Virginia Administrative Code › Title 19 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE › Chapter 70 - MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Part V - Inspection Requirements for Trucks and Other Vehicles Over 10,000 Pounds (GVWR) › Section 19VAC30-70-560 - Signal device (intention to stop or turn), hazard lights, stop lamps

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Any motor
				  vehicle may be equipped with a switch that will permit all turn signal lamps to
				  flash simultaneously.
B.
				  Supplemental turn signals, properly wired into the turn signal circuit may be
				  installed. These may be either approved type turn signals or clearance
				  lamps.
C. Inspect for and reject
				  if:
1. Motor vehicle or trailer, except an
				  antique vehicle not originally equipped with a stop lamp, is not equipped with
				  at least two stop lamps of an approved type (DOT or SAE-S) that automatically
				  exhibit a light through a red or amber lens to the rear when the brake pedal is
				  actuated.
2. Proper signals do not
				  go on with each throw of the switch or if stop signals do not go on with
				  slightest pressure on the brake pedal. Turn signals may flash; however, stop
				  signals may not flash.
Every passenger car manufactured for the 1986 or subsequent
					 model year and multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus whose overall
					 width is less than 80 inches, manufactured September 1, 1993, and subsequent
					 model year is not equipped with a supplemental center high mount stop lamp of
					 an approved type (DOT or SAE-U, U1 or U2) mounted at the vertical centerline of
					 the vehicle that functions only in cooperation with the vehicle's brake lights
					 and hazard lights. Any other vehicle on which a supplemental center high mount
					 stop lamp is mounted shall have the lamp mounted at the vertical center line of
					 the vehicle. The lamps shall be of an approved type and shall function only in
					 conjunction with the stop lamps. The high mount stop lamp must be steady
					 burning and not wired to flash with turn signals or other wig-wag
					 device.
"Multipurpose passenger vehicle" means any motor vehicle
					 that is (i) designed to carry no more than 10 persons and (ii) constructed
					 either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road
					 use.
NOTE: Multipurpose passenger vehicles with an overall width
					 of 80 or more inches or GVWR of 10,000 pounds or more are not required to be
					 equipped with a center high mount stop light.
3. Motor vehicle was manufactured after
				  January 1, 1955, and is not equipped with approved signaling devices.
4. Vehicle is not equipped with a turn signal
				  if such signal is not working properly or does not continue to function in the
				  same manner as when it was originally manufactured. (The turn signal switch
				  shall lock in place when positioned for a left turn or a right turn, and the
				  turn signal indicators must function. Do not reject a vehicle if the
				  self-canceling mechanism in the switch does not function when the steering
				  wheel is rotated.)
5. Switch is not
				  convenient to the driver or not of an approved type.
6. Any vehicle constructed so as to prevent
				  the operator from making a hand and arm signal, if such vehicle is not equipped
				  with an approved type signaling device.
7. Turn signal lens is not clear or amber to
				  the front, or red or amber to the rear. Lens or bulb color has been altered or
				  modified. If the lens is clear, then the bulb shall be amber.
NOTE: LED (light-emitting diode) lights with a clear lens
					 are acceptable, if of an approved type. For those vehicles that are equipped
					 with a multiple LED light (not filament-burning bulbs), they will pass
					 inspection if more than 50% of the diode lights are burning.
8. Wiring or electrical connections are
				  defective or filaments do not burn.
9. Lens has a piece broken from it. The lens
				  may have one or more cracks provided an off-color light does not project
				  through the cracks.
NOTE: Taping or gluing cracks or pieces is not
					 allowed.
NOTE: The hazard warning signal operating unit shall
					 operate independently of the ignition or equivalent switch, and when activated,
					 cause all turn signals to flash simultaneously.
NOTE: They are deemed not to be installed if none of the
					 lights burn or flash when the switch is activated and the hazard warning signal
					 flasher unit has been removed.
10. Device is not mounted near rear for rear
				  signals, or near front for front signals (except supplemental turn signals) or
				  if the signal is hidden by a bolster or other part of body chassis.
A tractor truck need not be equipped with mechanical or
					 electrical signal devices on the rear if it is equipped with double-faced
					 signal lamps mounted on the front fenders or on the sides near the front of the
					 vehicle clearly visible to the rear.
11. All "Class A" signals are not mounted at
				  least three feet apart. (This does not apply to the combination rear signal
				  device.) However, signal lamps that are mounted as far apart as practical
				  inside and at the rear of the frame so as to be properly visible will meet
				  inspection requirements.
12. Any
				  vehicle has unapproved lens or plastic covers, any other materials that are not
				  original equipment or any colored material placed on or in front of signal
				  device (intention to stop or turn), hazard lights, or stop lamp.
ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PROPER INSTALLATION AND TYPE OF
								SIGNAL LIGHTS
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TRUCK: Front Permissible --
Class A Type I
Class A Type II
Must show to front - may use two faced
TRUCK: Rear Permissible --
Class A Type I Class A
Type II
--or--
Combination Arrow Tail Stop & Signal
TRACTOR TRAILER: Front Permissible --
Class A Type I
Class A Type II
Two faced lamps - must show to both front and
								rear
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TRAILER: Rear Permissible
Class A Type I
Class A Type II
-- or --
Combination Arrow Tail
Stop & Signal
Class A Type I - Are lamps which indicate a change
								in direction by giving flashing warning signal (clear lens - amber to front;
								amber to red on rear) on the side toward which the turn will be made.
Class A Type II - Are lamps which indicate a change
								in direction by means of illuminated arrow heads (flashing or steady) on the
								side toward which the turn will be made.
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