Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 24
Lighting Equipment and Reflectors

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-24-35

§ 31-24-35. Lamps on animal-drawn, farm, and road vehicles.

All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles and including those referred to in § 31-23-3 not specifically required by this chapter to be equipped with lamps, shall at the times specified in § 31-24-1 be equipped with at least one lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500′) to the front of the vehicle and with a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500′) to the rear. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 34, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 31-24-35; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 121.