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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17, § 2793: Certain lights prohibited along highways

A person may not place or keep lights on or near a highway if they shine into traffic and can blind or dazzle drivers, or use rotating/flashing lights that imitate emergency or school bus lights, except safety signaling…

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“A person may not place or keep lights on or near a highway if they shine into traffic and can blind or dazzle drivers, or use rotating/flashing lights that imitate emergency or school bus lights, except safety signaling devices required by law.”

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Certain lights prohibited along highways

A person may not place or keep lights on or near a highway if they shine into traffic and can blind or dazzle drivers, or use rotating/flashing lights that imitate emergency or school bus lights, except safety signaling devices required by law.

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§ 2793Certain lights prohibited along highwaysProvision

A person may not place or keep lights on or near a highway if they shine into traffic and can blind or dazzle drivers, or use rotating/flashing lights that imitate emergency or school bus lights, except safety signaling devices required by law.

No person shall place or maintain upon or in view of any highway any light so that its beams or rays are directed at any portion of a public street or highway when the light is of such brilliance and so positioned as to blind, dazzle or otherwise impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle upon said street or highway; or any rotating or flashing light or signal which imitates or simulates the flashing or rotating lights used on school buses, police, fire or highway vehicles, except safety signaling devices required by law. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
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