NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1071

HOUSE BILL 1448

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT WHITE LIGHTS ON THE REAR OF MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN IN FORWARD MOTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Part 9 of Article 3 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to be designated G.S. 20-130.3 and to read as follows:

"§ 20-130.3.  Use of white or clear lights on rear of vehicles prohibited; exceptions. — It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully drive a motor vehicle in forward motion upon the highways of this State displaying white or clear lights on the rear of said vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the white light required by subsection 20-129(d) or so-called back-up lights lighted only when said vehicle is in reverse gear or backing. Violation of this section does not constitute negligence per se in any civil action."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1974.