327F.14 - LIGHTS ON TRACK POWER CARS. - Iowa Statutes

327F.14 LIGHTS ON TRACK POWER CARS. Any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a track power car in this state shall insure that such track power car is equipped with an electric headlight that will enable the operator to see an unlighted obstruction on the track at a distance of three hundred feet in clear weather. A track power car shall also be equipped with two rear electric red lights of such construction to be plainly visible during hours of darkness on a clear night at a distance of three hundred feet. Such lights shall be in operation when the track power car is being operated. These lighting requirements shall not be construed to penalize any person, firm or corporation if it can be shown that such lighting equipment was present in good and sufficient working order at the beginning of a trip and became disabled during the trip. A violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a schedule "one" penalty.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 2083-g, -h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7967, 7969, 7970; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 477.22, 477.24, 477.25; C77, § 327F.14, 327F.16, 327F.17; C79, 81, § 327F.14] See § 327C.5