2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
§47-12-214. Lamps on parked or stopped motor vehicles.

A. Whenever a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles is parked or stopped, whether attended or unattended, upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, and there is not sufficient light to reveal the parked or stopped vehicle to the operator of another vehicle within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet upon such roadway or shoulder, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall display the following:

1. At least two lamps displaying a white or amber light visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the front of the vehicle; and

2. At least two lamps displaying a red light visible at a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear of the vehicle.

B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to:

1. A vehicle parked or stopped on a street or highway with designated on-street parking or with a speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or less:

a.when the vehicle is positioned as close as practicable to the outer edge of the roadway or of the shoulder, if present, or

b.unless the street or highway is posted as a no-parking area;

2. A vehicle which has lost the ability to display lamps and the vehicle is parked or stopped off the roadway;

3. A vehicle which is disabled, unattended, and parked or stopped off the roadway; or

4. An authorized emergency vehicle of a law enforcement agency, when such vehicle is parked or stopped on the shoulder.

C. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked or stopped vehicle shall be lower beams.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 397, § 12-214. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 411, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.