Sec. 14-96a. Lighted lamps and illuminating devices required, when.
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(a)Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display such lighted lamps and illuminating devices as may be required under the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa , inclusive,
(1)at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise,
(2)at any time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, and
(3)at any time during periods of precipitation, including, but not limited to, periods of snow, rain or fog.
(b)Whenever in said sections any requirement is declared as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, such requirement shall apply during the times stated in subsection
(a)of this section in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.
(c)Whenever in said sections any requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lamps or devices, such requirement shall mean the height measured from the center of such lamps or devices to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.
(d)Failure to provide lighted lamps and illuminating devices at such time as required by this section shall be an infraction.