39:3-61.3 - Stop lamps; construction, placement and use - New Jersey Statutes

39:3-61.3.  Stop lamps;  construction, placement and use
    Every stop lamp shall be so constructed, placed and used as to indicate by a  substantial increase in illumination that the service brakes of the vehicle have been applied, except as otherwise provided in this section. Stop lamps are not required to be lighted when the emergency feature of trailer brakes is activated by means of either manual or automatic control on the towing vehicle.   Stop lamps on a towing vehicle need not be lighted when service brakes are  applied to the towed vehicle or vehicles only.  No stop lamp need be lighted as  such when it is in use as a turn signal or when it is turned off by the turn  signal switch as provided in paragraph (b) of section 8 of this act.

     L.1964, c. 136, s. 9.