49-952. CERTAIN VEHICLES TO CARRY FLARES OR OTHER WARNING DEVICES. (1) No person shall operate any truck, bus, or truck tractor upon any highway outside the corporate limits of municipalities at any time specified in section 49-903, Idaho Code, unless there shall be carried in the vehicle the following equipment, except as provided in subsection (2):
(a) At least three (3) flares, or three (3) red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors, each of which shall be capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of not less than six hundred (600) feet under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime.
(b) At least two (2) red-cloth flags, not less than twelve (12) inches square, with standards to support the flags.
(c) No flare, fusee, electric lantern or cloth warning flag shall be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this section unless the equipment is of a type which has been submitted to the board and approved by it. No portable reflector unit shall be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this section unless it is designed and constructed to include two (2) reflecting elements one above the other, each of which shall be capable of reflecting red light clearly visible from all distances within six hundred (600) feet to one hundred (100) feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps, and unless it is of a type which has been submitted to the board and approved by it.
(2) No person shall operate at the time and under conditions stated in subsection (1) any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives, any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of flammable liquids or compressed gases, or any motor vehicle using a compressed gas as a fuel unless there shall be carried in the vehicle three (3) red electric lanterns or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, and there shall not be carried in any compressed gas propelled vehicle any flares, fusees, or signal produced by flame.
History:
[49-952, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 266, p. 710.]
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.