49-906. TAIL LAMPS. (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least one (1) tail lamp mounted on the rear, which when lighted as required, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear. In the case of a train of vehicles only the tail lamp on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. Every mentioned vehicle, other than a truck tractor, registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after December 31, 1955, shall be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted on the rear, which when lighted as required, shall comply with the provisions of this section.
(2) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than twenty (20) inches.
(3) Any tail lamp shall be wired so to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
(4) Nothing herein shall prohibit the display on any vehicle thirty (30) years or older of tail lamps containing a blue or purple insert lens not to exceed one (1) inch in diameter, provided the tail lamp or lamps otherwise comply with the requirements of this section.
History:
[49-906, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 231, p. 690; am. 1993, ch. 95, sec. 1, p. 244.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 49-901 - DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR OF IDAHO STATE POLICE.
Section 49-902 - SCOPE AND EFFECT.
Section 49-903 - WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE REQUIRED.
Section 49-904 - VISIBILITY DISTANCE AND MOUNTED HEIGHT OF LAMPS.
Section 49-905 - HEAD LAMPS ON MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section 49-907 - MOTOR VEHICLES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH REFLECTORS.
Section 49-908 - STOP LAMPS AND TURN SIGNALS REQUIRED ON MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section 49-909 - ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES.
Section 49-910 - COLOR OF CLEARANCE LAMPS, SIDE MARKER LAMPS, AND REFLECTORS.
Section 49-910A - COLOR OF LAMPS AND GLOBES LIMITED TO CERTAIN VEHICLE CLASSES.
Section 49-911 - VISIBILITY OF REFLECTORS, CLEARANCE LAMPS, AND MARKER LAMPS.
Section 49-912 - OBSTRUCTED LIGHTS NOT REQUIRED.
Section 49-913 - LAMP OR FLAG ON PROJECTING LOAD.
Section 49-914 - LAMPS ON PARKED VEHICLES.
Section 49-915 - SCHOOL BUSES — VISUAL SIGNAL.
Section 49-916 - LAMPS ON FARM TRACTORS, FARM EQUIPMENT AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY.
Section 49-917 - LAMPS ON OTHER VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-918 - SPOT LAMPS AND AUXILIARY LAMPS.
Section 49-919 - SIGNAL LAMPS AND SIGNAL DEVICES.
Section 49-920 - ADDITIONAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-921 - REAR MOUNTED ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LIGHTING SYSTEM.
Section 49-922 - MULTIPLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-923 - USE OF MULTIPLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-924 - SINGLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-925 - LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES.
Section 49-926 - ALTERNATE ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-927 - NUMBER OF DRIVING LAMPS REQUIRED OR PERMITTED.
Section 49-928 - SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON LAMPS.
Section 49-929 - LIGHTS ON SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-930 - SELLING OR USING LAMPS OR EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-934 - BRAKES ON MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES.
Section 49-937 - MUFFLERS, PREVENTION OF NOISE.
Section 49-943 - WINDSHIELDS TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED AND EQUIPPED WITH WIPERS.
Section 49-945 - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section 49-948 - RESTRICTIONS AS TO TIRE EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-949 - REQUIREMENT AS TO FENDER OR COVERS OVER ALL WHEELS ON MOTOR VEHICLES.
Section 49-952 - CERTAIN VEHICLES TO CARRY FLARES OR OTHER WARNING DEVICES.
Section 49-953 - DISPLAY OF WARNING DEVICES WHEN VEHICLE DISABLED.
Section 49-956 - HORNS AND WARNING DEVICES.
Section 49-959 - AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-962 - FOOTRESTS ON MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLES.
Section 49-965 - MODIFICATION OF VEHICLE TO REDUCE ROAD CLEARANCE BEYOND CERTAIN LIMITS UNLAWFUL.
Section 49-966 - MOTOR VEHICLE BUMPER HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
Section 49-967 - AIR BAGS AND AIR BAG SYSTEMS — DISCLOSURE IF INOPERABLE.