Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles
The Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles or DMV for short has issued a head light dimmer switch requirement for all new vehicles sold in the state starting with model year 2009. Also, any motor vehicle registered in the state starting in January 2010 must be retrofitted to meet the headlight dimmer switch requirement. Commercial vehicles follow in 2011. In the year 2012 and beyond, all vehicles using any public road in the state of Colorado must conform to the new headlight dimmer switch requirement.
Colorado DMV Headlight Dimmer Switch requirement.
The switch used to change the intensity of headlights (High beam / Low beam) must be located on the floor of the vehicle within easy reach of the driver's feet. The headlight dimmer switch must permit the driver of the vehicle to dim the headlights by a simple tapping motion of a foot on the floor mounted switch. This switch must be used to dim the headlights when approaching on coming traffic to avoid blinding the driver of the approaching vehicle.
The Colorado DMV has been studying fatal, night time single vehicle accidents on two lane mountain roads in the state. It has been determined that 85% of these accidents have a similar cause in that the vehicle left the paved area of the roadway. In further analysis of the crashed vehicle, it was noted that a blonde had her foot stuck in the steering wheel at the time of the fatal crash
