Rules for high and low beam headlights on vehicles

Except as provided in this Article, the head lamps, or the auxiliary driving lamps, or combinations thereof, on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations, subject to the following requirements and limitations:There shall be an uppermost distribution of lights or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity so as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred (200) feet ahead for all conditions of loading.There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that:When the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of the light which is directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle shall, at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead, project higher than a level of eight (8) inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.When the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of the light which is directed to the right of the prolongation of the extreme right side of the vehicle shall, at a distance of twentyfive (25) feet ahead, project higher than a level of three (3) inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.In no event shall any of the high-intensity of the lowermost distribution of light or composite beam project higher than a level of forty-two (42) inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five (75) feet ahead.Where one (1) intermediate beam is provided, the beam on the left side of the road shall be in conformity with Subsection )(1) of this Section.All road-lighting beams shall be so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet ahead.Every new motor vehicle registered in the County of Kaua'i, which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. The indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.