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337.01 TRAFFIC CODE 66 337.01 DRIVING UNSA FE VEHICLES. (a) No person shall drive or move; or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any street any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property. (b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (c) The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles do not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or agricultural tractors except as made applicable to such articles of machinery. (ORC 4513.02) 337.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND HEIGHTS. (a) Every vehicle upon a street or highway during the time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at any other time when there are unfavorable atmospheric conditions or when there is not sufficient natural light to render discernible persons, vehicles and substantial objects on the street or highway at a distance of 1, 000 feet ahead, shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by this chap- ter for different classes of vehicles; except that every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under Ohio R, C. 4511. 521. No motor vehicle, during such times, shall be operated upon a street or high~va~• using only parking lights as illumination. (b) Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the distance from which certain Lights and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lights or devices shall be visible, such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted street under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated. (c) Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lights or devices, it shall mean from the center of such light or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands. (ORC 4513. 03) 337.03 HEADLIGIITS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. (a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least t~,vvo headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle. (b) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights. (ORC 4513.04) .1990 Replacement