Motor vehicles; when headlights to be lighted.

Vehicle headlights; required to be lighted.Requires every vehicle in operation to display lighted headlights.Currently headlights are required to be lighted only (i) from sunsetto sunrise; (ii) during any other time when, because of rain, smoke,fog, snow, sleet, insufficient light, or other unfavorable atmosphericconditions, visibility is reduced to a degree whereby persons orvehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distanceof 500 feet; and (iii) whenever windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog, rain, sleet, or snow. The bill removes provisionsmaking the failure to display lighted headlights when windshieldwipers are in use as a result of fog rain, sleet, or snow (a) a secondaryoffense, (b) subject to no demerit points being assessed, and (c)not a defense to any claim for personal injury or recovery of medicalexpenses for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.