Sec. 18-125. When lights to be lighted; number of lights to
be lighted at any time; use of warning lights.[264]
(a) Every vehicle upon a street within this city shall display
lighted lamps and illuminating devices as required by
this article from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before
sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient
light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons or vehicles
on the streets are not clearly discernible at a distance
of five hundred feet.
(b) Not more than four lamps used to provide general
illumination ahead of the vehicle, including at least two head
lamps and any other combination of fog lamps, passing lamps,
driving lamp or other auxiliary lamp approved by the superintendent
shall be lighted at any time; provided, that this
limitation shall not preclude the display of such warning
lights as may be authorized in section 18-124, nor such lights
as may be authorized by the superintendent for purposes of
identification, other than warning lights.
(c) Vehicles equipped with warning lights authorized in
section 18-124 shall display such lights at all times when engaged
in emergency calls, and if engaged in towing disabled
vehicles or in constructing, repairing and maintaining public
highways or utilities on or along public highways, such lights
shall be displayed during the periods prescribed in subsection
(a) of this section. (Code 1959, § 18-125; 6-21-65, § 19.)
