Chapter 291C — Chapter 291C

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §291C-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. "Arterial street" means any United States …

PART X. SPEED RESTRICTIONS §291C-101 Basic rule. No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent and having regard to the actual and potential hazards and conditions then existing. Consistent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe…

§291C-102 Noncompliance with speed limit prohibited. (a) A person violates this section if the person drives: where the maximum or minimum speed limit is established by county ordinance or by official signs placed by the director of transportation on highways under the director's…

§291C-103 Racing on highways. (a) Except as provided in section 291C-149, no person shall drive any vehicle in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or acceleration, or for the purpose of making …

§291C-104 Speeding in a school zone or construction area. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed greater than the maximum speed limit established pursuant to subsection (b) within a school zone or a construction area; provided that if the person drives a motor vehic…

§291C-105 Excessive speeding. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding: (b) For the purposes of this section, "the applicable state or county speed limit" means the maximum speed limit established: (c) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be guilty o…

§291C-107 Speed limits; factors to consider. (a) The department of transportation or a county shall consider the following factors when setting a maximum speed limit pursuant to section 291C-102: (b) As used in this section, "engineering study" means a survey of highway and traff…

PART XI. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING §291C-111 Noncompliance with stopping, standing, or parking requirements. (a) With respect to highways and property under their respective jurisdictions, the director of transportation shall be authorized to and the counties by ordinance ma…

§291C-112 Certain uses of parked vehicles prohibited between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.; definition; exceptions. (a) No person shall use any vehicle for purposes of human habitation, whether or not the vehicle is designed or equipped for that purpose, while the vehicle is parked on …

§291C-113 Ordinances regulating use of vehicles for purposes of human habitation. Each of the counties may enact and enforce ordinances regulating the use of vehicles for purposes of human habitation. Upon each of the counties enacting an ordinance pertaining to the use of vehicl…

§291C-12 Collisions involving death or serious bodily injury. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in serious bodily injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible but sh…

§291C-12.5 Collisions involving substantial bodily injury. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in substantial bodily injury to any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible but shall then fo…

§291C-12.6 Collisions involving bodily injury. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in bodily injury to any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in…

§291C-123 Driving or parking upon bikeway; parking penalty. (a) No person shall drive any vehicle other than a bicycle, electric foot scooter, or moped upon a bicycle lane or bicycle path, except upon a permanent or authorized temporary driveway, or park any vehicle upon a bicycl…

§291C-124 Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle, or as …

§291C-125 Opening and closing vehicle doors. No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with, or causing immediate hazard to the movement of other tr…

§291C-13 Collisions involving damage to vehicle or property. The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting only in damage to a vehicle or other property that is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as c…

§291C-130 Slow moving vehicle emblem required; penalty. (a) Any vehicle, or combination of vehicles, designed to operate at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less, including a neighborhood electric vehicle, and traveling on a public highway, except when guarded by a flagpe…

§291C-131 Spilling loads on highways; penalties. (a) No vehicle shall be moved on any highway, unless the vehicle is so constructed, covered, or loaded as to prevent any of its load other than clear water or feathers from live birds from dropping, sifting, leaking, blowing, spill…

§291C-132 Littering from vehicles. (a) No person shall throw, place, or drop litter from a vehicle on any highway. The driver of the vehicle may be cited for any litter thrown, placed, or dropped from the vehicle. (b) "Litter" means rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, trash…

§291C-134.5 Electric personal assistive mobility devices; restrictions. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited or regulated by a county ordinance, an electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on sidewalks, at a speed no greater than eight miles per hour, and bicycle pa…

§291C-135 Tow trucks; signage and insurance requirements. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the registered owner or lessee of a tow truck shall: This section shall not apply to a county that has adopted ordinances regulating towing operations. [L 2000, c 260, §1; am …

§291C-14 Duty to give information and render aid. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or other property that is driven or attended by any person shall give the driver's name, address, and the…

PART XIII. OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY VEHICLES §291C-141 Effect of regulations. (a) It is a traffic infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this part. (b) The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize…

§291C-143 Riding on bicycles. (a) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereon. (b) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped. [L 1971, …

§291C-144 Clinging to vehicles. No person riding upon any coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy bicycle or other toy vehicle shall attach it or oneself to any vehicle upon a roadway, and no person riding a bicycle or moped upon any roadway shall attach the bicycle or moped or ones…

§291C-145 Riding on roadways and bikeways. (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall ride as near to the right-hand curb, on the edge of the roadway, or on the shoulder off …

§291C-146 Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times. [L 19…

§291C-147 Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. (a) Any bicycle used from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front. (b) Eve…

§291C-148 Driving upon sidewalk. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or authorized temporary driveway. (b) Unless otherwise prohibited, a bicycle may be driven at a speed of ten miles…

§291C-15 Duty upon striking unattended vehicle or other property. The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is involved in a collision with any vehicle or other property that is unattended resulting in any damage to the other vehicle or property shall immediately stop and …

§291C-152 Riding on motorcycles. (a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless the motorcycle is designed to carry…

§291C-153 Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic. (a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles opera…

§291C-16 Immediate notice of collision. (a) The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury or death of any person or total damage to all property to an apparent extent of $3,000 or more shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of t…

PART XV. PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE ON ARREST; RESPECTIVE POWERS OF STATE AND COUNTIES §291C-161 Penalties; photo red light imaging detector system fines; automated speed enforcement system fines. (a) It shall be a violation for any person to violate any of the provisions of this ch…

§291C-163 Powers of counties. (a) This chapter shall not be deemed to prevent counties with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction from: (b) No local authority shall erect or maintain any official traffic-control device at any location so as to require the traff…

§291C-164 Procedure upon arrest. Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a person arrested for a violation of any of the traffic laws before a district judge, any authorized police officer, upon making an arrest for violation of the state traffic la…

§291C-165 Summons or citation. (a) There shall be provided for use by authorized police officers, or designees of the county chiefs of police, a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of those traffic laws that do not mandate the physical arrest of violators. The…

§291C-165.5 Motor vehicle towing and storage; settlement; disabled vehicles. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any vehicle identified for removal pursuant to any county ordinance ordering removal of motor vehicles by any county police department for traffic…

§291C-166 REPEALED. L 1993, c 214, §19.

§291C-167 Summons or citation on illegally parked vehicle. Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions contained in the state traffic laws, the officer or designee finding the vehicle shall take its registration n…

§291C-168 REPEALED. L 1993, c 214, §20.

§291C-168.5 REPEALED. L 2007, c 85, §12.

§291C-170 Revocation or suspension of license. In addition to the penalties heretofore provided, the court may revoke or may suspend, for a period not to exceed one year, the license of any driver convicted of a violation of any section or provision of the state traffic laws invo…

§291C-171 Disposition of fines and forfeitures. (a) All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any section or provision of the state traffic laws and all assessments collected relating to the commis…

§291C-172 Refusal to provide identification. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person detained for a violation of this chapter shall provide the person's name and address, or any proof thereof, or both, upon the lawful order or direction of any police officer in the c…

§291C-19 Garages to report. The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been involved in a collision of which written report must be made by the driver as provided in chapter 287, or struck by any bullet, s…

§291C-194 Driver's license possession; required. (a) No person shall drive a moped unless the person is in immediate possession of a valid driver's license or instruction permit at all times. (b) The driver of a moped shall, upon the demand of a police officer, exhibit the driver…

§291C-195 Driving of mopeds. (a) Notwithstanding section 286-81(b), no person: The safety helmet shall meet the specifications and requirements established by rules adopted by the director. (b) No person shall drive a moped except while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, w…

§291C-196 Driving mopeds on roadways. (a) Every person driving a moped, except a three-wheeled moped, upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exer…