2005 Idaho Code - 49-909 — ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 9
                              VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
    49-909.  ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES. In addition to
other equipment required in this chapter, the following vehicles shall be
equipped as follows:
    (1)  On every bus or truck, whatever its size, there shall be:
    (a)  On each side, one (1) reflector, at or near the rear; and
    (b)  On the rear, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at each side, and one (1)
    stoplight.
    (2)  On every bus or truck eighty (80) inches or more in over-all width
and less than thirty (30) feet in over-all length, in addition to the
requirements in subsection (1):
    (a)  On the front, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side; and
    (b)  On the rear, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side.
    (3)  On every bus or truck thirty (30) feet or more in over-all length,
regardless of its width, in addition to the requirements in subsection (1),
clearance lamps required in subsection (2), plus:
    (a)  On each side, two (2) side marker lamps, one (1) at or near the front
    and one (1) at or near the rear; and
    (b)  On each side, one (1) reflector at or near the front.
    (4)  On every truck tractor, the cab of which is as wide as or wider than
any vehicle being drawn:
    (a)  On the front, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side; and
    (b)  On each side, one (1) side marker lamp at or near the front.
    (5)  On every trailer or semitrailer having a gross weight in excess of
three thousand (3,000) pounds, if wider than the truck or the cab of the truck
tractor drawing it, the following:
    (a)  On the front, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side;
    (b)  On each side, two (2) side marker lamps, one (1) at or near the front
    and one (1) at or near the rear;
    (c)  On each side, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at or near the front and
    one (1) at or near the rear; and
    (d)  On the rear, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side, also two
    (2) reflectors, one (1) at each side, and one (1) stoplight.
    (6)  On every trailer or semitrailer having a gross weight in excess of
three thousand (3,000) pounds if of the same width or less than the truck or
the cab of the truck drawing it, the following:
    (a)  On each side, one (1) side marker lamp near the rear;
    (b)  On each side, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at or near the front and
    one (1) at or near the rear;
    (c)  On the rear, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side; and
    (d)  On the rear, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at each side and one (1)
    stoplight.
    (7)  On every pole trailer in excess of three thousand (3,000) pounds
gross weight:
    (a) On each side, one (1) side marker lamp and one (1) clearance lamp
    which may be in combination, to show the front, side and rear; and
    (b)  On the rear of the pole trailer or load, two (2) reflectors, one (1)
    at each side.
    (8)  On every trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer weighing three
thousand (3,000) pounds gross or less:
    (a)  On the rear, two (2) reflectors, one (1) on each side; and
    (b)  On the front, two (2) reflectors, one (1) on each side.
    (9)  If any trailer or semitrailer is so loaded or is of dimensions which
obscure the stoplight on the towing vehicle, then the drawn vehicle shall also
be equipped with one (1) stoplight.
    (10) Reflectors shall be mounted at a height no less than twenty-four (24)
inches and not higher than sixty (60) inches above the ground on which the
vehicle stands. If the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle
is less than twenty-four (24) inches, the reflector at that point shall be
mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit. Rear
reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or
load. Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated
with the tail lamp, but the reflector shall meet all the other reflector
requirements of this chapter.
    (11) Clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the
vehicle in a manner to indicate its extreme width and as near the top as
practicable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in
combination provided illumination is given as prescribed for both.
    (12) Lighting devices required shall be mounted, so far as practicable, in
a manner to reduce the hazard of their being obscured by mud or dust thrown by
the vehicle's wheels.
    (13) On every trailer where the connecting tongue is fifteen (15) feet or
more in length two (2) amber-colored reflectors shall be mounted on the
connecting tongue, one (1) on each side near the center of the connecting
tongue.