Columbia Same—Use of spotlights ordinance (§ 14-134)
Chapter 14: Motor Vehicles and Traffic · Article III. Motor Vehicles
No searchlight or spotlight shall be equipped with a bulb stronger than twenty-one candle power, and no such searchlight or spotlight shall be used on a street except in an emergency, or when headlights are inadequate owing to rain, fog, etc., and then only provided their shaft of condensed light is directed well downward below the level of the lamp, and at no time into the eyes of other persons.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 14-134
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.