Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

169.40 FIRE TRUCK; FIRE STATION. § Subdivision 1.Following fire truck; parking at fire scene. 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 500 feet, or drive into or park such v…

169.41 CROSSING FIRE HOSE. No streetcar or vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private driveway, or streetcar track, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in co…

169.42 LITTERING; DROPPING OBJECT ON VEHICLE; MISDEMEANOR. § Subdivision 1.Objects on highway. No person shall throw, deposit, place, or dump, or cause to be thrown, deposited, placed, or dumped upon any street or highway or upon any public or privately owned land adjacent theret…

169.421 CIVIL LIABILITY FOR LITTERING. § Subdivision 1.Finding. The legislature finds that the cost of removal and disposal of solid waste, including litter, from vehicles is an onerous burden upon the public, and that the criminal law is not always adequate in dealing with the p…

169.43 SWINGING GATE ON TRUCK. (a) No truck shall be operated on any highway with gate, loading rack, or partition carried in any manner on any part of the exterior of the truck, unless the top and bottom of such gate, loading rack or partition is securely attached to the truck, …

169.435 OFFICE OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. § Subdivision 1.Responsibility; Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety has the primary responsibility for school transportation safety. The Office of Pupil Transportation Safety is created as a section under the…

169.441 SCHOOL BUS IDENTIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Identification and signal requirements, generally. For purposes of sections 169.441 to 169.448, school bus means a motor vehicle that is outwardly equipped and identified as a school bus. A motor vehicle that satisfies the identi…

169.442 SCHOOL BUS SIGNALS. § Subdivision 1.Signals required. A type A, B, C, or D school bus must be equipped with at least one stop-signal arm, prewarning flashing amber signals, and flashing red signals. § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1994 c 647 art 12 s 43] § Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1994 …

169.443 SAFETY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN; BUS DRIVER'S DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Using bus signals. A driver of a school bus shall activate the prewarning flashing amber signals of the bus before stopping to load or unload school children. The driver shall activate and continuously operat…

169.444 SAFETY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN; DUTIES OF OTHER DRIVERS. § Subdivision 1.Children getting on or off school bus. When a school bus is stopped on a street or highway, or other location where signs have been erected under section 169.443, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and is disp…

169.445 COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Cooperation of school authorities. The commissioner of public safety shall ensure that local authorities having jurisdiction over school buses shall cooperate with law enforcement and judicial authorities in reporting and …

169.446 SAFETY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN; TRAINING AND EDUCATION RULES. § Subdivision 1.Peace officer training. The Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training shall include sections 169.441 to 169.448 and the enforcement of sections 169.443, 169.444, 169.447, and 169.448 in the instr…

169.447 SCHOOL BUS AND HEAD START BUS SAFETY. § Subdivision 1.Passenger seating. (a) The number of pupils or other authorized passengers transported in a school bus or Head Start bus must not be more than the number of pupils or passengers that can be fully seated. Seating capaci…

169.4475 SPECIAL EVENT SCHOOL BUS USE. § Subdivision 1.Temporary use authority. A pupil transport entity that meets the requirements of this section may operate a school bus for which the entity has paid registration tax under section 168.013, subdivision 18, to provide transport…

169.448 OTHER BUSES. § Subdivision 1.Restrictions on appearance; misdemeanor. (a) A bus that is not used as a school bus must not be operated on a street or highway unless it is painted a color significantly different than national school bus glossy yellow. (b) A bus that is not …

169.449 SCHOOL BUS OPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Rules. The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules governing the operation of school buses used for transportation of school children, when owned or operated by a school or privately owned and operated under a contract with a …

169.4501 SCHOOL BUS EQUIPMENT STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.National standards adopted. Except as provided in sections 169.4502 and 169.4503, the construction, design, equipment, and color of types A, B, C, D school buses and multifunction school activity buses used for the transpor…

169.4502 ADDITIONAL MINNESOTA SCHOOL BUS CHASSIS STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Relation to national standards. The bus chassis standards contained in this section are required in addition to those required by section 169.4501. When a Minnesota standard contained in this section conf…

169.4503 ADDITIONAL MINNESOTA SCHOOL BUS BODY STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Relation to national standards. The bus body standards contained in this section are required in addition to those required by sections 169.4501 and 169.4502. When a Minnesota standard contained in this sect…

169.4504 ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR SPECIALLY EQUIPPED BUS. § Subdivision 1.Relation to national standards. The specially equipped school bus standards contained in this section are required in addition to those required by section 169.4501. When a Minnesota standard contained in t…

169.451 INSPECTING SCHOOL AND HEAD START BUSES; RULES; MISDEMEANOR. § Subdivision 1.Annual requirement. The Minnesota State Patrol shall inspect every school bus and every Head Start bus annually to ascertain whether its construction, design, equipment, and color comply with all …

169.4511 SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT AND SUBSEQUENT OPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Postcrash inspection. (a) A peace officer responding to an accident involving a school bus or Head Start bus must immediately notify the State Patrol if the accident results in: (1) a fatality; (2) bodily inju…

169.454 TYPE III VEHICLE STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Standards. This section applies to type III vehicles used for the transportation of school children when owned and operated by a school district or privately owned and operated. All related equipment provided on the vehicle must…

169.4581 CRIMINAL CONDUCT ON SCHOOL BUS. Each local law enforcement agency shall adopt a written policy regarding procedures for responding to criminal incidents on school buses. In adopting a policy, each law enforcement agency shall consult with local school officials, with rep…

169.4582 REPORTABLE OFFENSE ON SCHOOL BUS. § Subdivision 1.Reportable offense; definition. "Reportable offense" means misbehavior causing an immediate and substantial danger to self or surrounding persons or property under section 121A.45. § Subd. 2.Duty to report; school officia…

169.46 HITCHING BEHIND VEHICLE. No person shall hitch a toboggan, hand sled, bicycle, or other similar device onto any motor vehicle or streetcar while being used on a highway. History: (2720-232) 1937 c 464 s 82; 2001 c 24 s 3

169.467 MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 169.467 to 169.469, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power manuf…

169.468 VEHICLE SAFETY RULES; FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Federal motor vehicle safety standards. The commissioner of public safety, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, may adopt and enforce rules in substantial conformity with federal motor vehicle safety…

169.469 INJUNCTION. § Subdivision 1.Authority of district court. The district courts of this state have the authority to restrain or enjoin a violation or threatened violation of section 169.468. § Subd. 2.Injunctive power of attorney general. Whenever it appears to the satisfact…

169.47 UNSAFE EQUIPMENT. § Subdivision 1.Misdemeanor; exceptions. (a) It is unlawful and punishable as hereinafter provided for any person to drive or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such un…

169.471 TELEVISION; HEADPHONES. § Subdivision 1.Television screen in vehicle. No television screen shall be installed or used in any motor vehicle where images from the screen are visible to the driver while operating the motor vehicle except: (1) video screens installed in law e…

169.475 USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Electronic message" means a self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed or intended to be transmitted…

169.48 VEHICLE LIGHTING. § Subdivision 1.Lights to be displayed. (a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state: (1) at any time from sunset to sunrise; (2) at any time when it is raining, snowing, sleeting, or hailing; and (3) at any other time when visibility is impaired by…

169.49 HEADLAMPS. (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle must be equipped with at least two headlamps, including at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. Headlamps must comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 169.47 to 169.6…

169.50 REAR LAMPS. § Subdivision 1.Requirements; exception. (a) Every motor vehicle and every vehicle that is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles must be equipped with at least one tail lamp, exhibiting a red light plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear…

169.51 CLEARANCE AND MARKER LAMPS. (a) Every motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle designed or used for the transportation of property, or for the transportation of passengers for compensation, shall display lighted lamps, as required in this section. (b) Every such vehicle having…

169.515 LIGHTS ON GRANT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "high poverty area" means a census tract as reported in the most recently completed decennial census published by the United States Bureau of the Census that has a poverty area rate of at l…

169.52 PROJECTING LOAD; LIGHT OR FLAG. When the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required in this chapte…

169.522 SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE, SIGN REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Displaying emblem; rules. (a) All animal-drawn vehicles, motorized golf carts when operated on designated roadways pursuant to section 169.045, implements of husbandry, and other machinery, including all road constructio…

169.53 LIGHTS FOR PARKED VEHICLES. When a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required, it shall be equipped with one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway s…

169.541 LIGHTING EXEMPTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT; STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Exemption. Sections 84.87, 84.928, 86B.511, and 169.48 to 169.65, relating to lighting of vehicles and watercraft, do not apply to a licensed peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, par…

169.55 LIGHTS ON ALL VEHICLES. § Subdivision 1.Lights or reflectors required. At the times when lighted lamps on vehicles are required each vehicle including an animal-drawn vehicle and any vehicle specifically excepted in sections 169.47 to 169.79, with respect to equipment and …

169.56 AUXILIARY LIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Spotlight. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two spot lamps and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed …

169.57 VEHICLE SIGNALS. § Subdivision 1.Stoplights. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped and when required under this chapter, shall be equipped with at least two stop lamps on the rear which shall emit a red or yellow light and which shall be actuated upon application of the service …

169.58 IDENTIFICATION LAMPS. § Subdivision 1.Wide or long vehicle. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a width including load thereon at any part in excess of 80 inches or which exceeds 30 feet in overall length may be equipped with identification lamps on the front dis…

169.59 WARNING LIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Fender lights. Any vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps, one on each side which shall emit a white light without glare. § Subd. 2.Running board light. Any vehicle may be equipped with not more than one run…