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316.435 Lighting equipment for motor-driven cycles.--The headlamp or headlamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every such headlamp or headlamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour; at a distance of not less than 200 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 25 or more miles per hour; and at a distance of not less than 300 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 35 or more miles per hour.
(2)
In the event the motor-driven
cycle is equipped with a
multiple-beam headlamp or
headlamps, such equipment shall
comply with the requirements of
s. 316.430(2). History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; ss. 1, 29, ch. 76-31; s. 228, ch. 99-248. Note.--Former s. 316.249. |
