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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-17 - Prohibition of guarantees

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
No person associated with a driver
				training enterprise shall assert or imply that the person or the enterprise
				will guarantee a license to operate a motor vehicle as a result of the training
				received. No person associated with a driver training enterprise shall assert
				or imply that the enterprise will guarantee employment in the operation of a
				motor vehicle upon completion of the course, nor shall any person associated
				with the enterprise assert that the enterprise will guarantee that the student
				will pass the state examinations in the operation of motor
				vehicles.
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/20/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4508.02
Rule
				Amplifies: 4508.02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-18 - Inspections and investigations

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every place used as an office or
			 classroom by a driver training enterprise, except as provided in paragraph (B)
			 of this rule, shall be subject to inspection and/or investigation by the
			 director during reasonable hours. Inspections and investigations may include,
			 but are not limited to, any and all records, facilities, classroom instruction,
			 virtual classroom instruction, behind-the-wheel
			 instruction, and vehicles used for behind-the-wheel instruction. The
			 enterprise's authorizing official or the school's adult training coordinator
			 shall make school records, student records, vehicles, and facilities required
			 by this chapter available to the director for inspection. The adult training
			 coordinator or authorizing official shall, upon the director's request, produce
			 records for copying. Such records shall be promptly returned to the
			 school.
(B) An online enterprise
			 shall be subject to inspections and/or investigations by the director during
			 reasonable hours. Inspections and investigations may include, but are not
			 limited to, all student records, training modules, information technology
			 infrastructure, security measures and other aspects of the online abbreviated
			 adult program. The director may inspect and/or investigate supporting
			 documentation to include access to computer logs related to the inspection
			 and/or investigation. If the technical support, application server host, or
			 data storage facilities are located outside the state of Ohio, the authorizing
			 official shall submit, upon request of the director, a report encompassing the
			 rules of this chapter to meet the requirements in lieu of a state-conducted
			 inspection and/or investigation of technical support, application server host,
			 or data storage facilities. The authorizing official shall make school and
			 student records required by this chapter available to the director online, in a
			 password-protected environment, upon request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-19 - Administrative actions by the department

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of
				material incorporated by reference in this rule, see paragraph (A) in rule
				4501-8-21
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
								The director may reject any application or the "renewal
			 requirements" for license when the director determines the applicant may have
			 violated any of the provisions of Chapter 4501-8 of the Administrative Code or
			 Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code.
(B)
								When the director
			 has rejected an application or the "renewal requirements" for a license, or
			 when the director determines that a licensee may have violated any of the
			 provisions of Chapter 4501-8 of the Administrative Code or Chapter 4508. of the
			 Revised Code, the applicant shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing in
			 accordance with sections
			 119.01 to
			 119.13 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C)
								The director may reprimand, deny, suspend, revoke, or
			 place on probationary status the license of any driver training school, adult
			 training coordinator, online instructor or instructor when the director
			 determines that the applicant or licensee has violated any of the provisions of
			 Chapter 4501-8 of the Administrative Code or Chapter 4508. of the Revised
			 Code.
(D)
								The director may reprimand, deny, suspend, revoke, or
			 place on probationary status the license of any driver training enterprise if
			 the enterprise fails to pay for the fees and fines owed to the department, as
			 set forth in Chapter 4501-8 of the Administrative Code and Chapter 4508. of the
			 Revised Code.
(E)
								The director may suspend an online instructor,
			 instructor, or adult training coordinator license without a prior hearing if
			 the director believes there exists clear and convincing evidence of any
			 conduct, as specified in division (B) of section
			 4508.06 of the Revised Code,
			 committed by the online instructor, instructor or adult training
			 coordinator.
(F)
								The director may suspend a driver training school
			 license without a prior hearing if the director believes there exists clear and
			 convincing evidence of any conduct or risk as specified in division (C) of
			 section 4508.06 of the Revised
			 Code.
(G)
								The director, in accordance with section
			 119.07 of the Revised Code,
			 shall issue a written order of suspension and provide the opportunity for a
			 hearing for an online instructor, instructor, adult training coordinator, or
			 driver training school, immediately following the decision to impose a
			 suspension.
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/20/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4508.02,
				4508.06
Rule
				Amplifies: 4508.06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-8 - Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course › Section 4501-8-20 - Process for armed forces applications

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The department
			 shall track and monitor "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Instructor
			 Applications" and "renewal requirements" that have been received from veterans
			 or members of the armed forces and/or spouses or surviving spouses of veterans
			 or members of the armed forces.
(B)
								The department
			 shall prioritize and expedite completed "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training
			 Instructor Applications" and "renewal requirements" for veterans or members of
			 the armed forces, and spouses or surviving spouses of veterans or members of
			 the armed forces within two business days of the receipt of a completed
			 "Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Instructor Applications" and "renewal
			 requirements." An application shall be considered complete only when all
			 requirements as set forth in rule
			 4501-8-05
			 of the Administrative Code are met and the documentation as required in
			 paragraph (C) of this rule has been provided to the department.
(C)
								Satisfactory
			 evidence that the applicant or applicant's spouse is a veteran or member of the
			 armed forces includes the applicant's official military identification card,
			 official DD-214 separation document, or other official military documentation
			 approved by the director of the department. A marriage certificate may be
			 required, in addition to the evidence of status as a veteran or member of the
			 armed forces, if the applicant is the spouse of a veteran or member of the
			 armed forces.
(D)
								In order to expedite the processing of applications and
			 renewals, especially for individuals facing imminent deployment, the department
			 shall accept necessary information in support of the applications by electronic
			 and other appropriate means.
Effective: 7/1/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/20/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4508.02
Rule
				Amplifies: 4508.02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-9 - Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-9-01 - Lighting requirements

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
These requirements apply to rural mail delivery vehicles
				displaying flashing lights which are not owned or leased by the U.S. postal
				service but authorized by the U.S. postal service to be used for delivery of
				the U.S. mail by designated carriers using vehicles not originally designed for
				use as mail delivery vehicles.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior Effective Dates:
				01/20/96
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-9 - Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-9-02 - Lights required

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
Motor vehicles used for rural mail delivery which display
				flashing lights, except those owned or leased by the United States postal
				service, shall comply with the following lighting specifications:
(A) The lighting assembly may consist of at
			 least one and not more than three roof-mounted, flashing, rotating, oscillating
			 light(s) or strobe-type light(s).
(B) Each light shall be amber in color when
			 illuminated. Each light shall be of not less than twenty-one candle power, and
			 shall be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and
			 rear of the motor vehicle. Side visibility is also permitted.
(C) All flashing lights required by this
			 chapter are to be visible from the front and rear of the vehicle.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior Effective Dates: 02/24/56, 03/10/80,
				01/20/96, 08/11/05
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-9 - Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-9-03 - Lights to flash

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
If more than one light is used, the lights shall not flash
				alternately from one light to the other, thereby confusing motorists with
				respect to emergency lights, railroad crossing signals, etc.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior Effective Dates: 02/24/56, 01/20/96,
				08/11/05
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-9 - Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-9-04 - Installation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
The complete installation must be firmly attached to the
				vehicle and electrically controlled so that lights will be illuminated from the
				initial point of mail delivery and will be turned off immediately after
				completion of the mail route.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior Effective Dates: 02/24/56,
				01/20/96
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-9 - Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-9-05 - When to use signal

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
Any type of auxiliary signal, used under the provisions of this
				chapter shall not be in operation at any time except when in the actual
				performance of delivery of mail to rural route residents.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior Effective Dates: 02/24/56,
				01/20/96
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-9 - Rural Mail Delivery Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-9-06 - Violations reported to postmaster

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any violations of these standards may be reported to the U.S.
				postal service. The specifications for lighting set forth in this chapter are
				in addition to requirements for compliance with the traffic laws relative to
				the operation and licensing of a motor vehicle.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior Effective Dates: 02/24/56,
				01/20/96
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-01 - Not mandatory to install flashing lights

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The standards and specifications for flashing lights to be used
				on funeral escort vehicles are set forth for those individuals or companies who
				desire to use flashing lights. The law does not make it mandatory to install
				flashing lights on any funeral escort vehicle. All motor vehicles that are
				equipped with flashing lights, 
								are to be equipped according to the standards and
				specifications set forth in this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-02 - Motor vehicles owned by authorized funeral establishments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
Motor vehicles, except motorcycles, owned and operated by an
				authorized funeral establishment, which is an establishment that is in
				compliance with the laws of Ohio and the rules and regulations promulgated by
				the board of embalmers and funeral directors of Ohio, relative to the operation
				of funeral establishments in Ohio, are governed by the following
				standards and specifications:
(A)
			 Amber flashing, rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s) may be
			 permanently or temporarily installed on all motor vehicles that are used as
			 escort vehicles.
(B) Amber
			 flashing, rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s) installed by the
			 manufacturer on all combination cars, funeral hearses and other special funeral
			 escort vehicles will be recognized as in compliance with the director's
			 standards and specifications.
(C)
			 All other escort vehicles may be equipped with not less than one nor more than
			 three amber flashing, rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s).
(1) Each light is to be amber
			 in color when illuminated, and  not be
			 less than twenty-one candle power and 
			 be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet.
(2) At least one light
			 is to be
			 visible from all sides of the vehicle.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-03 - Motor vehicles of state of Ohio or political sub-division

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
A motor vehicle of the state of Ohio or any political
				sub-division that is permanently equipped with a flashing light or lights
				mounted to project the beam to the front of the vehicle,
				is
				considered in compliance with this chapter.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-04 - Motor vehicles of any other individual, company or group

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
Motor vehicles, except motorcycles, of any other individual,
				company, establishment or group are governed by following standards
				and specifications:
(A) Flashing,
			 rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s) are
			 temporarily or permanently installed to facilitate the movement of a funeral
			 procession during the escorting.
(B) Not less than one nor more than three
			 flashing, rotating, and/or oscillating light(s) and/ or strobe-type light(s)
			 are
			 displayed.
(C) Each light
			 is to be
			 amber in color when illuminated. Each light is to be not
			 less than twenty-one candle power and 
			 be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet.
(D) At least one light
			 is to be
			 visible from all sides of the vehicle.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-05 - Motorcycles used as funeral escort vehicles

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Motorcycles used as funeral escort vehicles, except motorcycles
				used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the
				criminal and traffic laws of the state, are governed by the following
				standards and specifications as to flashing lights:
(A)
			 Motorcycles are to be equipped with a minimum of two flashing,
			 rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s).
(B) The lights are to be placed
			 one on each side of the headlight. Each light is to be amber
			 in color when illuminated and  not
			 less than twenty-one candle power and 
			 be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front of the
			 motorcycle.
(C) Additional
			 flashing, rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s) may be installed to
			 the side and rear of the motorcycle. The additional lights
			 
								are to
			 be amber in color when illuminated.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-06 - Operation of flashing lights on funeral escort vehicles

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
Flashing, rotating, oscillating and/or strobe-type light(s)
				used under the provisions of this chapter 
								are not
				to be in operation, except when in actual
				performance of duty as a funeral escort vehicle to facilitate the movement of a
				funeral procession.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-11 - Funeral Escort Vehicles-Flashing Lights › Section 4501-11-07 - Compliance with other laws

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
The standards and specifications set forth in this chapter on
				use of flashing lights for funeral escort vehicles do not in any way eliminate
				or void required compliance with section
				4511.451 of the Revised Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/09/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4513.181
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.181
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/20/58, 06/16/05
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-13 - Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem › Section 4501-13-01 - Design of slow-moving vehicle emblem (SMV)

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The SMV identification emblem consists of
			 a fluorescent, red-orange equilateral triangle with a red retroreflective
			 border positioned with a point of the triangle up. The size and shape of the
			 emblem are shown in figure 1 of ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010)." The
			 red-orange fluorescent triangle provides for daylight identification. The red
			 retroreflective border defines the shape of the fluorescent color in daylight
			 and appears as a hollow red triangle in the path of motor vehicle headlights at
			 night.
(B) The SMV emblem design,
			 specifications, performance requirements and testing procedures must meet all
			 sections of ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010)."
SMV emblems manufactured before the effective date of this
				chapter may continue to be used if the emblem met and continues to meet the
				ASAE or ANSI/ASAE standard in effect at the time the emblem was made.
(C) The SMV emblem may be
			 permanently mounted or movable:
(1)
			 Permanent-mounted emblem: a fluorescent, red-orange equilateral triangle with a
			 red retroreflective border as illustrated in figure 1 of ANSI/ASAE
			 "S
			 276.7(SEP2010) " and securely affixed to a slow-moving vehicle.
(2) Movable emblem: a fluorescent, red-orange
			 equilateral triangle with a red retroreflective border as illustrated in figure
			 1 of ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010) " securely affixed to a backing
			 material as illustrated in figure 2 of ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010) " and
			 displayed on a slow-moving vehicle.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-13 - Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem › Section 4501-13-02 - Backing material for movable SMV emblem

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The size of the backing material for
			 movable SMV emblems shall be as shown in figure 2 of ANSI/ASAE
			 "S
			 276.7(SEP2010)."
(B) Backing
			 material for movable emblems shall be equivalent to 1.0 mm ( 0.04 in.) minimum
			 thickness aluminum; 22-gauge 0.8 mm ( 0.03 in.) minimum thickness
			 millgalvanized coated sheet steel; or 2.0 mm ( 0.08 in.) minimum thickness ABS
			 plastic as specified in "ASTM D4673" (2011) or 2.00 mm ( 0.08 in.) high impact
			 polystyrene plastic as specified in "ASTM
			 D4549" (2011).
(C) The backing material shall be
			 weatherable, semi-rigid and have a surface receptive to a durable bond. The
			 edges of the backing material shall be shaped to minimize personal injury
			 during handling and when mounted on a slow-moving vehicle.
(D) The backing material for movable SMV
			 emblems shall be as large or larger than the slow-moving vehicle identification
			 emblem.
(E) All of these
			 requirements are minimal and do not preclude the use of materials having
			 superior performance.
Effective: 5/25/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 03/10/2015 and
				03/09/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11
Rule
				Amplifies: R.C. 4513.11
Prior Effective Dates: 04/01/66, 12/01/77,
				08/11/05, 05/27/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-13 - Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem › Section 4501-13-03 - Fluorescent and reflective materials for SMV emblem

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) The reflective
			 and fluorescent SMV emblem materials shall be tough, flexible, and of
			 sufficient thickness and strength to meet the requirements of clause 6.2.5 of
			 ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010) ". After the durability
			 test (clause 6.2.5 of ANSI/ASAE "S
			 276.7(SEP2010) ", the emblem material shall show no appreciable cracking,
			 crazing, blistering, loss of durable bond or dimensional change, and reflective
			 material shall show no appreciable discoloration.
(B) The red-orange color, purity, luminance,
			 and peak reflectance of the fluorescent material shall comply with the
			 specifications of table 3 in ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010) "
			 before and after the durability test.
(C) Retroreflective sheeting shall meet
			 requirements of "ASTM D4956" (2011) for type V sheeting except for the
			 photometric requirements and shall meet the minimum photometric requirements
			 specified in table 1 of ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010) ".
			 The sheeting shall meet the color specification limits in table 2 of
			 ANSI/ASAE "S 276.7(SEP2010)."
(D) All of these requirements are minimal and
			 do not preclude the use of materials having superior performance.
Effective: 5/25/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 03/10/2015 and
				03/09/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11
Rule
				Amplifies: R.C. 4513.11
Prior Effective Dates: 04/01/66, 12/01/77,
				08/11/05, 05/27/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-13 - Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem › Section 4501-13-04 - Mounting and attaching the SMV emblem

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Both the permanently mounted SMV emblem
			 and the movable SMV emblem shall be mounted with the point of the triangle
			 upward. (See figure 1 of ANSI/ASAE S 276.7
			 SEP2010).
(B) Emblems shall
			 be mounted in a plane perpendicular, to the direction of travel and plus or
			 minus twenty degrees from the vertical. The emblem shall be visible from the
			 rear of a slow moving vehicle.
(C)
			 The emblem shall be displayed as near to the rear and centered, or as near to
			 the left of center of the vehicle or equipment as practicable. It shall be
			 located 0.6 to 3.0 m (two to ten ft) above the ground measured from lower edge
			 of the emblem.
(D) The emblem shall
			 be securely and rigidly affixed to the equipment. Movable emblems may be
			 mounted by using the socket and identification emblem bracket specified in
			 ANSI/ASAE S 277.2 FEB1972(R2012), "Mounting brackets and socket for warning
			 lamp and slow-moving vehicle (SMV) identification emblem," or by other means
			 that provide secure and rigid attachment.
(E) The effective reflectivity and
			 fluorescence of the emblem shall be unobscured to the extent that the
			 triangular shape is readily identifiable both day and night.
(F) When more than one vehicle is being
			 operated or transported in a train or series, the emblem may be mounted on
			 either the first vehicle or attached implement as long as the emblem is visible
			 and identifiable from the rear of vehicles involved.
Effective: 5/25/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 03/10/2015 and
				03/09/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11
Rule
				Amplifies: R.C. 4513.03, 4513.11
Prior Effective Dates: 04/01/66,
				12/01/77, 08/11/05, 05/27/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-13 - Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem › Section 4501-13-06 - Referenced materials

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
The following are contact sites for materials incorporated by
				reference in Chapter 4501-13 of the Administrative Code:
(A)
								"American
			 national standards institute (ANSI), 1819 L. Street, NW 6th Floor, Washington
			 DC 20036," telephone : 202-293-8020, web address:
http://www.ansi.org/
(B)
								"American
			 society of agricultural engineers (ASAE), 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI
			 49085-9659,"
			 telephone: 269-429-0300, web address:
http://www.asabe.org/
http://www.sae.org/
(C)
								"American society for testing and materials (ASTM),
			 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428-2959," web address:
http://www.astm.org/
Effective: 5/25/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 03/10/2015 and
				03/09/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11,
				4513.111
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4513.03, 4513.11,
				4513.111
Prior Effective Dates: 08/11/05,
				05/27/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-01 - Headlights

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Aim of
			 headlights - Headlights shall be aimed in accordance with the society of
			 automotive engineers (hereinafter referred to as S.A.E.) lighting
			 specifications code and shall be constructed and installed so as to provide
			 adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate
			 specification set forth in the SA.E. recommended practices or S.A.E. standards
			 for electric headlamps for motor vehicles or sealed-beam headlamp units for
			 motor vehicles and for motorcycles and motor-driven cycles the headlights shall
			 conform to the appropriate specifications set forth in the S.A.E. standards for
			 motorcycle and motor-driven cycle headlamps.
(B) Height - Every headlamp upon every
			 vehicle, including every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, shall be located at
			 a height measured from the center of the headlamp of not more than fifty-four
			 inches nor less than twenty-four inches to be measured as set forth in section
			 4513.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) Multiple-beam road-lighting
			 equipment - Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary
			 driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor
			 vehicles other than motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall be so arranged
			 that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to
			 different elevations and such lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that such
			 selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations:
(1) 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 three hundred fifty feet ahead
			 for all conditions of loading.
(2)
			 There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed
			 and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at
			 least one hundred 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.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-02 - Taillights, registration lights and stop lights

Current through
			 all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Taillights and license plate lights shall
			 be constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable
			 illumination and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E. standards for
			 taillights and license plate lights.
(B) Every motor vehicle, motorcycles and
			 motor-driven cycles, shall have at least one tail lamp. On a combination of
			 vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen
			 from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one tail lamp,
			 the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as
			 practicable.
Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height
				of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches.
(C) When stop lights are used as
			 authorized by section
			 4511.39 of the Revised Code,
			 they shall be constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable
			 illumination and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E. standards for stop
			 lamps.
(1) After January 1, 1967, every motor
			 vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or
			 more stop lamps, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to
			 January 1, 1967, and motorcycles and motor-driven cycles shall be equipped with
			 at least one stop lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the stop lamps on
			 the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified in this
			 rule.
(2) Any vehicle may be
			 equipped and when required under this rule shall be equipped with a stop lamp
			 or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red light, visible
			 from a distance of not less than three hundred feet to the rear in normal
			 sunlight, and which shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot)
			 brake, and which may but need not be incorporated with one or more other rear
			 lamps.
(3) Every stop light shall
			 be located at a height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than
			 fifteen inches.
(4) If a high
			 mounted stop lamp is installed it shall be located at a minimum height of
			 thirty-four inches in height.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-03 - Reflectors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
Reflectors shall be constructed and installed so as to provide
				adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E.
				standards for reflex reflectors.
(A)
			 Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the
			 rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red
			 reflectors meeting the requirements of this rule, except that motorcycles and
			 motor-driven cycles shall carry at least one such reflector.
(B) Every such reflector shall be mounted on
			 the vehicle at a height not less than fifteen inches nor more than sixty inches
			 measured as set forth in section
			 4513.03 of the Revised Code, and
			 shall be of such size and characteristic and so mounted as to be visible at
			 night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from such
			 vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.
(C) Every multi-wheeled agricultural tractor
			 whose model year was 2001 or earlier, when being operated or traveling on a
			 street or highway at times specified in section
			 4513.03 of the Revised Code at a
			 minimum shall be equipped, on the extreme left and right projection of the
			 tractor, with amber reflectors visible to the front and red reflectors visible
			 from the rear. The placement of these reflectors shall correlate with and, to
			 the extent not inconsistent with section
			 4513.111 of the Revised Code,
			 conform with chapters 3 and 4
								 of the American society of agricultural engineers
			 standard ANSI/ASAE S 279.17 JUL2013, lighting and marking of
			 agricultural equipment on highways. These reflectors are in addition to the
			 slow-moving vehicle emblem required by section
			 4513.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D) Every unit of farm
			 machinery whose model year was 2002 or later, when being operated or traveling
			 on a street or highway at times specified in section
			 4513.03 of the Revised Code
			 shall be equipped with reflectors that meet or exceed the standards that are
			 applicable to that type of farm machinery for the unit's model year specified
			 in the American society of agricultural engineers standard
			 ANSI/ASAE S 279.17 JUL2013, lighting and marking of
			 agricultural equipment on highways.
Effective: 5/25/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 03/10/2015 and
				03/09/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.11, R.C. 4513.19, R.C.
				4513.111
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4513.11, R.C. 4513.19, R.C.
				4513.111
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82, 7/23/01,
				8/11/05, 5/27/10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-04 - Clearance lamps, marker lamps, stop lamps, back-up lamps, turn signals, license plate illuminating light, identification lamps and reflectors on vehicles

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of
				material incorporated by reference in this rule, see rule
				4501-15-12
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 Clearance lamps, marker lamps, stop lamps, and reflectors on commercial motor
			 vehicles shall be constructed to conform to appropriate requirements of the
			 S.A.E. standard for clearance, side-marker, identification and parking lamps,
			 or the S.A.E. standard for stop lamps, or the S.A.E. standard for reflex
			 reflectors and shall be installed at locations on the vehicle in accordance
			 with the current federal motor carrier safety regulations.
(B) In addition to the other equipment
			 required in sections 4513.04 to
			 4513.18 of the Revised Code, the
			 following vehicles shall be equipped as herein stated under the conditions
			 stated in section 4513.07 of the Revised Code, and
			 in addition, the reflectors elsewhere enumerated for such vehicles shall
			 conform to the requirements of section
			 4513.06 of the Revised Code.
(1) Buses, trucks and motor homes eighty
			 inches or more in overall width:
(a) On the
			 front, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and on vehicles manufactured or
			 assembled after January 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the
			 specifications of subdivision (1) of S.A.E. standard for clearance,
			 side-marker, identification, and parking lamps.
(b) On the rear, two clearance lamps, one at
			 each side, and after January 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the
			 specifications of subdivision (1) of S.A.E. standard for clearance,
			 side-marker, identification, and parking lamps.
(c) On each side, two side marker lamps, one
			 at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(d) On each side, two reflectors, one at or
			 near the front and one at or near the rear.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-05 - Parking lights

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
Parking lights shall be constructed and installed so as to
				provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate
				requirements of the S.A.E. Standard for Clearance Side-Marker, Identification
				and Parking Lamps.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82,
				6/1/00, 7/23/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-06 - Spot lights and auxiliary driving lights

Current through
			 all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Spot lights and auxiliary driving lights shall be constructed
				and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall
				conform to the appropriate S.A.E. Standards for Spot Lamps, Front Fog Lamps,
				Auxiliary Driving Lamps.
(A) Fog
			 lamps -- Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a maximum of two fog lamps
			 mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than
			 thirty inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so
			 aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the
			 light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of
			 twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the
			 level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Lighted fog lamps meeting
			 the above requirements may be used with lower headlamp beams as specified in
			 paragraph (C)(2) of rule
			 4501-15-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) Auxiliary
			 low-beam lamp -- Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a maximum of one
			 auxiliary passing lamp mounted on the front at a height not less than sixteen
			 inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the
			 vehicle stands. The provisions of section
			 4513.17 of the Revised Code
			 shall apply to any combination of headlamps and auxiliary passing lamps.
(C) Auxiliary driving lamps -- Any
			 motor vehicle may be equipped with a maximum two auxiliary driving lamps
			 mounted on the front at a height not less than sixteen inches nor more than
			 forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The
			 provisions of section
			 4513.17 of the Revised Code
			 shall apply to any combination of headlamps and auxiliary driving lamps.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82,
				7/23/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-07 - Back-up lights, side cowl or fender lights

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Back-up lights shall be constructed and installed so as to
				provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate
				S.A.E. Standards for Back-Up Lights.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82,
				7/23/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-08 - Flashing lights

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
Flashing lights when used on a disabled vehicle and a motor
				vehicle using the same to warn of a vehicular traffic hazard shall be
				constructed and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination
				and shall conform to the appropriate S.A.E. Standards for Turn Signal Units.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82,
				7/23/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-09 - Accessory lamps

Current through all regulations passed and filed
			 through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 A vehicle may be equipped with accessory lamps or lights as herein defined,
			 provided that their placement or installation on the vehicle or their use does
			 not interfere with or tend to confuse the use of required lamps or lights, that
			 are subject to provisions in sections
			 4513.03 to
			 4513.19 and
			 4513.261 of the Revised Code and
			 respective rules herein outlined.
(B) These accessory lamps or lights may be
			 used anytime. When used they shall not exceed twenty-one candlepower intensity
			 and shall otherwise be in accord with the current standards for construction
			 and use issued by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82,
				7/23/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-10 - Directional signals

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Directional signals shall be constructed
			 and installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall
			 conform to the S.A.E. standards for turn signal lamps.
(B) Any vehicle may be equipped and when
			 required under section
			 4511.39 of the Revised Code
			 shall be equipped with electric turn signals which shall indicate an intention
			 to turn by flashing lights showing to the front and rear of a vehicle or on a
			 combination of vehicles, on the side of the vehicle or combination toward which
			 the turn is to be made. The lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as
			 widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit white or
			 amber light to the front and red or amber to the rear. Turn signal lamps shall
			 be visible at a distance of not less than three hundred feet in normal
			 sunlight. Turn signal lamps may, but need not be, incorporated in other lamps
			 on the vehicle.
(C) Directional
			 signals on any vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than
			 eighty-three inches nor less than fifteen inches.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.19
Rule
				Amplifies: 4513.19
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/66, 10/16/82,
				7/23/01, 8/11/05
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-15 - Motor Vehicles-Lighting › Section 4501-15-12 - Referenced materials

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Whenever reference is made in this
			 chapter to S.A.E. standards or S.A.E.
recommended practices, they shall be found in the edition
				(current at the time of sale of lights) of the "S.A.E. Handbook" published by
				the "Society of Automotive Engineers," 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA
				15096, telephone: 724-776-4841, web site:
www.sae.org
.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this
			 chapter, the versions of all federal regulations and other texts incorporated
			 by reference throughout Chapter 4501-15 of the Administrative Code are those in
			 effect on the effective date of this rule. The following are contact sites for
			 materials incorporated by reference in Chapter 4501-15 of the Administrative
			 Code:
(1) American society of agricultural
			 engineers (ASAE), 2950 Niles road, St. Joseph, Michigan
			 49085, telephone: 269-429-0300, web site: www.asae.orgwww.asabe.org
(2) American national standards institute
			 (ANSI), 1899 L. street, NW 11th floor,
			 Washington DC 20036, telephone: 202-293-8020, web site:
www.ansi.org
(3) Federal motor carrier safety regulations
			 (FMCSR)
Obtained via: U.S. government printing office,
				1200 New Jersey avenue SE, Washington DC
				20590, telephone: 202-366-2519, web site:
www.fmcsa.dot.gov
.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director › Chapter 4501-17 - Motorcycles-Lighting and Helmets › Section 4501-17-01 - Protective helmet, chin strap, and eye device

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person who is under the age of
			 eighteen years, or who holds a motorcycle operator's endorsement or license
			 bearing a "novice" designation that is currently in effect as provided in
			 section 4507.13 of the Revised Code,
			 shall operate a motorcycle on a highway, or be a passenger on a motorcycle,
			 unless wearing a protective helmet on his head with the chin strap properly
			 fastened, and no other person shall be a passenger on a motorcycle operated by
			 such a person unless similarly wearing a protective helmet with the chin strap
			 properly fastened.
(B) No person
			 shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a highway or any public or private
			 property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless
			 the person, if he is under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective
			 helmet on his head with the chin strap properly fastened.
(C) No person shall operate or be a passenger
			 on a motorcycle without using a protective eye device.
(D) Such protective helmets, chin straps, and
			 eye devices shall conform to the specifications, test standards, and
			 requirements set forth in this chapter.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2015 and
				03/10/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4511.53, R.C.
				4511.521
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4511.53,R.C. 4511.521
Prior
				Effective Dates: 4/3/68, 1/2/85, (Emer.),
				7/1/85