Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
TRANSPORTATION CODE |
Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Subtitle C. RULES OF THE ROAD |
Chapter 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT |
Subchapter E. GENERAL LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES |
Sec. 547.334. SINGLE-BEAM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PERMITTED
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(a) In lieu of the multiple-beam lighting equipment required by Section 547.333, a headlamp system that provides a single distribution of light and meets the requirements of Subsection (b) is permitted for:
(1) a farm tractor; or
(2) a motor vehicle manufactured and sold before September 4, 1948.
(b) The headlamp system specified by Subsection (a) shall:
(1) emit a light sufficient to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of at least 200 feet; and
(2) be aimed so that no part of the high-intensity portion of the lamp projects a beam:
(A) higher than five inches below the level of the center of the lamp at a distance of 25 feet ahead; or
(B) higher than 42 inches above the ground at a distance of 75 feet ahead.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.