Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-208

Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 42-4-208 - Stop lamps and turn signals - penalty
(1) Every motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with a stop light in good working order at all times and shall meet the requirements of section 42-4-215 (1).
(2) A person shall not sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any motor vehicle registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, unless it is equipped with at least two stop lamps meeting the requirements of section 42-4-215 (1); except that a motorcycle or autocycle manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, must be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of section 42-4-215 (1).
(3) A person shall not sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, and a person shall not operate any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer on the highways when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab, or load of the motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches, unless it is equipped with electrical turn signals meeting the requirements of section 42-4-215 (2). This subsection (3) does not apply to any motorcycle, autocycle, or low-power scooter.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.

C.R.S. § 42-4-208

Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 15, eff. 1/1/2023.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2246, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2009: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 09 -1026), ch. 281, p. 1273, § 40, effective October 1.

This section is similar to former § 42-4-207 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-208 was relocated to § 42-4-209.

2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).