Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-12-227

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Special restriction on lamps

Official statutory text

A. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor

vehicle, other than headlamps, spot lamps, auxiliary driving lamps,

flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning lamps, authorized

emergency vehicle lamps, snow removal and construction and

maintenance vehicle warning lamps and school bus and church bus

warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity

greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so directed

that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike

the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance

of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle.

B. Except as provided in Sections 12-218, 12-218.1, 12-228, and

12-229 of this title, no person shall drive or move any vehicle or

equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon

displaying or capable of displaying a red or blue light visible from

directly in front of the center thereof.

C. Flashing lights are prohibited except on:

1. An authorized emergency vehicle, as provided in Section 12-

218 of this title;

2. A school bus or a church bus, as provided in Section 12-228

of this title;

3. Any snow-removal, construction and maintenance equipment, as

provided in Section 12-229 of this title;

4. A wrecker or tow vehicle while at the scene of an emergency

or loading or unloading a vehicle in close proximity to traffic as

needed for safety precautions or as a means of indicating the

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presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in

approaching, overtaking or passing, as provided in Section 12-218.1

of this title;

5. Any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn,

as provided in Sections 12-206.1 and 12-606 of this title;

6. Any vehicle as a means of indicating the presence of a

vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,

overtaking or passing, as provided in Section 12-220 of this title;

7. Any vehicle displaying side marker lamps which flash in

conjunction with turn signal lamps or vehicle hazard warning lamps,

as provided in Section 12-220 of this title;

8. A farm tractor or an implement of husbandry, as provided in

Section 12-215 of this title;

9. Any vehicle used while performing official duties as a rural

or contract route mail carrier of the United States Postal Service,

as provided in Section 12-218.2 of this title;

10. Any vehicle being used in the collection of refuse, solid

waste or recyclables displaying side marker lamps which flash in

conjunction with turn signal lamps or vehicle hazard warning lamps

indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring

unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing, as provided in

Section 12-220 of this title; or

11. Any road-service vehicle, as provided in Section 2 of this

act.

D. Blue lights are prohibited except as allowed in Sections 12-

218, 12-218.1, and 12-229 of this title.

E. Any person violating the provisions of subsection B, C or D

of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6)

months, or by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00),

or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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