DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES 24000-28160›CHAPTER 2. Lighting Equipment 24250-26106›ARTICLE 2. Headlamps and Auxiliary Lamps 24400-24411

§ 24406

California Vehicle Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Except as otherwise provided, the headlamps, or other auxiliary driving lamps, or a combination thereof, on a motor vehicle during darkness shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations, and the lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that the selection can be made automatically.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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