Massachusetts Headlights Law--Adam Soshnick

Recently a new law in Massachusetts has been put in place that requires all motorists to have their headlights and taillights on whenever their vehicle's windshield wipers are needed. The new law also states that lights needs to be on a half hour after sunset and half and hour before sunrise as well as whenever visibility is less than 500 feet. This law comes amid some controversy that the state government is using its power too much to interfere in trivial matters that could cause many peoples insurances premiums to increase.
I think that overall this law is a pretty good law and will help to prevent any unnecessary danger on the roads. Although the fine for breaching this law is only $5, insurance premiums could be driven up by a ticket. But overall that shouldn't be much of a problem as anyone should have their lights on whenever it is raining so this law will just make that explicitly clear as well as give people an incentive to drive in a more safe manner. I think that people shouldn't have their insurance premiums go up from just one offense of this nature but instead two or more should result in premiums going up. That is something up to the discretion of the individual insurance companies but one would expect them to adapt their policies to this new law.