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§ 4536. Bumpers.
No person shall operate any vehicle upon a highway without bumpers of a type specified
by regulations of the department in both the front and rear unless the vehicle was
originally designed and manufactured to be used without bumpers. This section shall
not apply to any special mobile equipment, commercial implement of husbandry or implement
of husbandry that is not so equipped by the original manufacturer. The driver of a
commercial implement of husbandry equipped with vehicular hazard signal lamps shall
use the signals when the vehicle is traveling below the speed limit on any highway
if the vehicle is not equipped with a rear bumper.
(June 23, 1982, P.L.605, No.171, eff. imd.; Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1411, No.174, eff.
60 days; May 20, 1993, P.L.30, No.10, eff. 60 days)
Notes of Decisions
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 v. The City of Philadelphia (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025).
· cites it 2× “[9] (f) [] 75 Pa.C.S. § 4536, Bumpers.[10] (2) Any time when the operator cannot discern a person or vehicle upon the highway from a distance of 1,000 feet due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, including rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog, smoke or smog.”
Commonwealth v. Silfies, 31 Pa. D. & C.4th 318 (1996).
“Section 4536 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. §4536 provides: *326 “No person shall operate any vehicle upon a highway without bumpers of a type specified by regulations of the department in both front and rear unless the vehicle was originally designed and manufactured to be…”
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