PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1685 PRINTER'S NO. 3218
No. 1510 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, CAPPABIANCA, NAILOR, M. N. WRIGHT,
FREEMAN, GIGLIOTTI, HESS, B. SMITH AND E. Z. TAYLOR,
MAY 3, 1993
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 8, 1994
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring drivers to turn on their lights whenever
3 their windshield wipers are in operation; and imposing a
4 penalty.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 3718. Use of windshield wipers and lights.
10 (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for the driver of a motor
11 vehicle to fail to turn on the motor vehicle's lights any time <--
12 WHEN the vehicle's windshield wiper system is in operation, <--
13 EXCEPT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM HAS BEEN TURNED ON
14 TEMPORARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD.
15 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a
16 summary offense.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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