Normas sobre luces y reflectores en vehículos en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Cuando manejas, tu auto necesita tener luces y reflectores que se vean bien. Esto ayuda a que otros conductores te vean y sepan que estás ahí, especialmente de noche.

Es como cuando usas una linterna en un lugar oscuro, necesitas que la luz ilumine bien para que otros te puedan ver y no choquen contigo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan maneja su camioneta por la noche. Si su camioneta no tiene las luces traseras adecuadas o los reflectores, otros autos podrían no verlo y podría haber un accidente. Por eso, Juan se asegura de que todo esté en orden antes de salir.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail lamp, 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. (4) To be operated on a road, every motor vehicle must carry on the rear, either as part of a tail lamp or separately, one red reflector meeting the requirements of this section; except that vehicles of the type mentioned in section 42-4-207 must be equipped with reflectors as required by law unless otherwise provided in section 42-12-204 . (5) Every new motor vehicle sold on and after January 1, 1958, and operated upon a highway shall carry on the rear, whether as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors; except that every motorcycle or autocycle shall carry at least one reflector meeting the requirements of this section, and vehicles of the type mentioned in section 42-4-207 shall be equipped with reflectors as required in this part 2. (6) Every reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height of not less than twenty inches nor more than sixty inches, measured as set forth in section 42-4-204 (3) and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty feet to one hundred feet from such vehi