SOUTH CAROLINA Headlights Law
1. projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than 3770 lumens must be so directed that the beam will not strike the level of the road at a distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
2. A person may not drive any vehicle on a highway with any lamp or device on it that displays a red or blue light visible from directly in front of its center. Blue lightsare generally prohibited.
3. A flashing light or rotating lights other than turn signals are generally prohibited. In addition to headlights and tail lights, vehicles in South Carolina are allowed to have additional lighting including at least two fog lights (see below).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 5 - UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS
Section 56-5-4830 - Special restrictions on lamps; degree of intensity; red, blue and flashing lights.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 56-5-4830 (2012)
Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps, which project a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-553; 1952 Code Section 46-553; 1949 (46) 466; 1957 (50) 112; 2003 Act No. 65, Section 2.
SECTION 56-5-4460. Time when motorcycle lights shall be turned on.
(1) Any person who operates a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle on public streets or highways shall, while so engaged, have the headlights of such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle turned on except for those vehicles exempted by Section 56-5-4470.
(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than ten days.
COLORS RESTRICTIONS
SECTION 56-5-4590. Color of clearance lamps, side-marker lamps, reflectors, stop lights and back-up lamps.
Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color. Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color. All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red, amber or yellow and except that the light illuminating the license plate or the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white.
A person shall not drive, move, or park any vehicle or equipment upon a highway with a lamp or device on it displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front of the center of it. This section shall not apply to a vehicle upon which a red or blue lightvisible from the front is expressly authorized or required by this chapter.
Flashing lights are prohibited except on an authorized emergency vehicle, school bus, snow-removal equipment, or on any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing.
OTHER RULES
HEADLIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM
§ minimum height: 24 inches
§ maximum height: 54 inches
§ minimum height: 20 inches
§ maximum height: 60 inches
§ minimum height: Height n/a
§ maximum height: Height n/a
§ minimum height: 12 inches
§ maximum height: 30 inches
§ minimum height: 24 inches
§ maximum height: 42 inches
§ minimum height: 16 inches
§ maximum height: 42 inches
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