§321. Multiple beam road lighting equipment
Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamps or the auxiliary passing lamp or combinations thereof on motor vehicles other than motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection between the distributions of light projected to different elevations, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(1) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 500 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.
(2) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 150 feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eye of an approaching driver.
(3) Every new motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, registered in this state after January 1, 1955, which has multiple beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. Said indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
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cases, 1964–2003 · leading case:
Shroyer v. Grush, 555 So. 2d 534 (La. Ct. App. 1989).
Shroyer v. Grush, 555 So. 2d 534 (La. Ct. App. 1989).
“LSA-R.S. 32:321. Additionally, the statutes require that a motorist operate his vehicle with his headlights "so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver," requiring that lights be "dimmed to avoid glare at all times.”
Brummerloh v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, 377 So. 2d 1301 (La. Ct. App. 1979).
“The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in R.S. 32:321, shall be dimmed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.”
Tillman v. Canal Ins. Co., 305 So. 2d 602 (La. Ct. App. 1975).
“This lack of illumination of the distance of 150 feet on low beam is in violation of LSA-R.S. 32:321. This statute requires headlights on high beam to illuminate the roadway for a distance of 500 feet ahead and 150 feet ahead on low beam.”
Christ v. State, Dep't of Highways, 161 So. 2d 322 (La. Ct. App. 1964).
“It was likewise to be expected that some of the oncoming traffic (such as the plaintiff) might have their headlights on low beam with a minimum visibility of 150 feet ahead permissible by law, LSA-R.S. 32:321 (2). Further, it was reasonably to be expected that on occasions there…”
Stelly v. Fid. & Cas. Co. of New York, 201 So. 2d 24 (La. Ct. App. 1967).
“A provides that whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway at night the driver must use headlights “of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at safe distance in advance of the vehicle.”
Morales v. Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Co., 246 So. 2d 52 (La. Ct. App. 1971).
“of the police photograph taken at the scene following the accident; complaining that the photograph misled the jury since the photograph certainly did not represent the lighting and distance visibility of an approaching motorist since it did not take into consideration the head…”
Jackson v. Scott Truck & Tractor, Inc., 736 So. 2d 987 (La. Ct. App. 1999).
“A driver is required to maintain reasonable control of the vehicle he is operating and to have lights that afford him visibility during the nighttime of persons and vehicles at least a distance of 500 feet ahead at high beam and of 150 feet ahead at low beam.”
Myles v. Turner, 632 So. 2d 384 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
“R.S. 32:321(2). She was looking for potholes in the road and should have seen a man lying or sitting there, and at her speed, avoided striking him.”
Novosyolova v. Stephens, 850 So. 2d 29 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
“R.S. 32:321 provides that low beam lights are to be used to reveal persons and vehicles at least 150 feet ahead and high beam lights are to be used to reveal persons and vehicles at least 500 feet ahead.”
Dubois v. Louviere, 462 So. 2d 1275 (La. Ct. App. 1985).
“R.S. 32:321 provides that motor vehicle head lamps must on the uppermost distribution of light reveal persons or vehicles at least 500 feet ahead and must on the lowermost distribution of light reveal persons or vehicles at least 150 feet ahead.”
Sanders v. Nat'l Sur. Corp., 230 So. 2d 847 (La. Ct. App. 1970).
“LSA-R.S. 32:321, requires automobiles to be equipped with head lamps that on high beam have an intensity to reveal objects within 500 feet, and on low beam 150 feet.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:321(2) — 2 cases
Stelly v. Fid. & Cas. Co. of New York, 201 So. 2d 24 (La. Ct. App. 1967).
“A provides that whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway at night the driver must use headlights “of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at safe distance in advance of the vehicle.”
Myles v. Turner, 632 So. 2d 384 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
“R.S. 32:321(2). She was looking for potholes in the road and should have seen a man lying or sitting there, and at her speed, avoided striking him.”
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