Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers
Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection
Article 2 - Lighting Equipment
13 AAC 04.020 - Headlights

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a motor vehicle must be equipped with at least two headlights, one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. The headlights must emit white light to the front of the vehicle, comply with the requirements and limitations set out in this section, and be mounted at a height of not more than 54 inches or less than 24 inches.

(b) Repealed 6/28/79.

(c) Repealed 6/28/79.

(d) Repealed 6/28/79.

(e) When a motor vehicle is driven on a highway during the times specified in sec. 10 of this chapter, the driver shall use a high distribution of light or composite beam, directed at a height and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of 450 feet in advance of the vehicle for all load conditions, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

(f) Headlight systems which provide a single distribution of light are permitted on all implements of husbandry, motor-driven cycles, bicycles and off-highway vehicles regardless of date of manufacture, if the systems are, as far as practicable, mounted and aimed as required in (a) of this section and are of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of 200 feet in advance of the vehicle, except as otherwise provided for motor-driven cycles or bicycles in sec. 320(a) and (d) of this chapter.

(g) A motor vehicle may be driven under the conditions specified in sec. 10 of this chapter when equipped with two illuminated lights upon the front of the vehicle capable of revealing persons and vehicles 100 feet ahead; provided, however, that a vehicle using the lights may not be driven at a speed in excess of that specified in 13 AAC 02.325(c).