Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics › Chapter 167 - PORTABLE EMERGENCY WARNING DEVICES › Section 167.3 - Types of warning devices

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
One of the following combinations of warning devices
						shall be carried on those vehicles, specified in §
											167.2 (relating to scope and
						application), and equipped before January 1, 1974:
(1) Three liquid burning emergency flares
					 which satisfy the requirements of SAE Standard J597, "Liquid Burning Emergency
					 Flares", and three fusees and two red flags.
(2) Three electric emergency lanterns which
					 satisfy the requirements of SAE Standard J596, "Electric Emergency Lanterns",
					 and two red flags.
(3) Three red
					 emergency reflectors and two red flags. A red emergency reflector shall conform
					 to the following requirements:
(i)
Reflecting elements required.
A reflector shall be composed of
					 at least two reflecting elements or surfaces on each side, front and back. The
					 reflecting elements, front and back, shall be approximately parallel.
(ii)
Reflecting elements to be Class
					 A.
A reflecting element or surface shall meet the requirement for a
					 red Class A reflector contained in the SAE Recommended Practice "Reflex
					 Reflectors." The aggregate candlepower output of all the reflecting elements or
					 surface in one direction shall not be less than 12 when tested in a
					 perpendicular position with observation at 1/3° as specified in the
					 Photometric Test contained in the above mentioned Recommended
					 Practice.
(iii)
Reflecting
					 surfaces, protection.
If the reflector or the reflecting elements are
					 so designed or constructed that the reflecting surfaces would be adversely
					 affected by dust, soot or other foreign matter or contacts with other parts of
					 the reflector or its container, then the reflecting surfaces shall be
					 adequately sealed within the body of the reflector.
(iv)
Reflecting surfaces to be
					 perpendicular.
A reflector shall be so constructed that, when the
					 reflector is properly placed, every reflecting element or surface is in a plane
					 perpendicular to the plane of the roadway surface. Reflectors which are
					 collapsible shall be provided with means for locking the reflector elements or
					 surfaces in the required positions; such locking means shall be readily capable
					 of adjustment without the use of tools or special equipment.
(v)
Reflectors, mechanical
					 adequacy.
A reflector shall be of such weight and dimensions as to
					 remain stationary when subjected to a 40 mile per hour wind when properly
					 placed on a clean, dry, paved road surface. The reflector shall be so
					 constructed as to withstand reasonable shocks without breakage.
(vi)
Reflectors, incorporation on
					 holding device.
A set of reflectors and the reflecting elements or
					 surfaces incorporated therein shall be adequately protected by enclosure in a
					 box, rack or other adequate container specially designed and constructed so
					 that the reflectors may be readily extracted for use.
(vii)
Certification.
A red
					 emergency reflector designed and constructed to comply with these requirements
					 shall be plainly marked with the certification of the manufacturer that it
					 complies therewith.