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(e) Any boat trailer, farm machinery or other machinery defined as aslow-moving vehicle in subsection (b) hereof may, in addition to the use of the slow-moving vehicle emblem, be equipped with a red flashing light that shall be visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear at all times specified in Section 337.02. When adouble-faced light is used, it shall display amber light to the front and red light to the rear. In addition to the lights described in this subsection, farm machinery and motor vehicles escorting farm machinery may display a flashing, oscillating or rotating amber light, as permitted by Section 337.16, and also may display simultaneously flashing turn signals or warning lights, as permitted by that section. (f) Every animal-drawn vehicle upon a street or highway shall at all times be equipped in one of the following ways: (1) With aslow-moving vehicle emblem complying with subsection (b) hereof; (2) With alternate reflective material complying with rules adopted under this subsection (f); (3) With both aslow-moving vehicle emblem and alternate reflective material as specified in this subsection (f). The Ohio Director of Public Safety, subject to Ohio R.C. Chapter 119, shall adopt rules establishing standards and specifications for the position of mounting of the alternate reflective material authorized by this subsection (f). The rules shall pernut, as a minimum, the alternate reflective material to be black, gray or silver in color. The alternate reflective material shall be mounted on the animal-drawn vehicle so as to be visible at all times specified in Section 337.02, from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps. (g) As used in this section, "boat trailer" means any vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less. (ORC 4513.11) 337.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one spotlight and every lighted spotlight shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be duected to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle, nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle. (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than three State approved auxiliary driving lights mounted on the front of the vehicle, which when used shall conform to State regulations. (ORC 4513.12) 337.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights or lights on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare. (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with back-up lights, either separately or in combination with another light. No back-up lights shall be continuously lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion. (ORC 4513.13) 1998 Replacement