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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-13 - Requirements as to lighting equipment

(1)
Head lamps on motor vehicles.
Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in Section
63-7-31
.
(2)
Head lamps on motorcycles.
Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one (1) and not more than two (2) head lamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in Section
63-7-31
.
(3)
Rear lamps.
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and any other vehicle which is being drawn in a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one (1) rear lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear. However, any antique automobile, as defined under Section
27-19-47
, and any street rod, as defined under Section
27-19-56.6
, may be equipped with one or more rear lamps that have been modified to emit a blue, violet or purple light resembling rear lamps appearing on some American automobiles originally manufactured in the 1940s and 1950s.
Either a rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly readable from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear. Any rear lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps, cowl lamps or fender lamps are lighted.
(4)
Lamps on bicycles.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted white lamp on the front thereof visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet in front of such bicycle and shall also be equipped with a reflex mirror reflector or lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the rear of such bicycle.
(5)
Lights on other vehicles.
All vehicles not required in this chapter to be equipped with special lighted lamps shall carry one or more lights, lamps or lanterns displaying a white light, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle and shall display a reflex reflector or red light visible under like conditions from a distance of not less than three hundred (300) feet to the rear of such vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-01; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 9; Laws, 1956, ch. 381; Laws, 1968, ch. 543, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 402, § 1, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-17 - Use of spot lamps, auxiliary driving lamps, and signal lamps

(1)
Spot lamps.
Any motor vehicle or motorcycle may be equipped with not to exceed one (1) spot lamp. Every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the beam will be directed into the eyes of the approaching driver. Spot lamps may not emit other than either a white or amber light.
(2)
Auxiliary driving lamps.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve (12) nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface of which the vehicle stands. Every such auxiliary driving lamp or lamps shall meet the requirements and limitations set forth in subsection (3) of this section.
(3)
Signal lamps.
Whenever a motor vehicle is equipped with a signal lamp to comply with the provisions of Section
63-3-709
, the signal lamp shall be so constructed and located on the vehicle as to give a signal which shall be plainly visible in normal sunlight from a distance of one hundred (100) feet to the rear of the vehicle but shall not project a glaring or dazzling light.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-10; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 18; Laws, 1978, ch. 470, § 1, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-20 - Use of blue and red lights and alternating flashing headlights

(1)
It is unlawful for any person, other than a law enforcement officer on duty, to use or display blue lights on a motor vehicle as provided for in Section
63-7-19
.
(2)
It is unlawful for any person to use or display red lights on a motor vehicle except as provided for in Section
63-7-19
. It is not unlawful for the red lights authorized for private or department-owned vehicles used by firemen of volunteer fire departments, as provided in Section
63-7-19
, to remain mounted on such vehicles when the lights are not in use.
(3)
It is unlawful for any vehicle to use alternating flashing headlights except an emergency vehicle as provided in Section
63-7-19
.
(4)
A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Codes, 1942, § 8229-08.5; Laws, 1972, ch. 352, § 1; Laws, 1979, ch. 398, § 2; Laws, 1987, ch. 333, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch. 517, § 2; Laws, 1995, ch. 581, § 2; Laws, 1997, ch. 565, § 1, eff. 4/23/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-21 - Mounting of electric lamps, clearance lamps, and side-marker lamps

Where electric lamps are used to meet the requirements of Section
63-7-11
, they shall be securely and permanently affixed to the permanent structure of the motor vehicle, except for the combination marker lamps on pole-trailers prescribed in subsection (6) of Section
63-7-15
.
Required clearance lamps shall be mounted in such a manner as to indicate the extreme width of the motor vehicle and as near the top thereof as practicable.
Side-marker lamps may be in combination with clearance lamps and may use the same light source.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-03; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-25 - Visibility of clearance, side-marker, and tail lamps

Clearance, side-marker, and tail lamps shall, when lighted, be capable of being seen at a distance of five hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions during the time when lights are required. The light from front clearance lamps shall be visible to the front, from side-marker lamps to the side, and from rear clearance and tail lamps to the rear, of the motor vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-05; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 13.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-27 - Performance and visibility of stop lights; incorporation with tail lamps

Stop lights shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake and shall be capable of being seen and distinguished from a distance of one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle in normal daylight. Stop lights shall not project a glaring or dazzling light.
A stop light may be incorporated with a tail lamp.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-06; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 14.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-29 - Mounting, visibility and color of reflectors; incorporation with tail lamps

(1)
Mounting of reflectors.
No reflector required by the provisions of this chapter shall be mounted upon the motor vehicle at a height to exceed sixty inches, nor less than twenty-four inches, above the ground on which the motor vehicle stands.
(2)
Visibility of reflectors.
Every reflector shall be of such size and characteristics as to be readily visible at night from all distances within five hundred feet to fifty feet from the motor vehicle when directly in front of a normal headlight beam.
(3)
Rear reflectors incorporated with tail lamps.
One or both of the required rear red reflectors may be incorporated within the tail lamp or tail lamps; any such tail lamps shall be located within the height limits specified for reflectors. Whether or not the rear reflectors are incorporated in tail lamps, they shall be located on the rear of the motor vehicle at opposite sides and shall also meet the requirements as to visibility set forth in this section.
(4)
Color of reflectors.
All reflectors mounted on any bus, truck, truck tractor, semi-trailer, full trailer, or pole-trailer, shall reflect an amber color, except those placed on the rear and on the sides nearest to the rear thereof, which shall reflect a red color.
Any reflectors on a vehicle, other than those expressly required or permitted by the provisions of this chapter, shall, if visible from the front, reflect a white or amber light, if visible from either side, reflect an amber light, and if visible from the rear, reflect a red light.
Codes, 1942, §§ 8229-07, 8229-08; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, §§ 15, 16; Laws, 1950, ch. 407, § 5; Laws, 1962, ch. 527; Laws, 1964, ch. 455, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 484, § 1, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-31 - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; distributions of light; beam indicator

Except as hereinafter provided in this chapter, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combinations thereof on motor vehicles other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection between distributions of light projected to different elevations, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(a)
There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.
(b)
There shall be lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high-intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
Every new motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, registered in this state after January 1, 1954, which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. Said indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-11; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 19; Laws, 1954, ch. 326, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-33 - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; control by operator

Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified by law, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the requirement that whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-12; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 20; Laws, 1954, ch. 326, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-35 - Single-beam road-lighting equipment

Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to April 10, 1948, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment specified in Section
63-7-31
if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:
(a)
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 twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead.
(b)
The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-13; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 21.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-37 - Applicability of Sections 63-7-31 through 63-7-35

The provisions of Sections
63-7-31
through
63-7-35
, relative to lighting equipment, shall take effect and be operative with respect to equipment installed in motor vehicles after April 10, 1948, and with respect to the equipment on other motor vehicles, the provisions of Chapter 200, Laws of 1938, shall govern unless new equipment is installed therein, in which event such new equipment shall be governed by the provisions of said sections.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-14; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 22.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-39 - Display of lights on parked vehicles

Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in Section
63-7-11
, there shall be displayed upon the left side of such vehicle one or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and one or more lamps projecting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. However, local authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights used be displayed upon any such vehicle when parked in accordance with local ordinances upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of five hundred feet upon such highway.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-15; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 23; Laws, 1960, ch. 407.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-41 - Sale, use, etc., of lamps modifying original design or performance of vehicle

No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer or use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary driving 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 department of public safety and approved by it.
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 any lamp or device mentioned in this section which has been approved by the department unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved so as to be legible when installed.
No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer any lamps mentioned in this section unless said lamps are mounted, adjusted and aimed in accordance with instructions of the department.
Codes, 1942, § 8246; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1954, ch. 326, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-43 - Authority of department as to lighting devices

(1)
The department 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 readjustment. 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.
(2)
The department 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.
(3)
The department is further authorized to set up the procedure which shall be followed when any lighting device is submitted for approval.
(4)
The department upon approving any lighting device shall issue to the applicant a certificate of approval together with any instructions determined by it.
(5)
The department shall publish lists of all lighting devices by name and type which have been approved by it.
Codes, 1942, § 8247; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1954, ch. 326, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-45 - Revocation or suspension of approval of lighting device

When the department has reason to believe that an approved lighting device as being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, it may, after giving thirty days' previous notice to the person holding the certificate of approval for such device in this state, conduct a hearing upon the question of compliance of said approved device. After said hearing the department shall determine whether said approved device meets the requirements of this chapter. If said device does not meet such requirements, it shall give notice to the person holding the certificate of approval for such device in this state.
If after the expiration of ninety days after such notice the person holding the certificate of approval for such device has failed to satisfy the department that said approved device as thereafter to be sold meets the requirements of this chapter, the department shall suspend or revoke the approval issued therefor until or unless such device is resubmitted to and retested by an authorized testing agency and is found to meet the requirements of this chapter. The department may require that all said devices sold since the notification following the hearing be replaced with devices that do comply with the requirements of this chapter. The department may at the time of the retest purchase in the open market and submit to the testing agency one or more sets of such approved devices, and if such device upon such retest fails to meet the requirements of this chapter, the department may refuse to renew the certificate of approval of such device.
Codes, 1942, § 8248; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-47 - Display of flag on projecting load; display of rotating or oscillating amber strobe-type lamp or light-emitting diode light on projecting load between sunset and sunrise or under certain low-light conditions

(1)
Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen (16) inches square.
(2)
During the period described in Section
63-7-11
, any vehicle transporting a load of timber products that extends four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of that vehicle, shall have affixed as close as practical to the end of the load a rotating or oscillating amber strobe-type lamp or light-emitting diode light.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-16; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 24; Laws, 2001, ch. 557, § 3; Laws, 2011, ch. 434, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 434, SB 2519,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-49 - Electrical connections between towing and towed vehicles

Means for establishing electric connection between towing and towed vehicles, and other detachable electric connections, shall be mechanically and electrically adequate, and free of short or open circuits. Suitable provision shall be made in every detachable connection to afford reasonable assurance against accidental disconnection. Precaution shall be taken to provide sufficient slack in the connecting wire or cable without twisting or kinking thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 8229-09; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-51 - General vehicle brake equipment requirements

(1)
Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
(2)
Every motorcycle, and bicycle with motor attached, when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with at least one brake, which may be operated by hand or foot.
(3)
Every trailer carrying over one ton, when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement thereof and to stop and to hold such vehicle, and so designed to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab; said brakes shall be so designed and connected that in case of an accidental breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically applied.
(4)
Every new motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, hereafter sold in this state and operated upon the highways, and every new trailer, except a trailer of two axles of less than 2,000 pounds gross towed by an automobile, hereafter sold in this state and operated upon the highways, shall be equipped with service brakes upon all wheels of every such vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 8249; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-53 - Stopping ability of brakes; maintenance and adjustment of brakes

(1)
The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles when traveling twenty miles per hour within a distance of thirty feet when upon dry asphalt or concrete pavement surface free from loose material where the grade does not exceed one per cent.
(2)
Under the above conditions the hand brake shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles within a distance of fifty-five feet and said hand brake shall be adequate to hold such vehicle or vehicles stationary on any grade upon which operated.
(3)
Under the above conditions, the service brakes upon a motor vehicle equipped with two-wheel brakes only, and when permitted under Section
63-7-51
, shall be adequate to stop the vehicle within a distance of forty feet and the hand brake adequate to stop the vehicle within a distance of fifty-five feet.
(4)
All braking distances specified in this section shall apply to all vehicles mentioned, whether such vehicles are not loaded or are loaded to the maximum capacity permitted under law.
(5)
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.
Codes, 1942, § 8249; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-55 - 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. No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway.
Codes, 1942, § 8251; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-57 - 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8252; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-60 - Annual permits to official tint inspection stations for inspection of windshields and issuance of labels as required by Section 63-7-59

(1)
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall annually issue permits for and furnish instructions and all necessary forms to official tint inspection stations for the inspection of windshields and issuance of any label as required by Section
63-7-59
.
(2)
Application for a permit to operate an official tint inspection station shall be made on an official form and shall be granted only when the Commissioner of Public Safety is satisfied that the station is properly equipped and has competent personnel to make the inspection required by Section
63-7-59
and that the inspections will be properly conducted. A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be charged any person or facility seeking a permit as an official tint inspection station, or a renewal thereof, for the purpose of defraying the cost of administering the processing of the application.
(3)
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall properly supervise and cause inspections to be made of official tint stations and may, after reasonable notice, suspend or revoke and require the surrender of the permit issued to a station which he finds is not properly equipped or conducted. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall maintain and post at the Office of the Department of Public Safety lists of all stations holding permits and of those whose permits have been suspended or revoked.
(4)
The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to make necessary rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this section and Section
63-7-59
, including a reasonable provision for the bonding of official tint inspection stations.
Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 417, HB 982, 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-61 - Safety glass

No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered unless such motor vehicle is equipped with safety glass throughout.
No person shall replace any glass in any motor vehicle except with safety glass, provided same can be easily or readily obtained.
The term "safety glass" shall mean any product composed of glass, so manufactured, fabricated, or treated as substantially to prevent shattering and flying of the glass when struck or broken or such other or similar product as may be approved by the department.
The department shall compile and publish a list of types of glass by name approved by it as meeting the requirements of this section. The State Tax Commission and county tax collectors 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 State Tax Commission shall 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8255; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 2001, ch. 596, § 62, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-63 - Safety belts

It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, lease, trade or transfer from or to Mississippi residents, at retail, an automobile which is manufactured or assembled commencing with the 1963 models, unless such automobile is equipped with safety belts installed for use in the left front and right front seats thereof. The violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the violator shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), for each offense.
All such safety belts shall be of such type and be installed in a manner approved by the department of public safety of the State of Mississippi. The department shall establish specifications and requirements of approved types of safety belts and attachments. The department will accept, as approved, all seat belt installations and the belt and anchor meeting the specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Codes, 1942, § 8254.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 532, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-64 - Motorcycle or motor scooter crash helmets

No person shall operate or ride upon any motorcycle or motor scooter upon the public roads or highways of this state unless such person is wearing on his or her head a crash helmet that complies with minimum guidelines established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pursuant to federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218 (
49 CFR 571.218
). Violation of this section shall be deemed a violation of the traffic regulations and rules of the road and punishable as provided by Section
63-9-11
. This section shall not apply to a person operating an autocycle as defined in Section
63-3-103
or persons riding any motorcycle or motor scooter in a parade, at a speed not to exceed thirty (30) miles per hour, if the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
Laws, 1974, ch. 461; Laws, 2012, ch. 544, § 1, eff. 5/26/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 406, HB 111, 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-65 - Horns and other warning devices

(1)
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 (200) feet. The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, give audible warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn upon a highway. No horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
(2)
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 (500) feet and of a type approved by the department. No such siren shall 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 said latter events the driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.
(3)
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. No bicycle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle any siren or whistle.
(4)
Any vehicle 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.
Codes, 1942, § 8250; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1994, ch. 324, § 1, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-67 - Tires

Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one (1) inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer having any metal tire in contact with the roadway.
No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. However, it shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway, and it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this title.
Codes, 1942, § 8254; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 2001, ch. 596, § 63, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-69 - Warning and safety appliances for trucks and buses; requirement; standards

(1)
No person shall operate any truck or bus on any highway outside the limits of any municipality or residential section adjacent thereto between the hours of one half hour after sunset and one half hour before sunrise unless there be carried in such vehicle, ready for use, certain warning and safety appliances such as flares, fusees, flags, reflectors, fire extinguishers, and the like.
(2)
The nature of such appliances, methods of their use, and standards of their quality, shall be prescribed by the department with the condition that no appliance shall be prescribed whose quality is below the standards as follows: for fire extinguishers and flares, the standards adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission; for fusees, the standards adopted by the Bureau of Explosives; for lights and reflectors, the standards adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers or the Illuminating Engineers Society; and for any other appliance, the standards adopted by a recognized research body in its respective line. The commissioner shall approve any of the appliances mentioned herein when such appliance has been approved by or meets the minimum standards adopted by either the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Bureau of Explosives, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Illuminating Engineers Society, or any other recognized research body in its respective line, as the case may be.
Codes, 1942, § 8256; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1946, ch. 420, § 11; Laws, 1954, ch. 329; Laws, 1962, ch. 528, eff. 4/25/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-71 - Warning and safety appliances for trucks and buses; display

(1)
Whenever any motor truck or bus is stopped upon the highway except for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers, or its lighting equipment is disabled during the period when lighted lamps must be displayed on vehicles and such motor truck or bus cannot immediately be removed from the main traveled portion of a highway outside of a business or residence district, the driver or other person in charge of such vehicle shall cause such flares, fusees, reflectors, or other signals to be lighted or otherwise placed in an operating condition and placed upon the highway, one at a distance of approximately one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, one approximately one hundred feet in advance of the vehicle and the third upon the roadway side of the vehicle. However, if the vehicle is transporting inflammables, no flares (pot torches) fusees, oil lanterns, or any signal produced by a flame, may be used, and in lieu of such signals, either (a) three red electric lanterns or flares and three red cloth flags, or (b) three emergency reflectors and three red cloth flags shall be used.
(2)
Whenever any motor truck or bus is stopped upon the highway except for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers between the hours of one half hour before sunrise and one half hour after sunset, the driver or person in charge of such vehicle shall place upon the highway in a standing position red flags, one at a distance not less than one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle and one not less than one hundred feet in advance of the vehicle and the third upon the roadway side of the vehicle.
(3)
No person shall at any time operate a motor truck transporting explosives as a cargo or part of a cargo upon the highway unless it carries (a) electric lanterns or flares and red cloth flags or (b) red emergency reflectors and red cloth flags as required in Section
63-7-69
. Such electric flares, electric lanterns and emergency reflectors must be capable of producing a red light or red reflection and shall be displayed upon the roadway when and as required in this section.
Codes, 1942, § 8256; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1946, ch. 420, § 11; Laws, 1954, ch. 329; Laws, 1962, ch. 528, eff. 4/25/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-73 - Protectors or flaps for rear wheels

(1)
No person shall drive or operate or cause to be driven or operated, upon the public highways, streets, bridges and culverts within the State of Mississippi, or any subdivision thereof, any car, truck, truck-tractor, trailer or semi-trailer or bus used for the transportation of property or persons the gross weight of which, including load, exceeds ten tons unless such motor vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rear-most wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, so as to prevent as far as possible such wheels from throwing dirt, water and other materials on the windshields of following motor vehicles. However, pole trailers, dump trucks, and all trucks carrying an "F" license tag shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(2)
Such protectors or flaps shall be constructed of substantial and suitable materials approved by the commissioner of public safety and shall have a ground clearance of not more than one-fifth of the distance from the center of the rear-most axle to the center of the flaps under any conditions of loading operation of the motor vehicle. They shall be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting. However, if the motor vehicle is so designed and constructed that the purposes of this section cannot be met, then, in the discretion of the commissioner of public safety, no such protectors or flaps shall be required. If the said rear-most wheels are not adequately covered at the top by fenders, body or other parts of the vehicle, the said protectors or flaps shall be extended to a point directly above the rear-most axle. Lamps or wiring shall not be attached to protectors or flaps, and any reflectors or reflectorized material attached to or made a part of the protectors or flaps shall be in addition to the reflectors required by law on the vehicle.
(3)
The commissioner of public safety is hereby charged with the duty of administering the provisions of this section.
(4)
Any person convicted for a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall for the first violation thereof be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days; for a second conviction such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) days.
Codes, 1942, § 8256.5; Laws, 1954, ch. 338, §§ 1-4, eff. 7/1/1954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-75 - Speedometers

All motor vehicles operating on the public highways of this state, carrying passengers for hire, shall be equipped at all times with a speedometer, in good workable condition, reflecting the correct speed, with a dial sufficiently large to be read by the passengers on the said motor vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 8176; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-77 - Vehicles transporting explosives

Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with the provisions of this section.
(a)
Said vehicle shall be marked or placarded on each side and the rear with the word "explosives" in letters not less than eight inches high, or there shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicle a red flag not less than twenty-four inches square marked with the word "danger" in white letters six inches high.
(b)
Every said vehicle shall be equipped with not less than two fire extinguishers, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at a convenient point on the vehicle so used.
(c)
The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such additional regulations governing the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles by vehicles upon the highways as he shall deem advisable for the protection of the public.
Codes, 1942, § 8257; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-79 - Color of used school buses operated on highways for other than school purposes

(1)
Any person who owns or operates a used school bus for the purpose of transportation or use of any kind on the public roads and highways of the State of Mississippi, other than for school purposes, shall change the color of such bus from the regular school bus color of yellow or national school bus chrome to a color in contrast to this color before such bus can be used or operated on the highways or public roads in Mississippi.
(2)
The vendor or owner of any school bus shall inform the purchaser in writing at or prior to the time of the sale of any bus not to be used for school purposes as to the requirements of this section.
(3)
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Codes, 1942, § 8071.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 379, §§ 1-4, eff. 3/28/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-81 - Effect of chapter on right to recover damages in civil actions

Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to curtail or abridge the right of any person to prosecute a civil suit for damages by reason of injuries to person or property resulting from the negligent use of the highways by any motor vehicle, or its owner, or his employee or agent.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5785; 1930, § 5588; 1942, § 1742; Laws, 1916, ch. 116.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 7 - EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 63-7-1 — 63-7-107) › Section 63-7-83 - Covering of open top vehicles carrying sand, dirt, gravel or rock

Every truck, trailer or other carrier with an open top, while traveling upon any state, United States or interstate highway in the State of Mississippi and while carrying any load of sand, dirt, gravel or rock shall be equipped with a tarpaulin, canvas or other such top and same to be secured over the top of any load of sand, dirt, gravel, or rock.
Laws, 1974, ch. 521, § 1, eff. 7/1/1974.