(2) As federal regulations concerning vehicle lighting equipment are subsequently amended or repealed, the department may consider subsequent federal vehicle lighting equipment standards and adopt standards with respect to any vehicle lighting equipment applicable to the same aspect of performance of the vehicle lighting equipment if the department determines that the subsequent federal standards are practicable, provide an objective standard and meet the need for vehicle safety.
(3) When the department has reason to believe that any lighting equipment, as it is being sold commercially, does not comply with established standards, the department may have the device tested by a recognized testing laboratory to determine if the lighting equipment complies with the standards adopted under this section.
(4) Standards adopted under this section must be consistent with vehicle standards established under federal regulations or by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
(5) Standards adopted by the department under this section supersede any equipment provision of the vehicle code applicable to the same aspect of performance that conflicts with a specific provision of a standard adopted by the department under this section with respect to compliance with safety standards in effect at the time of sale.
(6) The department shall continue to adopt equipment standards as required under other sections of the vehicle code if there are no standards under this section.
(7) The department may at any time purchase in the open market and submit to the testing laboratory one or more sets of any lighting equipment, and if the lighting equipment, upon testing, fails to meet the standards adopted for lighting equipment under this section, the department shall enforce the penalties set forth in ORS 816.030 to 816.300.
(8) Prohibitions and penalties relating to the standards adopted under this section are set forth in ORS 816.030 to 816.300. [1983 c.338 §447; 2003 c.158 §17]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 816 - Vehicle Equipment: Lights
Section 816.030 - Selling noncomplying lighting equipment; penalty.
Section 816.040 - Lighting equipment standards; effect of rules.
Section 816.050 - Headlights; rules.
Section 816.060 - Auxiliary lights.
Section 816.070 - Passing lights.
Section 816.090 - Registration plate lights.
Section 816.100 - Brake lights.
Section 816.120 - Turn signals.
Section 816.130 - Parking lights.
Section 816.150 - High beam indicator.
Section 816.160 - Rear mounted lighting system.
Section 816.190 - Marker lights.
Section 816.200 - Clearance lights.
Section 816.210 - Identification lights.
Section 816.220 - Exempt-vehicle safety lighting equipment.
Section 816.240 - Hazard lights.
Section 816.250 - Police lights.
Section 816.260 - Bus safety lights.
Section 816.270 - Mail delivery lights.
Section 816.280 - Warning lights.
Section 816.285 - Fire department warning lights.
Section 816.290 - End load lights.
Section 816.300 - Operation with nonstandard lighting equipment; penalty.
Section 816.310 - Exemptions from lighting equipment requirements.
Section 816.320 - Lighting equipment required for motor vehicles.
Section 816.330 - Operation without required lighting equipment; penalty.
Section 816.340 - Exemptions from required equipment.
Section 816.350 - Prohibitions on number and kind of lights for certain vehicles.
Section 816.360 - Use of prohibited lighting equipment; penalty.
Section 816.370 - Exemptions from lighting equipment prohibitions.