{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-169.61","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 169.61","heading":"COMPOSITE BEAM.","body":"(a) When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required in this chapter, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations.\n(b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches a vehicle within 1,000 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver.\n(c) When the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in section 169.60.","path":["TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 169. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS","VEHICLE EQUIPMENT, SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/169.61","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:35Z","sha256":"d35b43b920848bf7e5a69bebb9c23e4d9ed9dc003c6a75c89d68aa969eefec15","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-169.60","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-169.62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}