attached to the vehicle, a red or blue light visible directly in front of the center of the vehicle.    It shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant was:   A peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.; or    In actual physical control of a vehicle expressly authorized by a chief of police or sheriff to contain a lamp or device that is designed to display, or that is capable of displaying if affixed or attached to the vehicle, a red or blue light visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle; or    A member of a volunteer fire department or a volunteer ambulance service who possesses a permit from the fire chief of the fire department or chief executive officer of the ambulance service through which the volunteer serves to operate a vehicle pursuant to section 42-4-222 (1)(b); or    A vendor who exhibits, sells, or offers for sale a lamp or device designed to display, or that is capable of displaying, if affixed or attached to the vehicle, a red or blue light; or    A collector of fire engines, fire suppression vehicles, or ambulances and the vehicle to which the red or blue lamps were affixed is valued for the vehicle's historical interest or as a collector's item.       A violation of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 1080, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2005: (2)(e) added, p. 195, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 42-4-240 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-240. Low-Speed Electric Vehicle Equipment Requirements

 A low-speed electric vehicle shall conform with applicable federal manufacturing equipment standards. Any person who operates a low-speed electric vehicle in violation of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2325, § 15, effective August 5.
CO Code § 42-4-241 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-241. Unlawful Removal of Tow-Truck Signage - Unlawful Usage of Tow-Truck Signage42-4-241. Unlawful Removal of Tow-Truck Signage - Unlawful Usage of Tow-Truck Signage

     A person, other than a towing carrier or peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S., commits the crime of unlawful removal of tow-truck signage if: (1) (a) A person, other than a towing carrier or peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S., commits the crime of unlawful removal of tow-truck signage if:   A towing carrier has placed a tow-truck warning sign on the driver-side window of a vehicle to be towed or, if window placement is impracticable, in another location on the driver-side of the vehicle; and    The vehicle to be towed is within fifty feet of the towing carrier vehicle; and    The person removes the tow-truck warning sign from the vehicle before the tow is completed.       A person commits the crime of unlawful usage of tow-truck signage if the person places a tow-truck warning sign on a vehicle when the vehicle is not in the process of being towed or when the vehicle is occupied.    A towing carrier may permit an owner of the vehicle to be towed to retrieve any personal items from the vehicle before the vehicle is towed.       A person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a class 3 misdemeanor.    For purposes of this section, “tow-truck warning sign” means a sign that is at least eight inches by eight inches, is either yellow or orange, and states the following:     WARNING: This vehicle is in tow. Attempting to operate or operating this vehicle may result in criminal prosecution and may lead to injury or death to you or another person.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire section added, (SB 11-260), ch. 298, p. 1433, § 2, effective July 1.
CO Code § 42-4-242 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 2 - Equipment|§ 42-4-242. Automated Driving Systems - Safe Harbor

  A person may use an automated driving system to drive a motor vehicle or to control a function of a motor vehicle if the system is capable of complying with every state and federal law that applies to the function that the system is operating.    Any provision in articles 1 to 3 of this title 42 and this article 4 that by its nature regulates a human driver, including section 42-2-101, does not apply to an automated driving system, except for laws regulating the physical driving of a vehicle.      If an automated driving system is not capable of complying with every state and federal law that applies to the function the system is operating, a person shall not test the system unless approved by the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado department of transportation, in accordance with a process overseen by the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado department of transportation. (3) (a) If an automated driving system is not capable of complying with every state and federal law that applies to the function the system is operating, a person shall not test the system unless approved by the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado department of transportation, in accordance with a process overseen by the Colorado state patrol and the Colorado department of transportation.    A person who violates this subsection (3) commits a class B traffic infraction. Upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a motor vehicle was used to violate this subsection (3), a peace officer of the state patrol may impound or immobilize the motor vehicle until the person who violated this section has obtained the required approval in accordance with subsection (3)(a) of this section or signed an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, stating the person's intention to cease using the automated driving system in Colorado without the required approval.       The Colorado department of transportation shall report to the transportation legislation review committee by September 1 of each year, concerning the testing of automated driving systems in Colorado. The first report is due by September 1, 2018. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136, the reporting requirement contained in this subsection (4) continues indefinitely.    Liability for a crash involving an automated driving system driving a motor vehicle that is not under human control is determined in accordance with applicable state law, federal law, or common law.      History. Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (SB 17-213), ch. 277, p. 1518, § 4, effective August 9.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 17-213, see section 1 of chapter 277, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
CO Code § 42-4-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 3 - Emissions Inspection|§ 42-4-302. Commencement of Basic Emissions Program - Authority of Commission

 Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 42-4-301 to 42-4-316 , if the commission is unable to implement the basic emissions program by January 1, 1994, the commission by rule and regulation shall establish the date for the commencement of said program as soon as practicable after January 1, 1994, and the provisions of sections 42-4-301 to 42-4-316 applicable to the basic emissions program shall be effective on and after the date determined by the commission by rule and regulation. Until such date, emission inspection activity in El Paso, Larimer, and Weld counties shall comply with the requirements applicable to inspection and readjustment stations in sections 42-4-301 to 42-4-316, and El Paso, Larimer, and Weld counties shall be deemed to continue to be included in the inspection and readjustment program until implementation of the basic emissions program by the commission pursuant to this section.   History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2273, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 42-4-306.6 as it existed prior to 1994.
CO Code § 42-4-307.7 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic|Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic|Part 3 - Emissions Inspection|§ 42-4-307.7. Vehicle Emissions Testing - Remote Sensing

     Repealed.    The Colorado department of transportation shall work with the department of public health and environment to identify locations that may accommodate unmanned remote sensing devices without causing a safety hazard.    The commission shall evaluate options for increasing the number of vehicles passing a test under the clean screen program, including, but not limited to:   The reduction of the number of remote sensing measurements per vehicle;    Additional remote sensing devices and sites;    Expanded hours of operation; and    Additional staffing.       The department of public health and environment shall work with the contractor to minimize false test results and shall track and report to the commission its progress in minimizing false test results on or before March 31 of each year.    The commission shall determine the criteria used for the measurement of vehicle emissions needed to comply with the clean screen program, which criteria shall include, but are not limited to, the pollutants measured, acceptable levels of the measured pollutants, and failure rates. Criteria adopted by the commission for the clean screen program shall meet environmental protection agency requirements.    Repealed.    Repealed.    Repealed.    Repealed.    Repealed.    Photographs of a vehicle taken by a remote sensing device in order to capture an image of a vehicle's license plate shall be limited to the rear of the vehicle. No attempts shall be made by a remote sensing device to photograph a vehicle's driver.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1026, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2009: (13) added, (SB 09-003), ch. 322, p. 1717, § 2, effective June 1. L. 2012: (1), (2), and (7) to (11) repealed and (6) amended, (SB 12-034), ch. 107, p. 364, § 4, effective August 8.    Editor's note:   Subsection (13)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (13), effective December 31, 2009. (See L. 2009, p. 1717 .)   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 225, Session Laws of Colorado 2006.