1/12/09-A bill still in draft status would require all vehicles equipped with headlamps to have them illuminated while driving on highways. The requirement would apply to all times throughout the day.
Sponsored by Rep. Edward Butcher, R-Winifred, hasn’t finalized the legislation but it is expected to include another provision that would alter the state’s headlight use requirement. Montana law already mandates that truckers and other drivers flip on their lights from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, or when visibility due to precipitation is reduced to 500 feet or less.
Butcher wants to require headlights to be flipped on one-half hour before sunset and to not be turned off until one-half hour after sunrise.