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Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1301 Driving under the influence - driving while impaired - driving with excessive alcoholic content - definitions - penalties
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(1) (a) A person who drives a motor vehicle or vehicle under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs, or a combination of both alcohol and one or more drugs, commits driving under the influence. Driving under the influence is a misdemeanor, but it is a class 4 felony if the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1301.1 Expressed consent for the taking of blood, breath, urine, or saliva sample - testing - rules - definition
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(1) Any person who drives any motor vehicle upon the streets and highways and elsewhere throughout this state shall be deemed to have expressed such person's consent to the provisions of this section. (2) (a) (I) A person who drives a motor vehicle upon the streets and highways a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1301.3 Alcohol and drug driving safety program - definition
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(1) (a) Upon conviction of a violation of section 42-4-1301, the court shall sentence the defendant in accordance with the provisions of this section and other applicable provisions of this part 13. The court shall consider the alcohol and drug evaluation required pursuant to thi…

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1301.4 Useful public service - definitions - local programs - assessment of costs

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(1) This section applies to any person convicted of a violation of section 42-4-1301 and who is ordered to complete useful public service. (2) (a) For the purposes of this section and section 42-4-1301, "useful public service" means any work that is beneficial to the public and i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1302 Stopping of suspect

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A law enforcement officer may stop any person who the officer reasonably suspects is committing or has committed a violation of section 42-4-1301 (1) or (2) and may require the person to give such person's name, address, and an explanation of his or her actions. The stopping shal…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1303 Records - prima facie proof

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Official records of the department of public health and environment relating to certification of breath test instruments, certification of operators and operator instructors of breath test instruments, certification of standard solutions, and certification of laboratories shall b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1304 Samples of blood or other bodily substance - duties of department of public health and environment - rules

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(1) The department of public health and environment shall establish a system for obtaining samples of blood or other bodily substance from the bodies of all pilots in command, vessel operators in command, or drivers and pedestrians fifteen years of age or older who die within fou…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1305 Open alcoholic beverage container - motor vehicle - prohibited

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(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Alcoholic beverage" means a beverage as defined in 23 CFR 1270.3 (a). (b) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public highway…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1305.5 Open marijuana container - motor vehicle - prohibited - definitions

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(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Marijuana" shall have the same meaning as in section 16 (2)(f) of article XVIII of the state constitution. (b) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufacture…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1306 Colorado task force on drunk and impaired driving - creation - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Drunk and impaired driving continues to cause needless deaths and injuries, especially among young people; (b) In 2003, there were over thirty thousand arrests for driving under the influence or driving while ability-impaired;…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1307 Penalties for traffic offenses involving alcohol and drugs - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal

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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, for the purposes of sentencing as described in section 18-1-102.5, C.R.S., each sentence for a conviction of a violation of section 42-4-1301 shall include: (a) A period of imprisonment, which, for …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1401 Reckless driving - penalty

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(1) A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or low-power scooter in such a manner as to indicate either a wanton or a willful disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving. A person convicted of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1402 Careless driving - penalty

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(1) A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or low-power scooter in a careless and imprudent manner, without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and use of the streets and highways and all other attendant…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1402.5 Vulnerable road user - prohibition - violations and penalties - definition

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(1) Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "vulnerable road user" means: (a) A pedestrian; (b) A person engaged in work upon a roadway or upon utility facilities along a roadway; (c) A person providing emergency services within a right-of-way;…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1403 Following fire apparatus prohibited

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The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm. An…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1404 Crossing fire hose

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No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department used at any fire, alarm of fire, or practice runs or laid down on any street, private driveway, or highway without the consent of the fire department official in command. Any person who violates any provisi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1405 Riding in trailers

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No person shall occupy a trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2393, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1406 Foreign matter on highway prohibited - penalty - definitions

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(1) (a) No person shall throw or deposit upon or along any highway any glass bottle, glass, stones, nails, tacks, wire, cans, container of human waste, or other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon or along such highway. (b) No person shall throw, drop, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1407 Spilling loads on highways prohibited - prevention of spilling of aggregate, trash, or recyclables

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(1) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded or the load thereof securely covered to prevent any of its load from blowing, dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom; except that material may be dropped for t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1407.5 Splash guards - when required - definition

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Splash guards" means mud flaps, rubber, plastic or fabric aprons, or other devices directly behind the rear-most wheels, designed to minimize the spray of water and other substances to the rear. (b) "Splash …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1408 Operation of motor vehicles on property under control of or owned by parks and recreation districts

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(1) Any metropolitan recreation district, any park and recreation district organized pursuant to article 1 of title 32, C.R.S., or any recreation district organized pursuant to the provisions of part 7 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., referred to in this section as a "district"…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1409 Compulsory insurance - penalty - legislative intent

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(1) No owner of a motor vehicle or low-power scooter required to be registered in this state shall operate the vehicle or permit it to be operated on the public highways of this state when the owner has failed to have a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full fo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1410 Proof of financial responsibility required - suspension of license

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(1) Any person convicted of violating section 42-4-1409 (1) shall file and maintain proof of financial responsibility for the future as prescribed in sections 42-7-408 to 42-7-412. Said proof of insurance shall be maintained for a period of three years from the date of conviction…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1410.5 Providing false evidence of proof of motor vehicle insurance - penalty

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(1) It is unlawful for any person to offer, use, or attempt to offer or use any means, manner, type of paper, document, card, digital image, or any other proof of motor vehicle liability insurance required by state law to a law enforcement officer, judge, magistrate, prosecutor, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1411 Use of earphones while driving

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(1) (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones. (b) For purposes of this subsection (1), "earphones" includes any headset, radio, tape player, or other similar device which provides the listener with radio programs, music, or other recorded information th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1412 Operation of bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehicles

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(1) A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter has all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this article 4, except as to special regulations in this article 4, except as provided in section 42-4-1412.5, and …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1412.5 Statewide regulation of certain persons approaching intersections who are not operating motor vehicles - status of existing local ordinance or resolution - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The regulation of persons approaching controlled intersections is a matter of mixed state and local concern; and (b) It is necessary, appropriate, and in the best interest of the state to reduce injuries, fatalities, an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1413 Eluding or attempting to elude a police officer

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Any operator of a motor vehicle who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated a state law or municipal ordinance, who has received a visual or audible signal such as a red light or a siren from a police officer driving a marked vehicle showing the same to be an o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1414 Use of dyed fuel on highways prohibited

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(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any highway of the state using diesel fuel dyed to show that no taxes have been collected on the fuel. (2) (a) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction. (b) Any person who commits …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1415 Radar jamming devices prohibited - penalty

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(1) (a) No person shall use, possess, or sell a radar jamming device. (b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle with a radar jamming device in the motor vehicle. (2) (a) For purposes of this section, "radar jamming device" means any active or passive device, instrument, mechani…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1416 Failure to present a valid transit pass or coupon - fare inspector authorization - definitions

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(1) A person commits failure to present a valid transit pass or coupon if the person occupies, rides in, or uses a public transportation vehicle without paying the applicable fare or providing a valid transit pass or coupon. (2) A person shall not occupy, ride in, or use a public…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1501 Traffic laws apply to persons operating motorcycles and autocycles - special permits

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(1) Every person operating a motorcycle or autocycle shall be granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this article 4, except as to special regulations in this article 4 and except as to those provisions of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1502 Motorcycles and autocycles - protective helmet

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(1) A person driving a motorcycle or autocycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached to the motorcycle or autocycle. The driver of a motorcycle or an autocycle shall not carry any other person, and another person shall not ride on a motorcycle or autocycle,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1503 Operating motorcycles and autocycles on roadways laned for traffic - report - repeal

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(1) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a traffic lane, and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a traffic lane. This subsection (1) shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane. (2) The …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1504 Clinging to other vehicles - penalty

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A person riding upon a motorcycle or autocycle shall not attach himself, herself, or the motorcycle or autocycle to any other vehicle on a roadway. Any person who violates this section commits a class A traffic infraction. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1601 Crashes involving death or personal injuries - duties

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(1) The driver of any vehicle directly involved in a crash resulting in injury to, serious bodily injury to, or death of any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such crash or as close to the scene as possible or shall immediately return to the scene of the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1602 Crash involving damage - duty

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(1) The driver of any vehicle directly involved in a crash resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such crash or as close thereto as possible but shall immediately return to and in every e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1603 Duty to give notice, information, and aid

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(1) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to, serious bodily injury to, or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give the driver's name, the driver's address, and the registration number of the veh…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1604 Duty upon striking unattended vehicle or other property

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The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is involved in a crash with any vehicle or other property which is unattended resulting in any damage to such vehicle or other property shall immediately stop and either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle or ot…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1605 Duty upon striking highway fixtures or traffic control devices

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The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting only in damage to fixtures or traffic control devices upon or adjacent to a highway shall notify the road authority in charge of such property of that fact and of the driver's name and address and of the registration number …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1606 Duty to report crashes - definition

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(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic crash resulting in injury to, serious bodily injury to, or death of any person or any property damage shall, after fulfilling the requirements of sections 42-4-1602 and 42-4-1603 (1), give immediate notice of the location of such …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1607 When driver unable to give notice or make written report

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(1) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of a crash as required in section 42-4-1606 (1) and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the crash capable of doing so, such occupant shall give or cause to be given the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1608 Crash report forms

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(1) The department shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for crash reports required under this article 4, which reports must call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with re…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1609 Coroners to report

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Upon request by the department of transportation, every coroner or other official performing like functions shall electronically report all available toxicology results to the department of transportation by the final business day of each quarter of the calendar year for each dec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1610 Reports by interested parties confidential

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All crash reports and supplemental reports required by law to be made by any driver, owner, or person involved in any crash are without prejudice to the individual so reporting and are for the confidential use of the department; except that the department may disclose the identit…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1611 Tabulation and analysis of reports

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The department shall tabulate and may analyze all crash reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic crashes and in such a way that the information may be of value to the depar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1612 Crashes in state highway work areas - definition

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(1) Repealed. (2) For purposes of this section, "state highway work area" includes any area where an employee of the department of transportation is working at the time a fatal crash occurs. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the department of transportatio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1701 Traffic offenses and infractions classified - penalties - penalty and surcharge schedule - repeal

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(1) It is a traffic infraction for any person to violate any of the provisions of articles 1 to 3 of this title 42 and parts 1 to 3 and 5 to 19 of this article 4 unless such violation is, by articles 1 to 3 of this title 42 and parts 1 to 3 and 5 to 19 of this article 4 or by any…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1702 Alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses - collateral attack

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(1) No person against whom a judgment has been entered for DUI, DUI per se, DWAI, or UDD shall collaterally attack the validity of that judgment unless such attack is commenced within six months after the date of entry of the judgment. (2) In recognition of the difficulties atten…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1703 Parties to a crime

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Every person who commits, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared in this article and part 1 of article 2 of this title to be a crime or traffic infraction, whether individually or in connection with one or more other persons or as principal, a…