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35 Safety and Equipment 337.15 All farm machinery and. animal-drawn vehicles or other machinery, including all road construction machinery,,except when being used in actual consttruction and main- tenance work in an area guarded by a fla.gma.n, or where flares are used, or when operat- ing or traveling within the limits of a construction area lawfully designated atxi marked as such, which normally txavels or is normally used at a speed of less than twenty miles an hour shall display on the rear thereof a State appraved red flashing light which shall be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet to the rear during the time and under circumstances specified fn Section 337.02. When adouble-faced light is used, it shall display amber light to the front and red light to the rear. (ORC 4513.11) 337.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS. (a) Any orator vehicle may be equipped wfth 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 directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle, nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle. (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than three State appxaved auxiliary~drtving lights mounted on the front of the vehicle, which when used shall conform to State regulations. (ORC 4613.12; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-4L.) 337.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights or lights on ,,F„ 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 separate]~y or in combination with another light. No back-up lights shall be continuous~r lighted when the motor vehicle is to forward motion. (ORC 4513.13; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 337.13 TWO LIGHTS DISPLAYED. At all times mentioned in Section 337.02 at least two State approved lighted lights shall be displayed conforming to State regulations, one near each aide of the front of every motor vehicle, except when such vehiole is parked subject to the regulations govern- ing lights on parked vehicles. (ORC 4613.14; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 337.14 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS. Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent t~reto ~~ ~ during the times specified in Section 337.02, the driver shall use a distribution of Light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persona, vehicles, and substantial objects at a safe distance in advance of the vehiole, except that upon approaching an oncoming vehicle, the lights or beams shall be so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. (ORC 4513.15; Ord . 613. Passed Z -7-42. ) 337.15 LIGHTS OF LESS INTENSITY ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES. Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified to Section 337.02 when it is equipped with two lighted lights upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and substantial objects seventy-five feet ahead in Iteu of lights required in Section 337.13, provided that such vehicle shall not be operated at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour. (ORC 4513.16)