The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
014
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EQUIPMENT
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1246)
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§ 1246. Restrictions
An individual shall not operate a motor vehicle on the highway during the period stated
in section 1243 of this subchapter if the motor vehicle utilizes any lighting device
of over four candle power equipped with a reflector, unless the device, the lens used
within the device, and the candle power is approved by the Commissioner nor unless
the device shall produce a beam of reflected light that, when measured 75 feet or
more ahead of the lamps, shall not rise more than six inches above the height of the
bulb in the lamp and in no event more than 42 inches from the level surface on which
the vehicle stands under all conditions of load. When vehicles are approaching each
other from opposite directions, spotlights shall not be used except when projecting
their rays directly on the ground and at a distance not exceeding 30 feet in front
of the vehicle. (Amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 291, eff. July 1, 2024.)