WEST VIRGINIA Headlights Law
1. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device on a vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, auxiliary lamps flashing front direction signals which projects a beam of an intensity greater than 3770 lumens shall 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. No person shall drive any vehicle on any highway with any lamp displaying any color of light visible from directly in front of the center except white or amber. Red and blue flashing lights are not permitted on passenger vehicles. Red flashing warning lights attached to the Class A vehicles shall be operated only when responding to and engaged in handling an emergency.
3. Any vehicle as a means for indicating right or left turn, or any vehicle as a means for indicating the same is disabled or otherwise stopped for an emergency may have a blinking or flashing lights. Hazard lights may be used by vehicles in emergency situations. An operator of a motorcycle may use the following auxiliary lighting: amber and white illumination, standard bulb running lights, or light-emitting diode pods and strips. Roof mounted off-road lights are allowed as long as the lights are covered while the vehicle is driven on the street.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(b) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying other than a white or amber light visible from directly in front of the center thereof except as authorized by subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Except as authorized in subsections (d) and (f) of this section and authorized in section nineteen of this article, flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles: Provided, That any vehicle as a means for indicating right or left turn, or any vehicle as a means of indicating the same is disabled or otherwise stopped for an emergency may have blinking or flashing lights.
COLORS RESTRICTIONS
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following colors of flashing warning lights are restricted for the use of the type of vehicle designated:
(1) Blue flashing warning lights are restricted to police vehicles. Authorization for police vehicles shall be designated by the chief administrative official of each police department.
(2) Except for standard vehicle equipment authorized by section nineteen of this article, red flashing warning lights are restricted to ambulances; firefighting vehicles; hazardous material response vehicles; industrial fire brigade vehicles; school buses; West Virginia Department of Agriculture emergency response vehicles; Class A vehicles, as defined by section one, article ten, chapter seventeen-a of this code, of those firefighters who are authorized by their fire chiefs to have the lights; Class A vehicles of members of ambulance services or duly chartered rescue squads who are authorized by their respective chiefs to have the lights; and Class A vehicles of out-of-state residents who are active members of West Virginia fire departments, ambulance services or duly chartered rescue squads who are authorized by their respective chiefs to have the lights. Red flashing warning lights attached to the Class A vehicles shall be operated only when responding to or engaged in handling an emergency requiring the attention of the firefighters, members of the ambulance services, or chartered rescue squads.
EQUIPMENT RESTRICTED
(b) No person may drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device on the vehicle displaying other than a white or amber light visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle except as authorized by subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Except as authorized in subsections (d) and (g) of this section and authorized in section nineteen of this article, flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles: Provided, That any vehicle as a means for indicating right or left turn or any vehicle as a means of indicating the same is disabled or otherwise stopped for an emergency may have blinking or flashing lights.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following colors of flashing warning lights are restricted for the use of the type of vehicle designated:
(1) Blue flashing warning lights are restricted to police vehicles. Authorization for police vehicles shall be designated by the chief administrative official of each police department.
OTHER RULES
HEADLIGHTS: 2 MINIMUM
§ minimum height: 22 inches
§ maximum height: 44 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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