Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-218 (2026)

Single-beam road-lighting equipment

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(1) Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to July 15, 1936, in lieu of multiple-beam road- lighting equipment specified in section 42-4-216 if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:

(a) The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall, at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes and in no case higher than forty-two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead.

(b) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet.

(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2253, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-216 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-218 was relocated to § 42-4-220.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Dempsey v. Denver Police Dep't, 353 P.3d 928 (Colo. Ct. App. 2015).

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Dempsey v. Denver Police Dep't, 353 P.3d 928 (Colo. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “, only when such vehicle is making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of section 42-4-218... (Emphasis added.) 123 Section 42-4-1101(2), in turn, sets the lawful speed limits for various types of roads.”

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