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
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EQUIPMENT
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1303)
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§ 1303. Flares required
A person shall not operate a motor truck, except those registered at pleasure car
rates and those registered with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,001
pounds, with or without a trailer or semi-trailer attached, or a motor bus, upon a
highway outside the lighted area of a town or city, unless there shall be carried
in such vehicle, ready at all hours for instant use, three electric flares or three
reflector type flares of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. However,
if the vehicle is used in the transportation of hazardous material as defined in 5 V.S.A. § 2001(a)(1), three electric flares or three reflector type flares of a type specified in this
section shall be carried. (Amended 1981, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2001, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. June 21, 2002.)