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§17C-15-1. Unsafe and Improperly Equipped Vehicles; Additional Parts and Accessories; Applicability of Article to Farm and Road Equipment - (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive...
§17C-15-2. When Lighted Lamps Are Required - Every vehicle other than a school bus, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle...
§17C-15-3. Visibility Distance and Mounted Height of Lamps - (a) Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the distance...
§17C-15-4. Head Lamps on Motor Vehicles - (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, motor- driven...
§17C-15-5. Tail Lamps - (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, and any other...
§17C-15-6. Penalty for Violations of the Provisions of This Article - (a) Unless otherwise provided for in this article and, except...
§17C-15-8. Application of §§ 17c-15-9 to 17c-15-13 - Those sections of this chapter which follow immediately, including sections...
§17C-15-9. Additional Lighting and Reflector Equipment Required on Certain Vehicles - In addition to other equipment required in this chapter the...
§17C-15-10. Color of Clearance Lamps, Side Marker Lamps and Reflectors - (a) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors...
§17C-15-11. Mounting of Reflectors, Clearance Lamps and Side Marker Lamps - (a) Reflectors when required by section nine of this article...
§17C-15-12. Visibility of Reflectors, Clearance Lamps and Marker Lamps - (a) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in section...
§17C-15-13. Obstructed Lights Not Required to Be Lighted - Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during...
§17C-15-14. Lamp or Flag on Projecting Load - Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear...
§17C-15-15. Lamps on Parked Vehicles - (a) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street...
§17C-15-16. Lamps on Animal-Drawn and Other Vehicles and Equipment - All vehicles including animal-drawn vehicles and including those referred to...
§17C-15-17. Spot Lamps and Other Auxiliary Lamps - For the purposes of this section, a lamp or lighting...
§17C-15-18. Signal Lamps and Signal Devices - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped and when required...
§17C-15-19. Additional Lighting Equipment - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...
§17C-15-20. Multiple-Beam Road-Lighting Equipment -- Requirements Generally - Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary...
§17C-15-21. Same -- Use Of; Dimming Lights Upon Approaching or Overtaking - (a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a...
§17C-15-22. Single-Beam Road-Lighting Equipment - Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light...
§17C-15-23. Lighting Equipment on Motorcycles, Motor-Driven Cycles and Mopeds - The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle, motor-...
§17C-15-24. Alternate Road-Lighting Equipment - Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified...
§17C-15-25. Number of Driving Lamps Required or Permitted - (a) At all times specified in section two of this...
§17C-15-26. Special Restrictions on Lamps - (a) Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor...
§17C-15-27. Standards for Lights on Snow Removal Equipment - (a) The state road commission shall adopt standards and specifications...
§17C-15-28. Selling and Using Unapproved Lamps or Equipment; Legibility of Name, etc., of Approved Equipment; Use of Improperly Mounted, etc., Equipment - (a) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer...
§17C-15-30. Revocation of Certificate of Approval on Lighting Devices - When the state road commissioner has reason to believe that...
§17C-15-31. Brakes -- Generally - (a) Brake equipment required. -- (1) Every motor vehicle, other...
§17C-15-32. Brakes on Motorcycles, Motor-Driven Cycles and Mopeds - (a) The commissioner is authorized to require an inspection of...
§17C-15-33. Horns and Warning Devices - (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall...
§17C-15-34. Mufflers; Prevention of Noise, Fumes and Smoke - (a) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped...
§17C-15-35. Mirrors - Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as...
§17C-15-36. Windshields Must Be Unobstructed and Equipped With Wipers - (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any...
§17C-15-36a. Sun-Screening Devices; Penalty - (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle that is...
§17C-15-37. Tire Equipment Restrictions; Rules and Regulations as to Certain Tires - (a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have...
§17C-15-39. Flares and Other Warning Devices to Be Carried in Certain Vehicles - (a) No person shall operate any motor truck, passenger bus,...
§17C-15-40. Display of Warning Devices When Vehicle Is Disabled - (a) Whenever any motor truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer,...
§17C-15-41. Vehicles Transporting Explosives - Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive as a...
§17C-15-42. Video Screens, Video Monitors and Television Receivers in View of Driver Prohibited; Exceptions - (a) No motor vehicle may be operated on a street...
§17C-15-43. Vehicles to Be Equipped With Safety Belts - No dealer in new or used automobiles shall sell, lease,...
§17C-15-44. Safety Equipment and Requirements for Motorcyclists, Motorcycles, Motor-Driven Cycles and Mopeds; Motorcycle Safety Standards and Education Committee - (a) No person may operate or be a passenger on...
§17C-15-45. Certification Labels on Mopeds - Every moped sold in this state shall have permanently affixed...
§17C-15-46. Child Passenger Safety Devices Required; Child Safety Seats and Booster Seats - Every driver who transports a child under the age of...
§17C-15-47. Commercial Towing Vehicles to Employ Safety Chains - Every vehicle used in any business in West Virginia for...
§17C-15-48. Alteration of Motor Vehicles; Bumper Height Limits; Other Modifications; Exceptions; Required Inspection; and Rules of Division of Public Safety - (a) No person may operate upon a public highway any...
§17C-15-49. Operation of Vehicles With Safety Belts; Exception; Penalty; Educational Program by West Virginia State Police - (a) A person may not operate a passenger vehicle on...
§17C-15-49a. Admissibility of Use or Nonuse of Safety Belts in Civil Actions - The admissibility of evidence of the failure of an occupant...
§17C-15-50. Air Bag Fraud; Counterfeit and Nonfunctional Air Bags Prohibited; Penalties; Applicability; Exceptions - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Air bag" means...