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Wis JI-Civil 1412
Railroads: Duty to Have Proper Headlights
A safety regulation provides that every steam locomotive used in road service between
sunset and sunrise shall have a headlight which affords/provides sufficient illumination to
enable a person in the cab of the locomotive who possesses the usual visual capacity required
of a locomotive engineer to see, in a clear atmosphere, a dark object as large as a man of
average size standing at least 800 feet ahead and in front of the headlight, and the headlight
must be maintained in good condition.
A failure to comply with this regulation is negligence.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1412 (2006). ©2006, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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