When a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required, it shall be equipped with one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that local authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights need be displayed upon a vehicle when stopped or parked in accordance with local parking regulations upon a highway where there is sufficient light to clearly reveal any person or object within a distance of 500 feet upon the highway. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
Minn. Stat. § 169.53
LIGHTS FOR PARKED VEHICLES.
Known as the Highway Traffic Regulation Act
The act spans §§ 169.011 to 169.999 (199 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Hanson (1993)
Most recently applied in State v. Hanson (June 1993)
(2720-239) 1937 c 464 s 89; 1947 c 428 s 26; 1959 c 96 s 1
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.