Section 376. Lamps, signaling devices and reflectors on vehicles

1. (a) It
  shall be unlawful  to  operate,  drive  or  park  a  vehicle,  except  a
  motorcycle  operated during the period from one-half hour before sunrise
  to one-half hour after sunset, on any public highway or street  in  this
  state  at  any  time  during  the  day  or  night unless such vehicle is
  equipped with signaling devices and reflectors of a type approved by the
  commissioner which are in good working condition; or to  operate,  drive
  or  park a vehicle, except a motorcycle, on any public highway or street
  in this state, during the period from  one-half  hour  after  sunset  to
  one-half hour before sunrise, unless such vehicle is equipped with lamps
  of  a  type  approved  by the commissioner which are lighted and in good
  working  condition;  or  to  operate,  drive  or   park   self-propelled
  agricultural  equipment  on  any public highway or street in this state,
  during the period from one-half  hour  after  sunset  to  one-half  hour
  before  sunrise and during such other times as visibility for a distance
  of one thousand feet ahead of or behind such agricultural  equipment  is
  not  clear, unless such agricultural equipment is equipped with lamps of
  a type approved by the  commissioner  which  are  lighted  and  in  good
  working condition.
    (b)  The  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  is  hereby authorized and
  empowered to promulgate rules and regulations  with  respect  to  lamps,
  reflectors   and   signaling   devices,   their  number,  type,  design,
  construction, location, attachment and use  on  vehicles  being  driven,
  operated  or  parked  on  any public highway or street in this state. In
  promulgating such rules and regulations the commissioner shall be guided
  by the requirements with regard to lights, reflectors, signaling devices
  and  associated  equipment  on  vehicles  of   rules   and   regulations
  promulgated by the United States department of transportation.
    2.  Wiring used on commercial vehicles shall be of such size that when
  all connections are made in an acceptable  and  workmanlike  manner  the
  loss  in  voltage will not be sufficient to cause a lamp to produce less
  than the minimum candlepower, under normal  operating  conditions,  when
  the  lamp  is  in  good  working order. All wiring should be enclosed in
  weather proof and abrasion proof cable or conduit except wiring which is
  completely enclosed within the body of the vehicle.
    3. All lights, signals and reflectors shall be of a  type  and  design
  approved  by  the  commissioner. No light having a candlepower rating in
  excess of thirty-two candle power shall be used on any  vehicle,  unless
  it  is of a type approved by the commissioner. The provisions of section
  three hundred seventy-five of this chapter  governing  the  approval  of
  equipment  and  the adjustment of headlamps shall apply to the equipment
  and headlamps required by  this  section.  The  commissioner  is  hereby
  authorized  and  empowered  to  adopt  and  from time to time amend such
  regulations not inconsistent with  this  section,  governing  the  size,
  type, construction, location, and use of lights, signals and reflectors,
  including  the  exemption  of specific vehicles from the requirements of
  this section where the construction of such  vehicles  makes  compliance
  herewith impracticable, or impossible.
    4.  All  existing  provisions  of  this  chapter  governing the use of
  headlamps, front parking lamps and license plate lamps and other  lamps,
  reflectors, lights and directional signals on vehicles shall continue to
  apply,  except  to  the  extent  irreconcilably  inconsistent  with  the
  provisions of this section or regulations promulgated thereunder.