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S1084.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
VEHICLE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - Amends existing law relating to vehicle
lighting equipment to require reflectors on the front of certain trailers,
semitrailers and pole trailers.
02/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/25 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai,
Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Broadsword
Floor Sponsor - Corder
Title apvd - to House
02/28 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart(Jacobson), Harwood,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher,
Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Moyle, Nielsen,
Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley,
Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood,
Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Mitchell, Smith(24)
Floor Sponsor - Wills
Title apvd - to Senate
03/16 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/18 Sp signed
03/21 To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 126
Effective: 07/01/05
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1084
BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO VEHICLE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT; AMENDING SECTION 49-909, IDAHO CODE,
3 TO REQUIRE REFLECTORS ON THE FRONT OF CERTAIN TRAILERS, SEMITRAILERS AND
4 POLE TRAILERS.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 49-909, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 49-909. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES. In addition to
9 other equipment required in this chapter, the following vehicles shall be
10 equipped as follows:
11 (1) On every bus or truck, whatever its size, there shall be:
12 (a) On each side, one (1) reflector, at or near the rear; and
13 (b) On the rear, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at each side, and one (1)
14 stoplight.
15 (2) On every bus or truck eighty (80) inches or more in over-all width
16 and less than thirty (30) feet in over-all length, in addition to the require-
17 ments in subsection (1):
18 (a) On the front, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side; and
19 (b) On the rear, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side.
20 (3) On every bus or truck thirty (30) feet or more in over-all length,
21 regardless of its width, in addition to the requirements in subsection (1),
22 clearance lamps required in subsection (2), plus:
23 (a) On each side, two (2) side marker lamps, one (1) at or near the front
24 and one (1) at or near the rear; and
25 (b) On each side, one (1) reflector at or near the front.
26 (4) On every truck tractor, the cab of which is as wide as or wider than
27 any vehicle being drawn:
28 (a) On the front, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side; and
29 (b) On each side, one (1) side marker lamp at or near the front.
30 (5) On every trailer or semitrailer having a gross weight in excess of
31 three thousand (3,000) pounds, if wider than the truck or the cab of the truck
32 tractor drawing it, the following:
33 (a) On the front, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side;
34 (b) On each side, two (2) side marker lamps, one (1) at or near the front
35 and one (1) at or near the rear;
36 (c) On each side, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at or near the front and
37 one (1) at or near the rear; and
38 (d) On the rear, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side, also two
39 (2) reflectors, one (1) at each side, and one (1) stoplight.
40 (6) On every trailer or semitrailer having a gross weight in excess of
41 three thousand (3,000) pounds if of the same width or less than the truck or
42 the cab of the truck drawing it, the following:
43 (a) On each side, one (1) side marker lamp near the rear;
2
1 (b) On each side, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at or near the front and
2 one (1) at or near the rear;
3 (c) On the rear, two (2) clearance lamps, one (1) at each side; and
4 (d) On the rear, two (2) reflectors, one (1) at each side and one (1)
5 stoplight.
6 (7) On every pole trailer in excess of three thousand (3,000) pounds
7 gross weight:
8 (a) On each side, one (1) side marker lamp and one (1) clearance lamp
9 which may be in combination, to show the front, side and rear; and
10 (b) On the rear of the pole trailer or load, two (2) reflectors, one (1)
11 at each side.
12 (8) On every trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer weighing three thou-
13 sand (3,000) pounds gross or less:
14 (a) Oon the rear, two (2) reflectors, one (1) on each side; and
15 (b) On the front, two (2) reflectors, one (1) on each side.
16 (9) If any trailer or semitrailer is so loaded or is of dimensions which
17 obscure the stoplight on the towing vehicle, then the drawn vehicle shall also
18 be equipped with one (1) stoplight.
19 (10) Reflectors shall be mounted at a height no less than twenty-four (24)
20 inches and not higher than sixty (60) inches above the ground on which the
21 vehicle stands. If the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle
22 is less than twenty-four (24) inches, the reflector at that point shall be
23 mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit. Rear
24 reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or
25 load. Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated
26 with the tail lamp, but the reflector shall meet all the other reflector
27 requirements of this chapter.
28 (11) Clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the
29 vehicle in a manner to indicate its extreme width and as near the top as prac-
30 ticable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination
31 provided illumination is given as prescribed for both.
32 (12) Lighting devices required shall be mounted, so far as practicable, in
33 a manner to reduce the hazard of their being obscured by mud or dust thrown by
34 the vehicle's wheels.
35 (13) On every trailer where the connecting tongue is fifteen (15) feet or
36 more in length two (2) amber-colored reflectors shall be mounted on the con-
37 necting tongue, one (1) on each side near the center of the connecting tongue.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14715
It is the purpose of this act to provide for the placement of
reflective devices on the front of trailers for easy
identification by oncoming vehicles. Current statute does not
address the reflective markings on the front of trailers under
3000 pounds GVW. Trailers, such as snowmobile trailers, are often
pulled during conditions with less than optimum visibility.
Without reflective markings on the front of the vehicles the
opportunity for collision with oncoming traffic is unnecessarily
great. This amendment will provide consistency throughout the act
for all classes of trailers.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact to the state. Fiscal impact to the
citizenry is minimal for the placement of reflectors on the front
of trailers.
Contact:
Name: Senator Tim Corder
Phone: (208) 332-1342
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1084