{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-9-221","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-9-221","heading":"Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.","body":"Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent to a roadway during the times specified in 61-9-201, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, capable of revealing persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:\n(1) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 1,000 feet, the driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam that does not project into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light specified in 61-9-220(2) must avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.\n(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 500 feet to the rear, the driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this chapter other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in 61-9-220(1).","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","Part 2. Lighting Equipment"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0090/part_0020/section_0210/0610-0090-0020-0210.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:58Z","sha256":"ef358130ecce895012be7612aadb77951005b1fd744e852045ea5f8e4475e4b0","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-9-220","next":"us-mt/61-9-222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}