New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter D - Equipment
Part 43 - Motor Vehicle Lighting
Section 43.4 - Required lighting of vehicles less than 80 inches in width
Vehicles less than 80 inches in width shall be equipped in accordance with table III.
Table III-Required Motor Vehicle Lighting Equipment For All Vehicles Less Than 80 Inches Overall Width
| Item | Passenger vehicles, trucks and buses | Trailers**** |
| Headlamps | Either 2 white headlamps with high and low beams or 4 white headlamps, 2 with just high beams and 2 with just low beams. | None |
| Tail lamps | 2 red | 2 red |
| Stop lamps | 2 red | 2 red |
| Number plate lamp | 1 white | 1 white |
| Parking lamps | 2 amber or white | None |
| Reflex reflectors | 4 red; 2 amber* | 4 red; 2 amber*** |
| Intermediate side reflex reflectors | 2 amber** | 2 amber** |
| Intermediate side marker lamps | 2 amber** | 2 amber** |
| Side marker lamps | 2 red; 2 amber* | 2 red; 2 amber |
| Backup lamp | 1 white | None |
| Turn""signal lamps | 2 class A red or amber; 2 class A amber | 2 class A red or amber |
| Turn""signal operating unit | 1 | None |
| Vehicular hazard warning signal operating unit | 1*** | None |
* A tractor need not be equipped with any rear side marker devices, rear clearance lamps or rear identification lamps.
**Intermediate side marker devices are not required on vehicles less than 30 feet in overall length.
*** 1965 and earlier model vehicles may substitute two class A or class B amber reflectors for front highway hazard warning lamps.
**** Trailers less than 30 inches wide need only one tall lamp, stop lamp, reflex reflector and number plate lamp. No other lamps or reflectors are required.
