Section 41-6a-1604 - Motor vehicle head lamps, tail lamps, stop lamps, and other lamps - Requirements - Penalty(1) A motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least two head lamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle.(2)(a) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps and two or more red reflectors mounted on the rear.(b)(i) Except as provided under Subsections (2)(b)(ii), (2)(c), and Section 41-6a-1612, all stop lamps or other lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.(ii) A turn signal or hazard warning light may be red or yellow.(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate.(3)(a) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps and flashing turn signals.(b) A supplemental stop lamp may be mounted on the rear of a vehicle, if the supplemental stop lamp:(ii) is mounted: (A) and constructed so that no light emitted from the device, either direct or reflected, is visible to the driver;(B) not lower than 15 inches above the roadway; and(C) on the vertical center line of the vehicle; and(iii) is the size, design, and candle power that conforms to federal standards regulating stop lamps.(4)(a) Each head lamp, tail lamp, supplemental stop lamp, flashing turn lamp, other lamp, or reflector required under this part shall comply with the requirements and limitations established under Section 41-6a-1601.(b) The department, by rules made under Section 41-6a-1601, may require trucks, buses, motor homes, motor vehicles with truck-campers, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers to have additional lamps and reflectors.(5) The department, by rules made under Section 41-6a-1601, may allow:(a) one tail lamp on any vehicle equipped with only one when it was made;(b) one stop lamp on any vehicle equipped with only one when it was made; and(c) passenger cars and trucks with a width less than 80 inches and manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1953, need not be equipped with electric turn signal lamps.(6)(a) As used in this section, "continuously flashing light system" means a light system for a supplemental stop lamp described in Subsection (3)(b) in which the stop lamp or reflector pulses rapidly for no more than five seconds when the brake is applied and then converts to a continuous light as a normal stop lamp or reflector until the time that the brake is released.(b) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer may be equipped with a continuously flashing light system.(7) Except as provided under Subsection (8) or (9), an auxiliary light installed on a motor vehicle may only be illuminated on a public roadway if the light: (a) conforms to the color and location of: (i) white or amber, if the light is located on or visible from the front of the vehicle;(ii) amber, if the light is located on or visible from the side of the vehicle; or(iii) amber or red, if the light is located on or visible from the rear of the vehicle;(b) emits a steady beam of light and does not blink, oscillate, rotate, or flash;(c) does not emit a beam that: (i) is brighter than the vehicle's original equipment lighting;(ii) has a greater candlepower than the vehicle's original equipment lighting; or(iii) distracts from the visibility of the vehicle's original equipment lighting; and(d) does not distract or impair the vision of the operator or other drivers on the roadway.(8) Subsection (7) does not apply to lighting:(a) installed by the vehicle's manufacturer in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Sec. 571.108; or(b) devices provided by transportation network companies as defined in Section 13-51-102 to identify and indicate the status of a vehicle used to provide transportation network services as defined in Section 13-51-102, when approved by the department as permitted by Section 41-6a-1602.(9) Subsection (7) does not apply to off-highway vehicle operating on a public road designated for off-highway vehicle use.(10) A violation of this section is an infraction.Amended by Chapter 118, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 83, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session ,§ 103, eff. 5/12/2015.Amended by Chapter 270, 2015 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/12/2015.Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session