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(a) During the time specified in Section 10.01.144 any lighted lamps or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps which project a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet (75') from the vehicle.

(b) Except as required or permitted in Sections 10.01.160, 10.01.169.1 and 10.01.170, no person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device capable of displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof, nor shall any vehicle or equipment upon any highway have any lamp or device displaying any color of light visible from directly in front of the center thereof except white or amber or any shade of color between white and amber.

(c) Flashing lights are prohibited except as authorized or required in Sections 10.01.160, 10.01.161, 10.01.163(e), 10.01.170, 10.01.171 and 10.01.172.

(d) The flashing lights described in Sections 10.01.160, 10.01.170 and 10.01.171 shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, church bus or day program bus as defined in Section 10.01.171, or an authorized emergency vehicle.

(e) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red, amber or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber. (Ord. 19-61 § 14, 2019; Ord. 05-59 § 4, 2005; Ord. 01-89 § 2, 2001.)