Title 28 — Transportation

A person operating a motor vehicle on a public highway and approaching a horse-drawn vehicle, a horse on which a person is riding or livestock being driven on the highway shall exercise reasonable precaution to prevent frightening and to safeguard the animals and to ensure the sa…

A. On a highway outside of a business or residence district, a person shall not stop, park or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on the paved or main traveled part of the highway if it is practicable to stop, park or leave the vehicle off that part of the h…

A. If a police officer finds a vehicle standing on a highway in violation of section 28-871 the officer may move the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the paved or main traveled part of the highway. B. A p…

A. Except if necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or if in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, a person shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places: 1. On a sidewalk. 2. In a private driveway if…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who stops or parks a vehicle on a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall stop or park the vehicle with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb. B. A local authority may per…

The stopping, standing or parking restrictions provided in this article do not apply to a police or peace officer when the stopping, standing or parking is for the purpose of actual performance of a law enforcement duty.

A. A person shall not stop, stand or park a motor vehicle within any parking space specially designated for parking and fueling motor vehicles fueled exclusively by electricity unless the motor vehicle is powered by electricity and has been issued an alternative fuel vehicle spec…

A person who is driving a vehicle powered by an alternative fuel may park without penalty in parking areas that are designated for carpool operators as defined in section 28-4032.

This article does not apply: 1. To zones where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited to all vehicles as provided in sections 28-871, 28-873 and 28-936. 2. If there is a local ordinance that prohibits parking during heavy traffic periods such as rush hours or where parking c…

A. Each state agency having jurisdiction over street parking or publicly owned and operated parking facilities shall provide specially designated and marked motor vehicle parking spaces for the exclusive use of persons with physical disabilities. B. Each political subdivision of …

A. The director may enter into agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign jurisdictions, on behalf of this state: 1. Relating to the extension to residents of this state of parking privileges for persons with a permanent disability. 2. To recognize international symbo…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person shall not stop, stand or park a motor vehicle within any specially designated and marked parking space provided pursuant to this article unless the motor vehicle is transporting a person who has been issued a valid p…

A. If a law enforcement officer or a parking enforcement specialist employed by a local authority finds a motor vehicle in violation of this article, the person shall issue a complaint to the operator or other person in charge of the motor vehicle or, if an operator or person in …

A local authority may establish a volunteer parking enforcement specialist program for parking for persons with physical disabilities. Under this program, the local authority may authorize volunteers to issue citations only to persons who violate section 28-884 or an ordinance re…

A. The driver of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic. B. The driver of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle on any access road, exit or entrance ramp or roadway of a controlled acce…

A. A person operating a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle shall ride only on the permanent and regular seat attached to the motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle. B. The operator of a motorcycle shall not carry any other person and any other person shall not ride on a motorcycle unle…

A. A person shall not drive a vehicle when the vehicle's load or passengers obstruct the driver's view to the front or sides of the vehicle or interfere with the driver's control over the vehicle's driving mechanism. B. A passenger in a vehicle shall not ride in a position that i…

The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold the motor vehicle under control and as near the right-hand edge of the roadway as reasonably possible.

A. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling on a downgrade shall not coast with the gears of the vehicle in neutral. B. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle traveling on a downgrade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.

A person shall not drive a vehicle towing a trailer or semitrailer at a rate of speed that causes the trailer or semitrailer to sway laterally from the line of traffic.

A person shall not drive a vehicle over an unprotected hose of a fire department if the hose is laid down on a street or private driveway to be used at a fire or alarm of fire. This section does not apply if a fire department official in command at the fire or alarm of fire direc…

A. A person shall not throw or deposit on a roadway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or other substance likely to injure a person, animal or vehicle on the roadway. B. A person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown on a roadway any destructive or injurious…

A person who owns, leases, has charge of or possesses a barbed wire fence along a public highway: 1. Shall not permit or allow the wire of the fence to lie loose along or in the highway so as to endanger the safety of a person or animal passing along the highway. 2. Is liable for…

A. The department of public safety in consultation with the student transportation advisory council established by section 28-3053 shall adopt rules as necessary to improve the safety and welfare of student passengers by minimizing the probability of accidents involving school bu…

A. Except for the purpose of conducting drills under school rules and in the emergency evacuation or dispersal of pupils and school personnel, a person shall not operate a school bus on a public highway: 1. While carrying more passengers than can be properly seated. 2. While a pe…

If a motor vehicle that is painted yellow and that is owned or operated by this state, a county, city, town or political subdivision of this state, a school district or a school is sold or transferred to a private owner, the private owner shall repaint the motor vehicle a differe…

A. All motorcycles are entitled to the full use of a lane. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection does not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane. B. Except as provided …

A. A person shall not drive a vehicle on a sidewalk area except on a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. B. This section does not apply to a motorized wheelchair, electric personal assistive mobility device, personal mobile cargo carrying device, authorized emergency…

A person shall not open a door on a motor vehicle unless it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic. A person shall not leave a door open on a side of a motor vehicle exposed to moving traffic for a period of time longer …

A person shall not raise or lower the height of a motor vehicle by mechanical means while the motor vehicle is moving on a highway at a speed in excess of fifteen miles per hour.

A. Except as provided in subsection H of this section, a person shall not operate a motor vehicle on the highways in this state when transporting a child who is under five years of age unless that child is properly secured in a child restraint system. B. The operator of a motor v…

A person operating a wheelchair, a motorized wheelchair, an electric personal assistive mobility device or a personal mobile cargo carrying device has all of the rights and duties that are contained in this chapter and chapters 4 and 5 of this title and that are applicable to ped…

A. Each front seat occupant of a motor vehicle that is designed for carrying ten or fewer passengers, that is manufactured for the model year 1972 and thereafter and that is required to be equipped with an integrated lap and shoulder belt or a lap belt pursuant to the federal mot…

A. A driver of a vehicle who drives the vehicle on a public street or highway that is temporarily covered by a rise in water level, including groundwater or overflow of water, and that is barricaded because of flooding is liable for the expenses of any emergency response that is …

[Repealed or reserved.]

A. A vehicle used to transport any equine to a slaughtering establishment may have no more than one level or tier in the compartment containing the equine. B. The animal cargo space of vehicles used for the transportation of equines to slaughtering establishments must: 1. Be desi…

A. Unless a motor vehicle is parked or stopped pursuant to section 28-645, subsection A, paragraph 3 or section 28-851, a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a street or highway if the person does either of the following: 1. Physically holds or supports with any part of the…

A. A person shall not: 1. Drive or move and the owner shall not knowingly cause or permit to be driven or moved on a highway a vehicle or combination of vehicles that: (a) Is in an unsafe condition that endangers a person. (b) Does not contain those parts or is not at all times e…

At any time from sunset to sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, a vehicle on a highway in this state shall display lighted lamps and illuminatin…

A. If a requirement is provided in this article as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which the lamps or devices shall be visible, the provisions apply during the times stated in section 28-922 with respect to a vehicle wit…

A. A motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, an all-terrain vehicle or a motor driven cycle shall be equipped with at least two head lamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. The head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this ar…

A. A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer and any other vehicle that is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear. When lighted as required by this article, each tail lamp shall emit a red light…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a new motor vehicle sold and operated on a highway, other than a truck tractor, shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, either: 1. Two red reflectors that comply with this section. 2. If it …

A. A person shall not sell a new motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor driven cycle, in this state unless it is equipped with a stop lamp and every stop lamp on the vehicle meets the requirements of section 28-939. B. A person may not drive a vehicle on the highways unle…

The sections of this article, including sections 28-929 through 28-934, relating to clearance and marker lamps, reflectors and stoplights, apply as stated in those sections to vehicles of the type enumerated in the sections, namely passenger buses, trucks, truck tractors and cert…

In addition to other equipment required in this article, the following vehicles shall be equipped with the following equipment under the conditions stated in section 28-928: 1. On a bus or truck regardless of size, on the rear, two reflectors, one at each side, and two stoplights…

A. The director may adopt standards and specifications applicable to lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school buses consistent with and supplemental to this article. The standards and specifications may designate and permit the use of alternately …

A. Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color. B. Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear …

A. Reflectors that are required by section 28-929 shall be mounted at a height of not less than twenty-four inches and not more than sixty inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than t…

A. A reflector on a vehicle referred to in section 28-929 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within five hundred feet to fifty feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of h…