Traveled portion of highway or shoulder during time when lights
are required; warning devices; requirements
Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, whenever
a vehicle is disabled upon the traveled portion of a highway or the
shoulder of a highway outside of a municipality at a time when
lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the person who drives the
vehicle shall display the following warning devices upon the
highway during the time the vehicle is disabled on the highway:
(1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern, or a portable
red emergency reflector must be immediately placed at the
traffic side of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest
approaching traffic.
(2) As soon as possible within the burning period of a fusee
(fifteen (15) minutes), the person shall place three (3)
liquid-burning flares (pot torches), three (3) lighted red electric
lanterns, or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors on the
traveled part of the highway in the following order:
(A) One (1) device approximately one hundred (100) feet
from the disabled vehicle in the center of the lane occupied
by the vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane.
(B) One (1) device approximately one hundred (100) feet in
the opposite direction from the disabled vehicle and in the
center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle.
(C) One (1) device at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle
not less than ten (10) feet behind and not more than ten (10)
feet in front of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest
approaching traffic. If a lighted red electric lantern or a red
portable emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic
side of the vehicle under subdivision (1), the lantern or
reflector may be used for this purpose.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
Last modified: May 27, 2006