Time when lights must be on
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Cheatham v. Chabal (1946)
Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Blake (February 2018)
Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Headlamps, when required on a vehicle, shall be illuminated:
(a) During the period from one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise; and (b) At such other times as atmospheric conditions render visibility as low as or lower than is ordinarily the case during that period.
(2) Provisions as to distances that lights must be visible refer to visibility under ordinary atmospheric conditions.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.