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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 617
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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