Title 42, Vehicles and Traffic
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-315 Warranties
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No provision of sections 42-4-301 to 42-4-316 shall be deemed to prevent, or interpreted so as to hinder, the enforcement of any applicable motor vehicle part or emissions control systems performance warranty. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2311, � 1, ef…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-316.5 Termination of vehicle emissions testing program
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The commission shall have the authority to eliminate all requirements for regularly scheduled basic or enhanced emissions inspections of motor vehicles if the commission finds that this action does not violate federal air quality standards. Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-401 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Certification of emissions control means one of the following certifications, issued to the owner of a diesel vehicle which is subject to the diesel inspection program in order to indicate the status of inspection…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-402 Administration of inspection program
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The department shall have responsibility for administering the diesel inspection program in accordance with the authority exercised by the executive director under the provisions of this part 4. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2316, � 1, effective January…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-403 Powers and duties of the commission
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(1) The commission shall be responsible for the adoption of rules and regulations which are necessary to implement the diesel inspection program including: (a) Regulations governing procedures for: (I) Testing and licensing of diesel emissions inspectors; (II) Licensure of diesel…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-405 Powers and duties of executive director
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(1) The executive director is authorized to issue, deny, cancel, suspend, or revoke licensure for, and shall furnish instructions and all necessary forms to, diesel emissions inspection stations and inspectors. Fees for such licenses shall be established by regulations promulgate…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-408 Operation of diesel inspection station
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(1) (a) A licensed diesel inspection station shall issue a certification of diesel emissions control to a diesel vehicle only upon forms issued by the executive director. (b) A certification of diesel emissions control shall be issued by a licensed diesel inspection station to a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-409 Improper representation of a diesel inspection station
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(1) The executive director shall have the authority to suspend or revoke the diesel inspection license and unused certification of diesel emissions control forms held by a licensed inspection station for the following reasons: (a) The station is not equipped as required; (b) The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-410 Inclusion in the diesel inspection program
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(1) (a) Any home rule city, town, or county shall be included in the diesel inspection program set forth in this part 4 upon request by the governing body of such local government to the department of revenue and the department of public health and environment. (b) When such a re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-412 Air pollution violations
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(1) (a) A person commits a class A traffic infraction if the person causes or permits the emission into the atmosphere from: (I) Any motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, powered by gasoline or any fuel except diesel of any visible air pollutant as defined in section 25-7-103 (1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-501 Size and weight violations - penalty
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Except as provided in section 42-4-509, it is a traffic infraction 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 vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in sections 42-4-502 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-502 Width of vehicles
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(1) The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed eight feet six inches, except as otherwise provided in this section. (2) (a) A load of loose hay, including loosely bound, round bales, whether horse drawn or by motor, shall not exceed twelve feet in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-503 Projecting loads on passenger vehicles - penalty
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Except with regard to the operation of a motorcycle, autocycle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter, a person shall not operate a passenger-type vehicle on any highway with any load carried on the vehicle extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-504 Height and length of vehicles
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(1) A driver shall not drive a vehicle either unladen or with load that exceeds a height of fourteen feet six inches. The department of transportation shall designate highways with overhead highway structures that have less than fourteen feet six inches of vertical clearance. A d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-505 Longer vehicle combinations - rules
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, the department of transportation, in the exercise of its discretion, may issue permits for the use of longer vehicle combinations. An annual permit for such use may be issued to each qualified carrier co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-506 Trailers and towed vehicles
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(1) When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any two vehicl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-507 Wheel and axle loads
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(1) The gross weight upon any wheel of a vehicle shall not exceed the following: (a) When the wheel is equipped with a solid rubber or cushion tire, eight thousand pounds; (b) When the wheel is equipped with a pneumatic tire, nine thousand pounds. (2) The gross weight upon any si…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-508 Gross weight of vehicles and loads - definition
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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, a person shall not move or operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles on any highway or bridge when the gross weight upon any one axle of a vehicle exceeds the limits prescribed in section 42-4-507. (b) Subject to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-509 Vehicles weighed - excess removed
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(1) Any police or peace officer, as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S., having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or stationary scale…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-511 Permit standards - state and local
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(1) The transportation commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of section 42-4-510 with regard to state permits. (2) (a) Any permits which may be required by local authorities shall be issued in accordance w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-512 Liability for damage to highway
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(1) No person shall drive, operate, or move upon or over any highway or highway structure any vehicle, object, or contrivance in such a manner so as to cause damage to said highway or highway structure. When the damage sustained to said highway or highway structure is the result …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-513 Overweight and oversize permits in emergencies
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(1) As used in this section, emergency means a temporary circumstance in which: (a) The public safety or health is threatened; (b) Critical infrastructure or homes are not able to maintain heat, power, or light; (c) People are unable to secure adequate food, water, or fuel; or (d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-601 Department to sign highways, where
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(1) The department of transportation shall place and maintain such traffic control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon state highways as it deems necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this article or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-602 Local traffic control devices
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(1) No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign or traffic control signal at any location so as to require the traffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been obtained from the depart…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-603 Obedience to official traffic control devices
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(1) No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic control device including any official hand signal device placed or displayed in accordance with the provisions of this article unless otherwise directed by a police officer subject to the exceptions…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-604 Traffic control signal legend
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(1) If traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination as declared in the traffic control manual adopted by the department of transportation, only the colors green, yello…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-605 Flashing signals
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(1) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in conjunction with a traffic sign or a traffic signal or as a traffic beacon, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows: (a) When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-606 Display of unauthorized signs or devices
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(1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-607 Interference with official devices
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(1) (a) No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, remove, or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-608 Signals by hand or signal device
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(1) Any stop or turn signal when required as provided by section 42-4-903 shall be given either by means of the hand and arm as provided by section 42-4-609 or by signal lamps or signal device of the type approved by the department, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-609 Method of giving hand and arm signals
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(1) All signals required to be given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner, and such signals shall indicate as follows: (a) Left-turn, hand and arm extended horizontally; (b) Right-turn, hand and arm extended upward; (c) Stop or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-610 Unauthorized insignia
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No owner shall display upon any part of the owner's vehicle any official designation, sign, or insignia of any public or quasi-public corporation or municipal, state, or national department or governmental subdivision without authority of such agency or any insignia, badge, sign,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-611 Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities - distress flag
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(1) Any paraplegic person or person with a disability when in motor vehicle distress is authorized to display by the side of such person's disabled vehicle a white flag of approximately seven and one-half inches in width and thirteen inches in length, with the letter D thereon in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-612 When signals are inoperative or malfunctioning - penalty
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(1) (a) When a driver approaches an intersection and faces a traffic control signal that is inoperative, that remains on steady red or steady yellow during several time cycles, or that does not recognize a motorcycle or autocycle that is operated by the driver, the provisions con…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-615 School zones - increase in penalties for moving traffic violations
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(1) Any person who commits a moving traffic violation in a school zone is subject to the increased penalties and surcharges imposed by section 42-4-1701 (4)(d). (2) For the purposes of this section, school zone means an area that is designated as a school zone and has appropriate…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-701 Vehicles approaching or entering intersection
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(1) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right. (2) The foregoing rule is modified at through highways and otherwise as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-702 Vehicle turning left
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The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an im…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-703 Entering through highway - stop or yield intersection
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(1) The department of transportation and local authorities, within their respective jurisdictions, may erect and maintain stop signs, yield signs, or other official traffic control devices to designate through highways or to designate intersections or other roadway junctions at w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-704 Vehicle entering roadway
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The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-706 Obedience to railroad signal
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(1) Any driver of a motor vehicle approaching a railroad crossing sign shall slow down to a speed that is reasonable and safe for the existing conditions. If required to stop for a traffic control device, flagperson, or safety before crossing the railroad grade crossing, the driv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-708 Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing
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(1) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, or roller or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine inches above the level surface of a ro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-709 Stop when traffic obstructed
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A driver shall not enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or railroad grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle the driver is operating without obstru…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-710 Emerging from or entering alley, driveway, or building
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(1) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, building, parking lot, or other place, immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or into the sidewalk area extending across any such alleyway, driveway, or entranceway, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-711 Driving on mountain highways
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(1) The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near to the right-hand edge of the highway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-712 Driving in highway work area
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(1) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian engaged in work upon a highway within any highway construction or maintenance work area indicated by official traffic control devices. (2) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the righ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-713 Yielding right-of-way to transit buses - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Public mass transit operator has the same meaning as in section 43-1-102 (5), C.R.S. (b) Transit bus means a bus operated by a public mass transit operator. (2) Drivers of vehicles in the same lane of traffic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-714 Bicyclist or other authorized user in bicycle lane
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(1) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a bicyclist or other authorized user of a bicycle lane in a bicycle lane. (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section, any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a class A traffic …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-715 Yielding right-of-way in roundabouts - definitions
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Large vehicle means a truck, bus, emergency vehicle, or recreational vehicle that generally has a total length of more than thirty-five feet or a total width of more than ten feet. (b) Roundabout means a circular intersection or junction in which …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-802 Pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks
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(1) When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadwa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-803 Crossing at other than crosswalks
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(1) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (2) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel o…