40-11-15 Abandoned vehicles Removal by peace officer
(a) Any peace officer who finds a motor vehicle which has been left unattended on a highway for more than five days, as evidenced by the date on an unattended…
40-11-13 Abandoned motor vehicles Definitions
As used in this article, the term: (1) Day means a business day unless otherwise stated and shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays recognized by the state. (2)…
40-11-1 Abandoned and derelict vehicles Definitions
As used in this article, the term: (1) Abandoned motor vehicle means a motor vehicle or trailer: (A) Which has been left by the owner or some person acting for…
40-9-2 Accidents Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) Accident means the collision of any motor vehicle with another vehicle or with any object or fixture, or involvement of a motor…
40-8-201 Inspection of vehicles
(a) No person driving a vehicle shall refuse to submit such vehicle to an inspection and test when required to do so by the commissioner of public safety or an…
40-8-183 Emissions Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00…
40-8-181 Visible emissions
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate on a public roadway of this state a diesel powered vehicle which discharges into the atmosphere visible emissions resulting in…
40-8-130 Vehicle without emission control
(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any motor vehicle to operate or permit the operation of such vehicle on which any device controlling or abating atmospheric emissions…
40-8-96 Colored lights Penalties
Any person violating Code Sections 40-8-90 and 40-8-92 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
40-8-93 Exceptions Flashing parking or brake lights or directional signals
Nothing contained in Code Sections 40-8-90 and 40-8-92 shall be deemed to apply to nor construed to prohibit blinking or flashing parking or brake lights or directional signals on any…
40-8-92 Use of flashing green lights by private persons on public property Flashing or revolving lights on emergency vehicles
(a) All emergency vehicles shall be designated as such by the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner shall so designate each vehicle by issuing to such vehicle a permit to…
40-8-90 Flashing blue lights
(a)(1) Except as provided in this paragraph and subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate any motor vehicle equipped…
40-8-79 Riding in bed of pickup truck
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 to ride as a passenger in the uncovered bed of a pickup truck on any interstate highway in…
40-8-76.1 Use of safety belts
(a) As used in this Code section, the term passenger vehicle means every motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, pickup trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles, designed to carry…
40-8-76. Safety belts required as equipment; safety restraints for children
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40-8-75 Tire covers
Every bus, truck, full trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, with the exception of local haul pulpwood trucks and local haul waste collection dumping trailers, shall be equipped with suitable metal…
40-8-74 Tires
(a) No vehicle equipped with solid rubber tires shall be used or transported on the highways, unless every solid rubber tire on such vehicle shall have rubber on its entire…
40-8-73.1 Sunscreening and tinting
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Light reflectance means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material…
40-8-73 Windshields and windshield wipers
(a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side windows, or rear windows of such vehicle which obstructs…
40-8-72 Mirrors
(a) Except as provided in subsection of this Code section, every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the drivers view to the rear thereof from…
40-8-71 Exhaust system
(a) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system, in good working order and in constant operation, meeting the following specifications: (1) The exhaust system…
40-8-70 Horns and warning devices
(a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a…
40-8-50 Brakes required
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Gross combination weight rating (GCWR) means the combined gross vehicle weight ratings of all vehicles in a combination of vehicles.…
40-8-35 Low-speed vehicle Amber strobe light
(a) Any low-speed vehicle operated on the highways of this state without a properly affixed emblem con- forming to the requirements of Code Section 40-8-4 shall display an amber strobe…
40-8-31 Use of multiple-beam road lighting
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in Code Section 40-8-20, the driver shall use a distribution of light,…
40-8-30 Multiple-beam road lighting
Except as hereinafter provided in this part, the headlights or the auxiliary driving light or the auxiliary passing light or combination thereof on motor vehicles other than motorcycles or motor…
40-8-29 Spotlights, foglights, and auxiliary lights permitted
(a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spotlight, and no lighted spotlight shall be aimed and used upon any approaching vehicle. It shall be unlawful…
40-8-28 Lights on parked vehicles
(a) When a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half-hour after sunset and a half-hour before sunrise, and there is sufficient light…
40-8-27 Light or flag on projecting load
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body…
40-8-26 Standards for brake lights and signal devices
(a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped and when required under this article shall be equipped with the following signal lights or devices: (1) A brake light on the rear…
40-8-25 Brake lights and turn signals required
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1954, including any motorcycle or motor driven cycle manufactured after January 1, 1954,…
40-8-24. Reflectors
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40-8-23. Taillights
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40-8-22. Headlights
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40-8-21 Visibility distance and mounted height
(a) Whenever this article declares the required distance from which certain lights and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lights or devices shall be visible, such provisions…
40-8-20. When lighted headlights and other lights required
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40-8-11 Autonomous vehicle
(a) A person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle with the automated driving system engaged without a human driver being present in the vehicle, provided that such vehicle: (1) Unless…
40-8-10 Operation of motor vehicle with nitrous oxide
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person on a public road to drive a passenger car, excluding a motor home, which supplies the motor vehicles combustion engine with nitrous…
40-8-8 Speedometer
Every motor vehicle operated upon a public street or highway shall be equipped with a speedometer in good working order.
40-8-7. Driving unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle; punishment for violations of chapter generally; vehicle inspection by law enforcement officer without warrant
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40-8-6.1 Raised chassis vehicles
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Frame means the main longitudinal structural members of the chassis of a truck. (2) Frame height means the vertical distance…
40-8-6 Alteration of suspension system; broken springs
(a) It shall be unlawful to alter the suspension system of any private passenger motor vehicle which may be operated on any public street or highway more than two inches…
40-8-5 Alteration of odometer
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to tamper with, adjust, alter, change, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect an odometer of a motor vehicle, or to…
40-8-4 Slow-moving vehicle emblem
Amended 2021 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate upon the public roads of this state any slow-moving vehicle or equipment, any farm trailer or semitrailer which…
40-8-3 Vehicle or load dragging on highway
No vehicle or load any portion of which drags or slides on the surface of the roadway shall be used or trans- ported on the highways. No vehicle shall be…
40-6-397 Aggressive driving
Amended 2021 (a) A person commits the offense of aggressive driving when he or she operates any motor vehicle with the intent to annoy, harass, molest, intimidate, injure, or obstruct…
40-6-396 Homicide or injury by interference with official traffic-control device or railroad sign
(a) Any person who, without malice aforethought, causes the death of another person through the violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-26 commits the offense of homicide by interference…
40-6-395. Fleeing or attempting to elude police officer; impersonating law enforcement officer
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40-6-394 Serious injury by vehicle
Amended 2021 (a) As used in this Code section, the term bodily harm means an injury to another person which deprives him or her of a member of his or…
40-6-393.1 Feticide (death of unborn child) by vehicle
Amended 2021 (a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term unborn child means a member of the species homo sapi- ens at any stage of development who is…
40-6-393 Homicide by vehicle
Amended 2021 (a) Any person who, without malice aforethought, causes the death of another person through the violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-163, Code Sections 40-6-390 through 40-6-391,…
40-6-391. Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances
Bottom line DUI covers driving or being in actual physical control of a moving vehicle while less safe due to alcohol/drugs/toxic vapors/combined substances, or meeting statutory per se alcohol/controlled-substance provisions.…
40-6-390.1 Reckless stunt driving
Added 2021 (a) Any person who operates any vehicle while drag racing, in violation of Code Section 40-6-186, or laying drags, in violation of Code Section 40-6-251, in reckless disregard…
40-6-390. Reckless driving
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40-6-352 Moped Protective headgear
(a) No person shall operate or ride as a passenger upon a moped unless he or she is wearing protective head- gear which complies with standards established by the commissioner…