Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-12-203.2
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Use of distribution of light or composite beam
Official statutory text
lighting equipment.
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway, or
shoulder adjacent thereto, during the times specified in subsection
B of Section 12-201 of this title, the driver shall use a
distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and
of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe
distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations:
1. Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming
vehicle within one thousand (1,000) feet, such driver shall use a
distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring
rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The
lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in
paragraph 2 of subsection C of Section 12-203 of this title shall be
deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and
loading.
2. Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle
within six hundred (600) feet to the rear, such driver shall use a
distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the
uppermost distribution of light specified in paragraph 1 of
subsection C of Section 12-203 of this title.
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway, or
shoulder adjacent thereto, during the times specified in subsection
B of Section 12-201 of this title, the driver shall use a
distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and
of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe
distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations:
1. Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming
vehicle within one thousand (1,000) feet, such driver shall use a
distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring
rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The
lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in
paragraph 2 of subsection C of Section 12-203 of this title shall be
deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and
loading.
2. Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle
within six hundred (600) feet to the rear, such driver shall use a
distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the
uppermost distribution of light specified in paragraph 1 of
subsection C of Section 12-203 of this title.
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