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C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 216
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216. In addition to the lights prescribed in section 215, every motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle, measuring at any point more than 2.03 metres in width must carry,
(1)  on the front, two amber clearance lights, at the same height and not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(2)  at the rear, two red clearance lights, not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(3)  (subparagraph repealed);
(4)  on the front, three amber identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre above the windshield, and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart;
(5)  at the rear, three red identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart.
Where the identification lights prescribed in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph are mounted at the very top of the vehicle, the clearance lights prescribed in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph need not be mounted at the prescribed height.
1986, c. 91, s. 216; 1990, c. 83, s. 100; 1998, c. 40, s. 72; 2019, c. 18, s. 236.
216. In addition to the lights prescribed in section 215, every motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle or a taxi, or every combination of road vehicles other than those described in the first paragraph of section 214.1, measuring at any point more than 2.03 metres in width must carry,
(1)  on the front, two amber clearance lights, at the same height and not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(2)  at the rear, two red clearance lights, not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(3)  (subparagraph repealed);
(4)  on the front, three amber identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre above the windshield, and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart;
(5)  at the rear, three red identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart.
Where the identification lights prescribed in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph are mounted at the very top of the vehicle, the clearance lights prescribed in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph need not be mounted at the prescribed height.
1986, c. 91, s. 216; 1990, c. 83, s. 100; 1998, c. 40, s. 72.
216. In addition to the lights prescribed in section 215, every motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle or a taxi, or every combination of road vehicles other than those described in the first paragraph of section 214.1, measuring at any point more than 2.03 metres in width must carry,
(1)  on the front, two amber clearance lights, at the same height and not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(2)  at the rear, two red clearance lights, not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(3)  (subparagraph repealed);
(4)  on the front, three amber identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre above the windshield, and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart;
(5)  at the rear, three red identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre as close as practicable to the top of the vehicle, and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart.
Where the identification lights prescribed in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph are mounted at the very top of the vehicle, the clearance lights prescribed in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph need not be mounted at the prescribed height.
1986, c. 91, s. 216; 1990, c. 83, s. 100.
216. In addition to the lights prescribed in section 215, every motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle or a taxi, or every combination of road vehicles other than those described in the third paragraph of section 215, measuring at any point more than 2.03 metres in width must carry,
(1)  on the front, two amber clearance lights, at the same height and not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(2)  at the rear, two red clearance lights, not more than 150 mm from the upper right and left extremities of the vehicle;
(3)  at the rear, two red reflectors, one on each side of the vertical centreline and as far apart as practicable;
(4)  on the front, three amber identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre as close as practicable to the top of the vehicle, and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart;
(5)  at the rear, three red identification lights, grouped in a horizontal row at the centre as close as practicable to the top of the vehicle, and spaced not less than 150 mm nor more than 300 mm apart.
Where the identification lights prescribed in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph are mounted at the very top of the vehicle, the clearance lights prescribed in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph need not be mounted at the prescribed height.
1986, c. 91, s. 216.
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