Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 256 - MOTOR VEHICLES

AN ACT TO AMEND 5666 SECTION 128 OF CHAPTER 165 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES BY PROVIDING FOR AMBER CLEARANCE LIGHTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 165 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out and repealing Paragraph (e) of 5666 Section 128 thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

(e) Every motor vehicle, other than any road-roller, road machinery or farm tractor, having a width at any part in excess of eighty (80) inches shall carry two clearance lamps on the left side of such vehicle, and two on the right side of such vehicle. One light on each side at front displaying an amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle and one light on each side located at the rear of the vehicle and displaying a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle provided that any combination of vehicle and semi-trailer having a length of over thirty-three (33) feet shall display a green light on each side of said semi-trailer at intervals of not over ten (10) feet.

Approved March 19, 1941.