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of exhibiting a red light plainly visible in clear weather from a distance five hundred feet to the rear of such vehicle and such rear lamp shall be constructed and so mounted in its relation to the rea~ license plate as to illt~,minate by a white light such lieense plate so that the same may be read from a 5istance of fifty feet to the rear of such veb_icle; or a separate white light shall be so mounted as to illuminate and make visible such rear license from a distance of fifty feet to the rear of such vehicle, such rear light or special white light to be of a type that has been ap- proved by the Superintendent. In any, instance where the rear lamp is to be in- stalled on a boat trailer and the boat extends beyond the end of the trailer or to the end of the trailer, an approved portable light assembly or assemblies may be attached to the exposed rear of the boat, provided such installation complies with the visibility require- ments of this section. Sec. 18-246. Requirements of signal devices. (a) Ever%~ device intended and used to give a signal of intention to turn or to stop a vehicle shall be so constructed and so installed as 5o give a signal plainly visible in clear weather and under non,a! traffic con- ditions from a distance of at least or~ hundred feet to tlne rear and one hundred feet ~o the front of the vehicle, except that a stop signal need be visible only to the rear'; and provided that no front sigaal shall be required on vehicles manufactured or assembled be- fore January first, nineteen h~un~di~ed and forty-three. (b) Motor vehi6les, trailers sand semitrailers When not in motion and a5 the scene of a traffic haza~l~ ~ray flash all four turn signals simultaneously to sig- nal approaching motorists of the existi~ ~zard. Sec. 18-249. Muffler cutout, etc. illegal. It s~ait be ~u~,_lawful to sell or offer for sale (a) a muffler without interior baffle plates or other e~ ectzve muffling device or (b) any "gutted mu~fier"~ 26