Chapter 14 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Section 14-293 Lamps on parked vehicles.
(a) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or
highway during the hours between
one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient
light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such street
or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
(b) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway
or shoulder adjacent thereto,
whether attended or unattended, during the hours between one-half hour after sunset and one-half
hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a
distance of five hundred (500) feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall
be equipped with one or more lamps meeting the following requirements: at least one lamp shall
display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of
the vehicle, and the same lamp or at least one other lamp shall display a red light visible from a
distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of such lamp or
lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the
requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is
closer to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.
(c) Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be
depressed or dimmed.
(Code 1964, § 12.490)
State law reference(s)--Similar provisions, RSMo. § 300.435.