Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 49-923 (2026)
Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
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Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
(1) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway during the times specified in section 49-903, Idaho Code, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle.
(2) Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred (500) feet, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.
(3) Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within two hundred (200) feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, the driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section 49-922, Idaho Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2022 · leading case: State v. Kimball, 111 P.3d 625 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005).
State v. Kimball, 111 P.3d 625 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). “In its written order granting the suppression motion, the magistrate court further articulated the reason for its decision: The court interprets Idaho Code § 49-923 to mean that when a driver of a motor vehicle has his lights on low beam, he is not in violation of Idaho Code §…”
State v. L. Gardner, 2022 MT 3 (Mont. 2022). “§ 40-8-31 (2021); Idaho Code Ann. § 49-923 (2021); Ind. Code § 9-21-7-5 (2021); Iowa Code § 321.”
Watkins v. Idaho Transp. Dep't (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “§ 49-920(3) (vehicles “may be equipped with not more than two (2) back-up lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any back-up lamp shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion”); and I.C. § 49-923(2) (“Whenever a driver of a vehicle…”
— Idaho Code § 49-923(2) — 2 cases
State v. Kimball, 111 P.3d 625 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). “In its written order granting the suppression motion, the magistrate court further articulated the reason for its decision: The court interprets Idaho Code § 49-923 to mean that when a driver of a motor vehicle has his lights on low beam, he is not in violation of Idaho Code §…”
Watkins v. Idaho Transp. Dep't (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “§ 49-920(3) (vehicles “may be equipped with not more than two (2) back-up lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any back-up lamp shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion”); and I.C. § 49-923(2) (“Whenever a driver of a vehicle…”
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