GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	3
HOUSE BILL 314
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/24/01
Third Edition Engrossed 4/25/01

Short Title:	Low Beams Only/Approaching Oncoming Traffic.	()	
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Referred to:	     	
February 28, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A VEHICLE APPROACHES ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AT NIGHT, ONLY LOW-BEAM HEADLAMPS AND NO MORE THAN TWO OTHER FACTORY-INSTALLED AUXILIARY LAMPS MAY BE ILLUMINATED. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑131(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Whenever a motor vehicle meets another vehicle on any highway all of the following shall apply:
(1)	It shall be permissible to tilt the beams of the headlamps downward or to substitute for the low-beam headlamps the light from a pair of auxiliary driving lamps subject to the requirement that the tilted headlamps or auxiliary lamps shall give sufficient illumination under normal atmospheric conditions and on a level road to render clearly discernible a person 75 feet ahead.
(2)	No glaring or dazzling light shall be projected to persons in front of the vehicle.
(3)	At all times, as required in G.S. 20-129, at least two lights shall be displayed on the front of and on opposite sides of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, road roller, road machinery, or farm tractor.
(3.1)	No lights above the headlamps, except factory-installed lights, may be illuminated while operating a motor vehicle on a public street or highway.  This subdivision shall not apply to emergency vehicles while operated in the performance of their duties or to other vehicles when performing emergency services during declared emergencies.
(4)	When beams are tilted or lowered, or when low-beam headlamps are used pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, no more than two other factory-installed lights shall be illuminated to the front of the vehicle. All lights installed after original purchase of the vehicle that are aimed forward shall be extinguished so as to minimize the glaring or dazzling white light projected at the oncoming driver."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001.