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27-36-206. Lamps on parked vehicles.
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27-36-206. Lamps on parked vehicles.
(a) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in § 27-36-204, the vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the rear.
(b) Local authorities may provide by ordinance or resolution that no lights need be displayed upon any vehicle when stopped or parked in accordance with local parking regulations upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet (500') upon the highway.
(c) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-36-206
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27-36-206. Lamps on parked vehicles.
(a) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in § 27-36-204, the vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible a distance of five hundred feet (500') to the rear.
(b) Local authorities may provide by ordinance or resolution that no lights need be displayed upon any vehicle when stopped or parked in accordance with local parking regulations upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet (500') upon the highway.
(c) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-36-204. When lighted lamps required.
(a)(1) Every vehicle, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, upon a highway within this state at any time from one-half (½) hour after sunset to one-half (½) hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet (500') ahead shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as respectively required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as stated.
(2)(A) Every vehicle, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, upon a street or highway within this state shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices, as respectively required for different classes of vehicles, during any period in which the vehicle's windshield wipers are being used for clearing or cleaning rain, snow, or other precipitation from the windshield because of inclement weather.
(B)(i) No vehicle or the operator of the vehicle shall be stopped, inspected, or detained solely for violations of the requirements of subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(ii) When any vehicle operator is stopped by a law enforcement officer and the law enforcement officer notes that the provisions of subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section have not been violated, any fine levied against the vehicle operator as a result of being stopped shall be reduced by five dollars ($5.00) as an incentive to comply with the provisions of subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(C) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and, if a person is convicted, pleads guilty, pleads nolo contendere, or forfeits bon
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-36-204
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-36-204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.