2005 Minnesota Statutes - 169.61 — Composite beam.

     169.61 Composite beam.  


    (a) When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or 
 shoulder adjacent thereto during the times when lighted lamps on 
 vehicles are required in this chapter, the driver shall use a 
 distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough 
 and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a 
 safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the 
 following requirements and limitations.  


    (b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle 
 within 1,000 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of 
 light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not 
 projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver.  


    (c) When the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle 
 within 200 feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of 
 overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of 
 light permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost 
 distribution of light specified in section 169.60.  


    HIST: (2720-247) 1937 c 464 s 97; 1945 c 207 s 5; 1953 c 330 s 
 1; 1955 c 52 s 1