(a) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in § 27-36-204, the vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of five hundred feet (500¢) to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible a distance of five hundred feet (500¢) to the rear.
(b) Local authorities may provide by ordinance or resolution that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when stopped or parked in accordance with local parking regulations upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet (500¢) upon the highway.
(c) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
History. Acts 1937, No. 300, § 109; Pope's Dig., § 6769; Acts 1961, No. 7, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-707.
Case Notes
Where truck driver, after engine failed to operate, was unable to move entire truck from highway, his action in turning off truck lights and thereby failing to comply with this section could be considered by jury in considering negligence. Bryant v. Thomas, 230 Ark. 999, 328 S.W.2d 83 (1959).
The jury could find that trailer truck driver's negligence in stopping on the highway created a hazard to oncoming traffic which was increased by his failure to comply with the lighting requirements of this section. Bryant v. Thomas, 230 Ark. 999, 328 S.W.2d 83 (1959).
Where oncoming vehicle strikes car parked off highway, failure of parked car to dim lights as required in subsection (c) of this section is evidence of negligence and can be considered by jury as proximate cause of accident. Riley v. Johnson, 239 Ark. 37, 386 S.W.2d 942 (1965).