Accidents can happen when work lights are used on roads, when lights are hard to see, or don’t work properly.

We’ve gathered information about the legal lighting requirements for trucks and trailers to make it easier for you to follow safety rules while driving.

Roadway Lighting Regulations

All farm cars with motors must have two red lights in the back and two white lights in the front.

To ensure that rules are followed, all installed lights, no matter what they are used for, must be maintained clean and clear and properly maintained to ensure they work at their best, even during the day.

It’s important to ensure the car’s lights are on and working right when going at night. If the car has headlights, they must be turned on throughout the day if the light is getting dim or the weather is bad enough to make it hard to see.

White lights, like work lights, should not be used to light up the back of a car unless the automobile is backward and the turning lights are on. This is against the law.

Forward-facing working lights on a car could make it hard for other cars to see, even if they are set properly to shine down.

This is because they are up high. Also, doing this is against the law because it is not the right way to use a road.

If the equipment blocks the view of the lighting, such as once it is fixed or followed, then more lights must be added.

Lights for Tractors

The following things should be true of tractors:

• The front plate has two white side lights.
• A gadget that makes a car’s license plate visible and helps people find it.
• There are two red taillights.
• There are a pair of red lights on the back.

Cars made after 1986 that can go faster than fifteen miles every hour require low-beam headlamps, turn signs, and emergency danger lights. Cars made after 1986 that can go faster than 25 miles in an hour need two red stop lights.

A Quick Tractor

Tractors with more specs, often called “Fast Tractors,” can go no faster than 40 miles each hour.

These tractors have better building standards, like suspension systems on the front and back axles, and a minimum stopping efficiency of 50%.

Brake lights, dipped beam headlights, main beam headlights, direction indicators, danger warning signs, and fog lights must be in the back.

Light Sources & Mirrors

There are also rules about the height of the lights and mirrors on the surface, the gap between the headlamps and the sides of the car, and the lengths between the headlamps and the size of the lamps.

Signaling in Amber

All cars and trucks faster than 25 mph on an open dual road must have amber lights. Beacons must be able to make the beam of light that shines or moves in a design that goes all the way around.

Also, each warning light must be set up so that the middle of the beam is at least 1.2 meters over the ground.

The light should be bright enough to be visible near the towing car or trailer. It also means that the lights on a truck or trailer must be bright enough and placed to let you see from the front, back, and sides.

No matter what, you should never put up a light that only shines in one way and could be confused for a signal light.

LED Taillights

Trailers must have a red number plate light, two red tail lights, and two red spotlights on the back. The trailer must have indicator lights unless made before October 1, 1990.

Stop lights (brake lights) are not legally needed to be on trucks. It is suggested, though, that they be put on if the tractor’s required stop lights can’t be seen.

Even if it’s not required by law, it’s a good idea to put stop lights, turn signals on the trailer, and keep them in good shape.

Many crashes happen yearly because truck drivers try to pass trailers about to turn right without using the right signals.

If the trailer is wider than 1.6 meters or shorter than 2.3 meters and was used for the first time before the 1st of October 1985, it must have front position lights.

If the trailer is longer than 5 meters, side lights must be placed every 3 meters.

Nighttime Road Parking

Between the time of dusk and dawn, cars shouldn’t be left on public roads unless:

• The vehicle’s near side is close to the road’s edge.
• The search warrant has been obtained from a person in charge of law enforcement.
• Now, the car is being used to fix up another car.
• The route is meant to only go in one direction.
• The car is either parked or stayed where that is allowed.

Both the tractor and the trailer must be heading the same way as the traffic.

Also, when the car is stopped between dusk and dawn, all the appropriate lights must be on, like the windshield and rear location lamps and the back license lamp.

If the trailers can’t move without the truck, they must have lights on the front and back that stay on all night and all morning.