Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-12-214
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Lamps on parked or stopped motor vehicles
Official statutory text
A. Whenever a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles is
parked or stopped, whether attended or unattended, upon a roadway or
shoulder adjacent thereto, and there is not sufficient light to
reveal the parked or stopped vehicle to the operator of another
vehicle within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet upon such
roadway or shoulder, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall display
the following:
1. At least two lamps displaying a white or amber light visible
from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the front of the
vehicle; and
2. At least two lamps displaying a red light visible at a
distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear of the vehicle.
B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to:
1. A vehicle parked or stopped on a street or highway with
designated on-street parking or with a speed limit of twenty-five
(25) miles per hour or less:
a. when the vehicle is positioned as close as practicable
to the outer edge of the roadway or of the shoulder,
if present, or
b. unless the street or highway is posted as a no-parking
area;
2. A vehicle which has lost the ability to display lamps and
the vehicle is parked or stopped off the roadway;
3. A vehicle which is disabled, unattended, and parked or
stopped off the roadway; or
4. An authorized emergency vehicle of a law enforcement agency,
when such vehicle is parked or stopped on the shoulder.
C. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked or stopped vehicle shall
be lower beams.
parked or stopped, whether attended or unattended, upon a roadway or
shoulder adjacent thereto, and there is not sufficient light to
reveal the parked or stopped vehicle to the operator of another
vehicle within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet upon such
roadway or shoulder, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall display
the following:
1. At least two lamps displaying a white or amber light visible
from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the front of the
vehicle; and
2. At least two lamps displaying a red light visible at a
distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear of the vehicle.
B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to:
1. A vehicle parked or stopped on a street or highway with
designated on-street parking or with a speed limit of twenty-five
(25) miles per hour or less:
a. when the vehicle is positioned as close as practicable
to the outer edge of the roadway or of the shoulder,
if present, or
b. unless the street or highway is posted as a no-parking
area;
2. A vehicle which has lost the ability to display lamps and
the vehicle is parked or stopped off the roadway;
3. A vehicle which is disabled, unattended, and parked or
stopped off the roadway; or
4. An authorized emergency vehicle of a law enforcement agency,
when such vehicle is parked or stopped on the shoulder.
C. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked or stopped vehicle shall
be lower beams.
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