Normas sobre luces en vehículos estacionados en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si dejas tu coche estacionado de noche, debes asegurarte de que tenga luces que se vean bien si no hay suficiente luz. Esto es para que otros conductores te vean y no haya accidentes.

Es como cuando dejas un juguete en el suelo de noche; si no lo iluminas, alguien podría tropezar con él. Las luces en los coches ayudan a evitar que otros se topen con ellos.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Carlos aparca su auto en una calle oscura después de la cena. Como no hay suficiente luz, enciende las luces traseras de su vehículo para asegurarse de que los otros coches lo vean y no lo choquen.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-5-4640. Lights on parked vehicles. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle and the same lamp or at least one other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of such lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle. Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed. HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-539; 1952 Code SECTION 46-539; 1949 (46) 466; 1959 (51) 124.