Title 22 — Highways and Motor Vehicles

Every vehicle upon a highway at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, during heavy rainstorms, or at any other times when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person or vehicle on the highway at a distance of 200 feet, mu…

Every vehicle must be equipped with at least 1, but not more than 2 stop lamps on the rear of the vehicle, which must display a red or amber light, or any color between red and amber, visible from a distance of not less than 200 feet to the rear in normal sunlight and which must …

(a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends, or any integral part of any vehicle projects, to the rear 4 feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there must be displayed at the extreme end of the load or projecting part of the vehicle, at the times specified in 22.…

Any lighted head lamps on a parked vehicle must be depressed or dimmed. History: 1972, PL 12-65 § 1.

Every motor vehicle, including bicycles and all other conveyances used on a highway, not specifically required by this chapter to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices, must at all times, as specified in 22.1101, be equipped with a lamp emitting a white or yellow light…

Any motor vehicle may be equipped with 1 or more backup lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such backup lamp or lamps shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion. History: 1972, PL 12-65 § 1.

Every school bus purchased after 1 September 1971, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this chapter, must: (1) be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to …

(a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, when operated upon a highway, must be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle, including 2 separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply…

(a) The brakes of a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be deemed adequate if, on a dry, hard, approximately level stretch of highway free from loose materials, such brakes are capable of stopping the motor vehicle combination of vehicles, when operating at speeds set …

(a) Every motor vehicle, when operated upon a highway, must be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions for a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound. (b) The dr…

(a) Any motor vehicle on a highway must at all times be equipped with a muffler to prevent any excessive or unusual noise. (b) No muffler or exhaust system may be equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device, and no person may modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in …

Every motor vehicle must be equipped with a mirror located so as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear. History: 1972, PL 12-65 § 1.

(a) No person may drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows which materially ob-structs, obscures or impairs the driver’s clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway. (b) …

The maximum engine size limits for motorcycles is 1200 cubic centimeters. History: 1972, PL 12-65 § 1;amd 1976, PL 14-21; 1979, PL 16-34 § 1; amd 1980, PL 16-59 § 1. Amendments: 1976 Section formerly provided that the governor was to determine “maximum horsepower limits”, and tha…

(a) It is unlawful for a person to operate a motorcycle or motor scooter on any public roadway in the Territory unless he and any passenger he carries on the vehicle wears: (1) a safety helmet on the head. securely fastened with a chin strap; (2) safety glasses, goggles, or a fac…

The provisions of this chapter relating to equipment required on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, farm tractors, motorcycles or motor-driven cycles, except as made applicable by this chapter. History: 1972, PL 12-65 § 1.

Only authorized emergency vehicles may be equipped with the following: (1) sirens or siren-like devices other than horns; (2) any red or blue light visible from the front center portion of any vehicle; (3) flashing lights other than turn signals or headlights and taillights used …

(a) No driver of a motor vehicle shall operate, or permit the operation of, any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 50 or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon a highway, unless that system is being operated to request assistance or …

It is a class B misdemeanor for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway, any vehicle or combination of vehicles in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts, or i…