Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 24
Lighting Equipment and Reflectors

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-24-29

§ 31-24-29. Maximum intensity of lights.

Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, or flashing front direction signals which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candle power, shall be directed so that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet (75′) from the vehicle. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 34, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 31-24-29; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 121.