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Kingdom City Limitations on Lamps Other than Headlamps: Flashing Signals Prohibited Except on Specified Vehicles ordinance (§ 370.100)

Chapter 370: Vehicle Equipment · Article I. Light Regulations

In short: Lamps other than headlamps, spotlamps, front turn signals or auxiliary lamps exceeding 300 candlepower must not light the road beyond 75 feet. Flashing warning lights are banned except as turn signals and on school buses for school purposes, mail vehicles, emergency vehicles, houses-of-worship buses and stopped passenger vehicles.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, front direction signals or auxiliary lamps which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle. Alternately flashing warning signals may be used on school buses when used for school purposes and on motor vehicles when used to transport United States mail from post offices to boxes of addressees thereof and on emergency vehicles as defined in Section 300.010 of this Title and on buses owned or operated by churches, mosques, synagogues, temples or other houses of worship and on commercial passenger transport vehicles or railroad passenger cars that are stopped to load or unload passengers, but are prohibited on other motor vehicles, motorcycles and motor-drawn vehicles except as a means for indicating a right or left turn. (RSMo. § 307.100, 2004)

Official source: Village of Kingdom City official Code of Ordinances (online), § 370.100

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.