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Committee hears proposal to require headlights in inclement weather and visible taillights when rear cargo obstructs lights
Summary
State Representative Charlie Kendall told the House Transportation Committee on March 19 that a short-form bill (H.413) would require drivers to have headlights on during defined inclement weather and to ensure taillights remain visible when cargo or racks are attached behind a vehicle.
State Representative Charlie Kendall told the House Transportation Committee on March 19 that a short-form bill (H.413) would require drivers to have headlights on during defined inclement weather and to ensure taillights remain visible when cargo or racks are attached behind a vehicle.
The bill grew from a constituent who has worked as a snowplow driver for about 25 years and told Kendall he “almost rear-ended a car … because he just couldn't see the taillights” in poor weather. Kendall said the bill limits the inclement-weather requirement to conditions “due to rain, snow, fog, dust, [or] other particular matter” and that he worked with Legislative…
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