Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4536 (2026)

 Bumpers.

✓ current as of May 2026
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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
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 v. The City of Philadelphia (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025).
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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