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vehicles, which lamps shall at all times be capable of being lighted, except as herein otherwise provided. This subsection shall no~ apply to any vehicle used for transporting well-drilling machinery licensed under Section 46.2-700 of the Code of Virginia, when operated only between the hours of sunrise and sunset. Section 22-183. When lights to be lighted; to be lighted at any time; lights. number of lights use of warning (f) High-intensity amber flashing lights, visible for at least five hundred I500) feet, as prescribed by the superintendent, shall also be required for use on any vehicle which is engaged in eithsr escorting, or towing overdimensional materials, equipment, boats, or manufactured housing units by authority of a highway hauling permit pursuant to Section 46.2-1139 of the Code of Virginia. Such lights shall be mounted on the tops of the escort and tow vehicles and on the upper rear end of the overdimensional vehicle or load for maximum visibility, front and rear. However, a vehicle operating by authgrity of a permit issued pursuan5 to Section 46.2-1139 of the Code of Virginia shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section if it is accompanied by escort vehicles. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to vehicles or loads which are either more than twelve (12) feet wide or more than seventy-five (75) feet long. (j) Unless such lighting device is both covered and not illuminated, no motor yehicle which is equipped with any lighting device other than lamps required or permitted in this division or Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia or required or approved by the superintendent of state police or required by the federal department of transportation shall be operated on any highway in the city. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit any vehicle not otherwise authorized, to be equipped with colored emergency lights, whether blinking or steady burning. Section 22-215. Brakes on trailers and other towed vehicles. (a) Every semitrailer or trailer or separate vehicle attached by a drawbar, chain or coupling to a towing vehicle other than a farm tractor or a vehicle not required to obtain an annual registration certificate for license plates under Sections 46.2-663 through 46.2-674 of the Code of Virginia, and having an actual gross weight of three thousand (3,000) pounds or more, shall be equipped with brakes controlled or operated by the driver of the towing vehicle which shall conform ~o the specifications set forth in Section 22-212 and shall be of a type approved by the superintendent of state police. Provided, however, that farm trailers used exclusively for hauling raw agricultural produce from farm to