Posted by (+1445) 6 years ago
HB174 would require headlights to be on all day on 2-lane highways, except when driving thru towns. http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2...HB0174.htm
I did a quick check of the headlight laws in other states and could not find any that required the headlights to be on all day. One legislator at the hearing today for this bill wondered that if a rancher had a vehicle he used during the day to feed cattle across the highway that had no working headlights, would he have to have the vehicle towed into town to get the headlights fixed? Ans: That would be up to the discretion of the patrolman.
My questions are: The law requires the dimming of headlights when another vehicle approaches. Does this apply to daylight use?
Are there going to be signs posted all over stating this new law? What is that going to cost this financially-strapped state?
Does this apply to out-of-state drivers from the other 50 states that don't have this law?
Plus this is going to wear out headlights, requiring additional expense and one does not know for awhile that one headlight went out.
I did a quick check of the headlight laws in other states and could not find any that required the headlights to be on all day. One legislator at the hearing today for this bill wondered that if a rancher had a vehicle he used during the day to feed cattle across the highway that had no working headlights, would he have to have the vehicle towed into town to get the headlights fixed? Ans: That would be up to the discretion of the patrolman.
My questions are: The law requires the dimming of headlights when another vehicle approaches. Does this apply to daylight use?
Are there going to be signs posted all over stating this new law? What is that going to cost this financially-strapped state?
Does this apply to out-of-state drivers from the other 50 states that don't have this law?
Plus this is going to wear out headlights, requiring additional expense and one does not know for awhile that one headlight went out.