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LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTES
TITLE 32. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
CHAPTER 1. LOUISIANA HIGHWAY REGULATORY ACT
PART 5. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
SUBPART C. OTHER EQUIPMENT
La. R.S. 32:354 (2010)
§ 32:354. Mirrors
A. After January 1, 1975, every motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after December 31, 1972,
of a type subject to registration in this state shall be equipped with a mirror mounted on the left side of
the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two
hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle.
B. Every motor vehicle of a type subject to registration in this state, except a motorcycle or motor driven
cycle, shall be equipped with an additional mirror mounted either inside the vehicle approximately in the
center or outside the vehicle on the right side and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the
highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle. When the required view
from the inside mirror is obstructed, an outside mirror on the right side of the vehicle shall be required.
C. All mirrors required by this section shall be maintained in good condition at all times.
D. In addition to the mirrors required in Subsections A and B of this Section, every school bus shall be
equipped with a mirror on the right side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of
the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle.
E. Every school bus shall be equipped with a mirror of a type and so located as to give the seated driver a
view of the area immediately in front of the front bumper, provided, however, that any Type II school bus
constructed in such a way that the seated driver has a view of the area immediately in front of the front
bumper need not be equipped with the mirror otherwise required by this Subsection.
F. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, motor
vehicles which are used by rural mail carriers in the performance of their duties shall not be required to be
equipped with a mirror on the passenger side of the vehicle.
G. In addition to the mirrors required in Subsections A and B of this Section, every delivery van which is
part of an official state motor vehicle fleet shall be equipped with a mirror of a type and so located as to
give the seated driver a view of the area immediately in the rear of the rear bumper.