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- 17 - Section ~8--Li hts On Trailers ' a very motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer or any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear which, when lighted as hereinbefore re- quired, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five Hundred feet to the rear., provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail lamp on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified. (b) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so con- struc~ed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear °egis~~ration plate,. when such registration plate is required, and render it legible from r~; distance of Fifty feet to the rear, .Any tail I~Lmp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate; shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted, except where separate lighting systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plat®. Section 79--Li~hte Buses, trucks., commercial tractors; trailers, semi-trailers and pole trailers respectively, when operating on any highway shall be equipped as required by regulations prescribed and pro- mulgated by the Chief of Po~,ice relating to clearance and marker lamps, reflectors and stop lights thereon, and such equipment so required shall be lighted at all times mentioned in Section ?6 except that clearance and side marker lamps need not be lighted on any such vehicle t~rhen operated in the village z~rhere there is sufficient light to reflect any person or sinbstantial object on the highway at a distance of Five hundred feet.; Such equipment shall be in addition to~all other lamps especially required by this ordinance, Vehicles operated under the public .utilities commission of Ohio need not be subject to the requirements of this section. ..Section 80--Lights ®n Trailers Whenever motor and other vehicles are dperatec~. in combination during the time that lights are,required3 any lamp, except tail lamps, need not be lighted which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination but this shall not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lamps be displayed on the front of the foremost ~rehicle required to have clearance lamps or that all lights required ~~n the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted. . Section BI--Li ht Or Fla On Pro ectin Lo ds Whenever he load upon any.ve icle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond. the bed or body of such 'vehicle there shall be displayed at 'Che ekt~eme rear end of the load, at the dime specified in section 75 hereof, a red light or lantern ;,Mainly visible from a distance of s,t least five h~ndrad feet to the sides :arid rear. The red light. or lantern required under this section shall be iri addition to the red rear ~.igr~t required upon every vehicle. At any other time there sh~.ll bE~ displayed at the extreme rear and of such load a red f'1o,g or cloth not less than sixteen inches square. Section 82--Lights On Parked Vehicles Except in case of an emergencyA~whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic whether attended or