Title 49 — MOTOR VEHICLES

49-924. Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1, 1955, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment specified in this chapter if the single distribu…

49-925. Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles. The head lamp upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every head lamp on a motor-driven cycle shall be …

49-926. Alternate road-lighting equipment. Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in section 49-903, Idaho Code, when equipped with two (2) lighted lamps upon the front capable of revealing persons and objects seventy-five (75) feet ahead in lieu of lamp…

49-927. Number of driving lamps required or permitted. (1) At all times specified in section 49-903, Idaho Code, at least two (2) lighted lamps shall be displayed, one (1) on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, except when …

49-928. Special restrictions on lamps. (1) Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, or flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of …

49-929. Lights on snow removal equipment. It shall be unlawful to operate any snow removal equipment on any highway unless lamps on the equipment comply with and are lighted when and as required by the standards and specifications adopted by the director of the Idaho transportati…

49-930. Selling or using lamps or equipment. (1) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or use upon any vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, or reflector wh…

49-933. Brakes. (1) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle, including two (2) separate means of applying the brakes, each o…

49-934. Brakes on motor-driven cycles. (1) The director is authorized to require an inspection of the brake on any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove any brake which he finds will not comply with the performance standard set forth in section 49-933, Idaho Code, or which in his …

49-937. Mufflers — prevention of noise. (1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, bypass, or similar de…

49-940. Mirrors. (1) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the operator a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred (200) feet to the rear of the vehicle. (2) When a motor vehicle is so loaded or constructed, or is towing…

49-943. Windshields to be unobstructed and equipped with wipers. (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows of the vehicle which obstructs the driver’s clear vi…

49-944. Standards for windshields and windows of motor vehicles — Prohibited acts — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any person to place, install, affix, or apply any window tinting film or sunscreening device to the windows of any motor vehicle, except as follows: (a) Nonreflecti…

49-945. Safety glazing material in motor vehicles. No person shall sell any new motor vehicle, nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered unless the vehicle is equipped with safety glazing material of a type approved by the director wherever glazing material is used in doors, …

49-948. Restrictions as to tire equipment. (1) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one (1) inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. (2) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehi…

49-949. Requirement as to fender or covers over all wheels on motor vehicles. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or move or any owner to permit to be operated or moved, any motor vehicle, truck, bus, semitrailer or trailer, upon any highway without having the vehi…

49-952. Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices. (1) No person shall operate any truck, bus, or truck tractor upon any highway outside the corporate limits of municipalities at any time specified in section 49-903, Idaho Code, unless there shall be carried in th…

49-953. Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled. (1) Whenever any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is disabled upon the traveled portion or the shoulder of any highway outside of any municipality at any time when lighted lamps are required…

49-956. Horns and warning devices. (1) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than two hundred (200) feet, but no horn or other …

49-959. Air-conditioning equipment. (1) Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed and maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public and shall not contain any refrigerant which is toxic to persons or which is flammable a…

49-962. Footrests on motorcycles and motor driven cycles. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motorcycle or motor driven cycle to carry a passenger on the vehicle unless it is equipped with footrests designed exclusively for the use of a passenger on the vehicle.

49-965. Modification of vehicle to reduce road clearance beyond certain limits unlawful. It shall be unlawful to operate any passenger motor vehicle which has been modified from the original design so that any portion of the vehicle other than the wheels has less clearance from t…

49-966. Motor vehicle bumper height requirements. (1) With the exception of motor vehicles registered pursuant to section 49-406, 49-406A, 49-407 or 49-408, Idaho Code, or motor vehicles where the original or predominant body configuration of the motor vehicle, provided by a reco…

49-967. Air bags and air bag systems — Disclosure if inoperable. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a vehicle without giving prior written notice to the purchaser or transferee if the person knows or should reasonably know that any …

49-1001. ALLOWABLE GROSS LOADS. The gross load imposed on the highway by any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed the limits in this section. The maximum single axle gross weight shall be twenty thousand (20,000) pounds, the maximum single wheel gross weight shall …

49-1002. Allowable load per inch width of tire. (1) Load for inch width of tire for the front steer axle may not exceed the manufacturer’s load rating per tire or the load rating of the axle or twenty thousand (20,000) pounds per axle whichever is less. The maximum allowable load…

49-1003. Speed limits for vehicles regulated according to weight and tire equipment. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle equipped with other than pneumatic tires on a highway at a rate of speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour for vehicles having a gross weight of …

49-1004. Permits for overweight or oversize loads — Special routes and annual permits. (1) Upon application in writing to the department or local authorities in charge of or having jurisdiction over a highway, the department or local authorities may in their discretion issue a sp…

49-1004A. new special route designations by the department. (1) Notwithstanding the provision on the addition or deletion of approved routes in section 49-1004(4), Idaho Code, the department may designate routes within its jurisdiction for operation of vehicle combinations with a…

49-1004B. special route designations and permits by local authorities. (1) Local authorities may, by resolution on their own initiative or pursuant to written request, designate routes and revoke previously authorized routes within their respective jurisdictions for the operation…

49-1004C. special permits — interstate system. Exclusively for the purposes of section 49-1001(1)(c), Idaho Code, the interstate system, which shall be considered to consist of I-15, I-84, I-86, I-90 and I-184, in Idaho is deemed a noninterstate highway. Exclusively for the purpo…

49-1005. Special regulations and notice. Whenever in the judgment of the board or authorities in charge of, or having jurisdiction over a highway, the operation on any highway or section of highway of vehicles of sizes and weights at rates of speed permissible by law which will c…

49-1006. Responsibility for damage to highway or bridge. The owner and the operator, driver or mover of any vehicle, object or contrivance over a highway or bridge, shall be jointly and severally responsible for all damages which the highway or bridge may sustain as the result of…

49-1007. Limiting liability of authorities. No action or proceedings of any nature or description shall lie against the board, its authorized agents, or any other authorities charged with the administration of this chapter because of their compliance with any of the terms of this…

49-1008. Granting permission for transportation of loads of logs, poles, piling and material from mines which has not been finally processed. With respect to transportation of logs, poles or piling by motor vehicle, the board or other proper authorities in charge of, or having ju…

49-1009. Contract for building and maintaining roads. The board, the governing board of a county, city or highway district is authorized to contract with any individual, firm or corporation, state or federal agency or any combination of parties, to build, rebuild or maintain or c…

49-1010. Size of vehicles and loads. No vehicle shall exceed the dimensions specified below, except that certain devices determined by the board as necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles, including energy conservation devices, shall be excluded from the …

49-1011. Exception to weight and size limitations. (1) If federal law permits the several states to establish size and weight limits in excess of those prescribed in sections 49-1001 and 49-1010, Idaho Code, the board, as provided in subsection (2) of this section, may authorize …

49-1012. Temporary movement of harvesting machinery after darkness. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, harvesting machinery may be moved during hours of darkness when that machinery is equipped, in addition to those requirements set forth in chapter 9, title 49, Idaho Co…

49-1013. Penalties for violations. (1) It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, except that violations of law as specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of this section shall constitute a…

49-1014. indemnity agreement in motor carrier transportation contracts void. As used in this section: (1) "Motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement or understanding covering: (a) The transportation of property for compensation or hire by the motor carrie…

49-1201. Department to administer — Court review. (1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the department, may, within ten (10) days after notice file a petition in the district court for Ada…

49-1202. Department to furnish operating record. The department shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter providing fees have been paid pursuant to section 49-202, Idaho Code. Persona…

49-1203. Courts to report nonpayment of judgments — Nonresidents. (1) Whenever any person fails within sixty (60) days to satisfy a judgment, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court, which has no clerk, in which a judgment is rendered within thi…

49-1204. Suspension for nonpayment of judgments. (1) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, the department shall suspend, except as provided in section 49-1207, Idaho Code, the driver’s license or the nonresident’s driving privilege of any person against whom the judgmen…

49-1205. Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given. The driver’s license and nonresident’s driving privilege shall, except as provided in section 49-1207, Idaho Code, remain suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any driver’s license be issued in the name…

49-1206. Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements. Judgments in excess of the amounts specified in section 49-117, Idaho Code, shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied when payments in the amounts specified have been credited. Payments made in settlemen…

49-1207. Installment payment of judgments — Default. (1) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments and the court may, in its discretion and without prej…

49-1208. Proof required upon certain convictions. (1) If a person is not licensed, but by final order or judgment is convicted of, or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial, or has entered a plea of guilty for, any offense requiring the suspen…

49-1212. Expressed, permitted and implied provisions of motor vehicle liability policy. (1) An owner’s policy of liability insurance shall: (a) Designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is to be granted; and (b…