(a) When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required in this chapter, 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, subject to the following requirements and limitations.
(b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1,000 feet, such 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.
(c) When the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section 169.60.
Notes of Decisions
Sarber v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 819 N.W.2d 465 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 22× “solely on the flashing headlights, which he believed to be a violation of Minn. Stat. § 169.61 . This statute provides that “[w]hen the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1,000 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the…”
Guilford v. Frost, 269 F. Supp. 3d 816 (W.D. Mich. 2017).
“The court of appeals interpreted “glaring” in Minn. Stat. § 169.61 (b) to mean shining “intensely and blindingly.”
Holm v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 416 N.W.2d 473 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987).
· cites it 2× “A driver must dim his lights when approaching a vehicle and failure to do so is a violation of Minn.Stat. § 169.61 (1986). Such a violation is a misdemeanor.”
Rue v. Wendland, 33 N.W.2d 593 (Minn. 1948).
“53); and that any car within a distance of 1,000 feet will dim its headlights (§ 169.61). 2 Compliance with the statutory requirements mentioned may be indicative to other motorists, depending upon the circumstances, not only of the location of an automobile upon the highway,…”
Lee v. Lee, 80 N.W.2d 529 (Minn. 1957).
“The trial court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury that § 169.61 requires a driver to dim his headlights so that their rays are not projected into the eyes of an oncoming driver.”
State v. L. Gardner, 2022 MT 3 (Mont. 2022).
“700 (2021); Minn. Stat. § 169.61 (2021); Miss. Code Ann.”
Olson v. Olson, 55 N.W.2d 706 (Minn. 1952).
· cites it 3× “Section 169.61 provides in part as follows: “When the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1000 feet, such 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, * * Section…”
Michael John Frank v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf. (Minn. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 6× “The district court found that the officer believed appellant had violated Minn. Stat. § 169.61 (b) (2014) (prohibiting drivers from aiming glaring headlights into the eyes of oncoming drivers), so the officer made a U-turn from the shoulder to follow appellant’s vehicle and make…”
Borris v. Lewis, 73 N.W.2d 131 (Minn. 1955).
“14 as to speed; that he failed to meet the statutory requirements (§ 169.61) for dimming his lights; and also that he was not keeping a proper lookout for traffic.”
— Minn. Stat. § 169.61(b) — 1 case
Sarber v. Comm'r of Pub. Saf., 819 N.W.2d 465 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012).
“solely on the flashing headlights, which he believed to be a violation of Minn. Stat. § 169.61 . This statute provides that “[w]hen the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1,000 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the…”
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