| Procedures: | Reject Vehicle If: |
| (1) Visual Check of Lamp Function. Turn on the night driving lights and visually check the following: (Check (a) and (b) with ignition switch on, engine should not be running.) | (a) Any required or permitted bulb or sealed beam unit fails to light. |
| (a) Actuate turn signal level to right and left, and observe function of turn signal lights. (62 or newer model vehicles must be so equipped). | (b) Turn signals do not properly indicate right or left when so switched. |
| (b) Place vehicle in all forward gears and check back-up lamps (if vehicle is so equipped). Back-up lamps are required to function when vehicle is in reverse but may not function when vehicle is in any forward gear. | (c) Turn signals do not stay in position and self-cancel if so equipped (if, because of age of the vehicle, parts are not available, this defect may be certified). |
| (c) If vehicle is so equipped, actuate the following and observe lamps: | (d) Back-up light system functions when the vehicle is in any forward gear, or back-up light system fails to function when vehicle is in reverse. |
| (i) Hazard warning lamps (68 or newer model vehicles shall be so equipped). (ii) Brake system warning lamps. (iii) Indicator lamps for: hazard warning flashers, turn signals, high beam headlamps and school vehicle flashing warning lamps. | (e) Any lamp shows color contrary to law (red or blue to the front, white light to the rear) except license plate lamp and back-up lamp when vehicle is in reverse gear; (tail lamp shall be red; stop lamps red or amber; turn signals white or amber to the front and red or amber to the rear; and head lamps white). |
| (iv) Stop lamps (68 or newer model vehicles shall have two red or amber-67 or older model vehicles shall have at least one red or amber). Passenger vehicles manufactured on or after September 1, 1985, shall also have a red high mounted stop lamp mounted with its center on the vertical centerline of the vehicle as the vehicle is viewed from the rear. The lamp may be mounted at any position on the centerline, including the glazing. If the lamp is mounted inside the vehicle, means shall be provided to minimize reflections from the light of the lamp upon the rear window glazing that might be visible to the driver when viewed directly, or indirectly, in the rearview mirror. If the lamp is mounted below the rear window, no portion of the lens may be lower than 6 inches below the rear window on convertibles or 3 inches on other passenger vehicles. High mounted stop lamps on vehicles manufactured on or after September 1, 1985, but before September 1, 1986, may flash when the hazard warning system is activated. | (f) Any lamp fails to light proper filament when switched. (g) Any required lamp, lens, or reflector is obscured by any object or shield by a nontransparent material, or any headlamp equipped with aftermarket clear, tinted, or screen-typed cover. (h) Any lamp or reflector is not mounted to properly direct or reflect light. (i) Any lamp assembly or reflector is loose or improperly mounted. (j) Any tail lamp has a cracked or broken lens which emits a white light to the rear or any headlamp (sealed beam) contains a crack or hole, even if still functioning. (k) Any lamp, lens or reflector is not approved type. (l) Equipped with any unauthorized emergency or warning lamp. (m) Headlamp output is less then 5,000 candlepower on high beam or less then 3,500 candlepower on low beam. |
| (v) Headlamps-upper and lower beam. | (n) Indicator lamps (if equipped) fail to function. |
| (2) Observe function of: | (o) Dash lamps do not illuminate fuel gauge, oil pressure gauge, alternator gauge, temperature gauge, speedometer, and odometer. |
| (a) Tail lamps (red; two on 72 or newer models; all others one). |
| (b) Parking lamps (white or amber to the front, red to the rear). |
| (c) Side marker lamps (68 models: amber front, red rear. 69 models: amber reflector front, red reflector rear. 70 and newer models: amber lamp and reflector front; red lamp and reflector rear). |
| (d) Reflectors: 72 or newer models shall be equipped with at least two red reflectors on the rear. All other models shall have one. Reflectors may be part of the tail lamps or separate. |
| (e) Clearance lamps: when required or permitted two amber front and two red rear to indicate overall width of the vehicle. One on each side of the vertical centerline of the vehicle at the same height and as near the top of the vehicle as possible. If the vehicle is equipped with three red identification lamps on the rear, the rear clearance lamps may be mounted at the top or bottom of the vehicle. |
| (f) Permitted-type II school vehicles. Required-trucks and buses 80 inches or more in overall width. |
| (g) Identification lamps. When required or permitted three amber front and three red rear grouped in a horizontal row with lamp centers spaced not less than 6 inches or more than 12 inches apart and mounted on a permanent structure of the vehicle as close as possible to the vertical centerline of the vehicle. Permitted-type II school vehicles. Required-front-all 72 or newer models. Trucks or buses 80 inches or more in overall width.Rear-all trucks and buses 80 inches or more in overall width. |
| (h) License plate lamp(s)-White. |
| (i) Emergency/Warning Lamp when Required, School vehicles manufactured before January 1985 shall be equipped with two front and two rear alternately flashing red warning lamps unless approved otherwise. School vehicles manufactured after December 1984 shall be equipped with two front and two rear alternately flashing amber warning lamps in addition to the two front and two rear alternately flashing red warning lamps. After January 1, 1984, all school vehicles shall be equipped with two front and two rear alternately flashing amber and two front and two rear alternately flashing red warning lamps. |
| (j) Red and/or Blue; Law enforcement vehicles. Red and/or White; Emergency, Fire Department, rescue vehicles, ambulances, state vehicles used for hazardous material spills. Amber; Service, maintenance, tow-trucks, escort, slow moving farm and rural letter carrier vehicles. Rural letter carrier vehicles two bi-directional lights at each side of the vehicle on the roof. Green; Taxicab emergency hold up light. |
| (k) Dash lamps. |
| (l) All interior lights (type II school vehicle only): (i) Six interior lamps to illuminate aisle; (ii) Stepwell lamp; (iii) Red identification lamp for emergency door (if equipped); (iv) Indicator lamp or signal for operation of flashing warning lamps; (v) Indicator lamps to monitor warning, stop, back-up, turn signal, tail and hazard lamps. |
Figures 20-22.