HEADLIGHTS ON WHEN WIPERS IN
USE
All motorists in
Pennsylvania MUST turn on their headlights whenever they use their
windshield wipers in inclement weather.
The law, Act 159 of 2006,
was enacted by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ed Rendell in
November 2006. The new law requires headlights to be on when the
vehicle’s windshield wipers are in continuous or intermittent use because of
precipitation or atmospheric moisture, which includes rain, snow, sleet or
mist.
State Representative Neal
Goodman, D-Schuylkill, said he believed the new law would greatly
increase vehicular safety. “This is a safety issue more than anything
else,” he said. “In potentially treacherous conditions, it’s common sense to
make your vehicle as visible as possible. If you are driving down a highway,
you are more likely to see a car if its headlights are on.”
Pennsylvania now joins Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia in having a
wiper-headlight law.
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