I.C. § 49-949. Requirement as to fender or covers over all wheels on motor vehicles
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or move or any owner to permit to be
operated or moved, any motor vehicle, truck, bus, semitrailer or trailer, upon any highway
without having the vehicle equipped with fenders or covers which may include flaps or splash
aprons, over and to the rear of wheels, as follows:
(a) On the rear wheels of every truck equipped with a body, bus, trailer or semitrailer the
fenders or covers shall extend in full width from a point above and forward of the center of the
tires over and to the rear of the wheels to a point that is not more than ten (10) inches above
the surface of the highway when the vehicle is empty;
(b) Behind the rear wheels of every truck not equipped with a body the fenders or covers shall
extend downward in full width from a point not lower than halfway between the center of the
wheels and the top of the tires on the wheels to a point that is not more than ten (10) inches
above the surface of the highway when the vehicle is empty;
(c) Behind all wheels of every motor vehicle other than trucks, buses, semitrailers, or trailers,
the fenders or covers shall extend in full width from a point above and forward of the center of
the tire over and to the rear of the wheel to a point that is not more than twenty (20) inches
above the surface of the highway, unless the bumper is a factory built bumper fastened directly
to the frame of the vehicle pursuant to factory installation requirements;
(d) Fenders or covers are not required on any modified American-made pre-1935 vehicle, or
any identifiable vintage or replica thereof that is titled as a later assembled vehicle or replica
and is used for show and pleasure use when such vehicle is used and driven only during fair
weather on well-maintained hard-surfaced roads.
(2) Fenders or covers, as used in subsection (1) of this section, shall be deemed to be of
sufficient size and construction as to comply with those requirements if constructed as follows:
(a) When measured on the cross sections of the tread of the wheel or on the combined cross
sections of the treads of multiple wheels, the fender or cover extends at least to each side of
the width of the tire or of the combined width of the multiple tires, as the case may be;
(b) The fender or cover is constructed as to be capable at all times of arresting and deflecting
dirt, mud, water, or other substance as may be picked up and carried by wheels;
(c) For school buses if the body extension behind the rear wheels exceeds five (5) feet.
I.C. § 49-924. Single-beam road-lighting equipment
Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be permitted on motor
vehicles manufactured prior to January 1, 1955, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting
equipment specified in this chapter if the single distribution of light complies with the following
requirements and limitations:
(1) The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded, none of the highintensity
portion of the light shall at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead project higher
than a level of five (5) inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and
in no case higher than forty-two (42) inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a
distance of seventy-five (75) feet ahead.
(2) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two
hundred (200) feet.