Parking lights and flashing lights — Montana Permit Test

When head lamps are required, a vehicle parked or stopped on a roadway must show parking lights, white or amber to the front and red to the rear, visible for 500 feet.

A dark car stopped on the road at night is a wall that drivers find too late.

During the time head lamps are required, any vehicle which is parked or stopped on a roadway must be equipped with and display parking lights which must display a white or amber light to the front and a red light to the rear, visible for a distance of 500 feet.

Flashing, blinking, rotating or pulsating lights, other than turn signals, are allowed only on emergency or authorized vehicles.

If any car could flash lights, drivers could not tell a police car or ambulance from a hobby light.

Note: Flashing, blinking, sequential, rotating, or pulsating lights (other than turn signals) are prohibited except for emergency or authorized vehicles.

Undercarriage decorative lighting that rotates, flashes, oscillates, or shows a police or emergency color is prohibited.

A car glowing red and blue underneath can be mistaken for a police car and cause a panic stop.

Undercarriage decorative lighting that rotates, flashes, oscillates or displays a color for use by police or emergency vehicles is prohibited.

A vehicle is parked on a roadway at night. From how far must its parking lights be visible?

500 feet. A dark car stopped on the road at night is a wall that drivers find too late. Montana Driver Manual, p.15: “During the time head lamps are required, any vehicle which is parked or stopped on a roadway must be equipped with and display parking lights which must display a white or amber light to the front and a red light to the rear, visible for a distance of 500 feet.”