{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-9-223","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-9-223","heading":"Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles.","body":"The headlamp or headlamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:\n(1) Every said headlamp or headlamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 25 or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than 300 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 35 or more miles per hour.\n(2) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple-beam headlamp or headlamps the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in 61-9-220(1) and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in 61-9-220(2).\n(3) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, said lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high-intensity portion of light at a distance of 25 feet ahead shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.","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_0230/0610-0090-0020-0230.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:58Z","sha256":"22006522cf50d8e762425dad0a416ddd7370c33941114db290619af34ff3cdbd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-9-222","next":"us-mt/61-9-224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}