MAINE Headlights Law

MAINE

1.    An electric bulb or other lighting device of a greater capacity than 32 candlepower may not be used, except for the standard equipment sealed beam unit.

2.    Headlights must emit only white light. The color of an auxiliary light must be as follows: white or amber if on the front, amber if on the side, and amber or red if on the rear of the vehicle. A vehicle 7 feet or more in width must have a green or amber lightattached to the extreme left of the front, or two such lights of the vehicle are over 8 feet wide; and at least one red light. A vehicle may not be equipped with a blue light, though blue interior auxiliary lighting and dash lighting may be used on any vehicle.

3.    A motor vehicle can be equipped with 2 fog lights emitting amber or white lightthat must be mounted below the headlights.

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Maine Revised Statutes

Title 29 – A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chapter 17: Equipment

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

§1904. Headlights

1. General rules; headlights.

A person may not operate a motor vehicle that does not meet the following requirements concerning headlights.

A. A motor vehicle must be equipped with headlights.

B. Headlights must be of sufficient power and so adjusted and operated as to enable the operator to proceed with safety under all ordinary conditions of highway and weather.

2. Location of headlights.

On a motor vehicle, a headlight must be located at a height, measured from the center of the headlight, of not more than 54 inches nor less than 22 inches above the level surface on which the vehicle stands. Headlights on snow plows may be at a height greater than 54 inches.

4. Number of headlights.

The following rules apply regarding the mounting of headlights.

A. A motor vehicle must have mounted on the front at least 2 headlights, one on each side.

B. A motorcycle must have one mounted headlight

C. A headlight capable of furnishing more than 4 candlepower, if equipped with a reflector, may not be used unless the headlight is designed, equipped or mounted so that no portion of the beam of light, when projected 75 feet or more ahead, rises above a plane of 42 inches higher than and parallel with the level surface on which the vehiclestands.

COLORS RESTRICTIONS

§1904. Headlights

3. White light.

Headlights must be equipped with lenses or reflectors that emit only white light.

§1906. Clearance lights

1. Requirements for vehicle 7 feet or more in width. A vehicle 7 feet or more in width must have a green or amber light attached to the extreme left of the front, adjusted to indicate the extreme left lateral extension of the vehicle or load and at least one red lighton the extreme left lateral extension of the vehicle or load on the rear.

2. Requirements for closed body vehicle 8 feet or more in height. A vehicle with a closed body 8 feet or more in height must display 2 green or amber lights attached to the extreme left of the front of its body, one at the top and the other at the bottom. Thevehicle must also display at least one red light on the extreme upper left lateral extension of its body.

D. Except as provided in this paragraph, a vehicle may not be equipped with or display a blue light.

1) Emergency lights used on the following vehicles must emit a blue light or a combination of blue and white light: a police vehicle; a Department of Correctionsvehicle as described in subsection 1, paragraph B, subparagraph (6); a vehicle operated by a chief of police, a sheriff or a deputy sheriff; and a vehicle operated by a qualified deputy sheriff or other qualified individual performing court security-related functions and services.

4) Blue interior auxiliary lighting or dash lighting may be used on any vehicle if no portion of the beam of light is visible at a height of 42 inches above a surface parallel with the level surface on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 20 feet from any part of the vehicle

EQUIPMENT RESTRICTED

§1909-A. Fog lights

A motor vehicle may be equipped with 2 fog lights upon the front of the motorvehicle that emit amber or white light as long as the rays from the lights do not shine more than 2 feet above the road at a distance of 30 feet. A fog light mounted higher than the center of the main headlights may not be illuminated while a motor vehicle is being operated on a public way.

6. Motorcycle.

A motorcycle that does not have an adequate beam for headlights is restricted to daytime operation.

OTHER RULES

HEADLIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM

§    minimum height: 24 inches

§    maximum height: 54 inches

TAIL LIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM

§    minimum height: n/a

§    maximum height: n/a

FOG LIGHTS: 2 MAXIMUM

§    minimum height: 12 inches

§    maximum height: 30 inches

AUXILIARY PASSING LIGHTS 2 MAXIMUM

§    minimum height: n/a

§    maximum height: below headlights

AUXILIARY DRIVING LIGHTS: 2 MAXIMUM

§    minimum height: n/a

§    maximum height: n/a

LINKS

Maine Revised Statutes – 1

Maine Revised Statutes – 2

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