Title 9 — Vehicle Code
24 chapters · 264 sections in this title.
9 CMC § 5406 Pedestrian Obedience to Traffic-Control Devices and Traffic Regulations
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5406. Pedestrian Obedience to Traffic-Control Devices and Traffic Regulations. A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic sign specifically applicable to pedestrians, unless otherwise directed by a police…
9 CMC § 5407 Pedestrians on Highways
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5407. Pedestrians on Highways. (a) Where sidewalks are provided it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent highway. (b) Where sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway…
9 CMC § 5408 Operators to Exercise Due Care
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5408. Operators to Exercise Due Care. Notwithstanding other provisions of this division, every operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or any person propelling a human-powered vehic…
9 CMC § 1501 Suspension and Revocation
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS § 1501. Suspension and Revocation. (a) Whenever any person is convicted of a violation of any provision of this title relating to the speed of vehicles or of reckless driving, the court may suspend the license of that person fo…
9 CMC § 1502 Records
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS § 1502. Records. The bureau shall file every application for license received by it and maintain: (1) A suitable index containing, in alphabetical order, all applications denied and note the reasons for the denial on each. (2) …
9 CMC § 5501 Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5501. Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections. The operator of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (a) Right Turns. Both the approach for a right turn, and a right turn, shal…
9 CMC § 5502 Turning on Curve or Crest of Grade Prohibited
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5502. Turning on Curve or Crest of Grade Prohibited. No vehicle may be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of, a grade where that vehicle cannot be seen …
9 CMC § 5503 Starting Parked Vehicle or Backing
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5503. Starting Parked Vehicles or Backing. No person may start a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked on a highway, nor may any person back a vehicle on a highway unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safet…
9 CMC § 5504 Signals
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5504. Signals. (a) The operator of any vehicle upon a highway shall, before starting, stopping or turning from a direct line, first see that the movement can be made in safety and, if any pedestrian may be affected by the move…
9 CMC § 5601 Stops
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5601. Stops. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, before entering an intersection, to fail to come to a complete stop within a reasonable distance before entering th…
9 CMC § 5602 Passing Passenger Carriers
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5602. Passing Passenger Carriers. (a) No operator of a vehicle which meets or overtakes any vehicle that has stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers may pass the stopped vehicle on the side on which pass…
9 CMC § 5603 Parking
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5603. Parking. (a) No person may park or leave standing any vehicle, either attended or unattended, upon the main traveled portion of any highway outside of a business or residential district, when it is practicable or possibl…
9 CMC § 5604 Illegal Parking: Registered Owner Responsible
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5604. Illegal Parking: Registered Owner Responsible. In any prosecution charging a violation regarding the standing or parking of a vehicle under this division, proof by the government that the particular vehicle described in …
9 CMC § 5605 Parking Signs
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5605. Parking Signs. The director may, by regulation, place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any highway in the Commonwealth where such stopping, standing, or parking is danger…
9 CMC § 5606 Unattended Motor Vehicles
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5606. Unattended Motor Vehicles. No person operating or in charge of a motor vehicle may permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the ignition key and effectively setting …
9 CMC § 5607 Passing a Government Transit Bus
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE § 5607 DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5607. Passing a Government Transit Bus. (a) Restricted Passing: No vehicle operator shall overtake or pass a government transit bus stopped for loading or unloading passengers on the side where passengers are entering o…
9 CMC § 5651 Persons With Disabilities Defined
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5651. Persons With Disabilities Defined. For the purposes of this article, the terms “persons with disabilities,” “physically disabled persons” and “disabled persons” are used interchangeably and mean a person with a disabilit…
9 CMC § 5652 Parking Privileges for Persons With Disabilities; Special Identification From Other Jurisdictions
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5652. Parking Privileges for Persons With Disabilities; Special Identification From Other Jurisdictions. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other statutory provision, any person with a disability shall be allowed to park a vehicle di…
9 CMC § 5653 Application for Special Identification Placard; Expiration and Renewal of Placards; Temporary Special Identification Placards
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5653. Application for Special Identification Placard; Expiration and Renewal of Placards; Temporary Special Identification Placards. (a) (1) Any disabled person may apply to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for issuance of a speci…
9 CMC § 5654 Presentation of Identification and Evidence of Issuance of Placard to Peace Officer Upon Request
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5654. Presentation of Identification and Evidence of Issuance of Placard to Peace Officer Upon Request. (a) Any person using a special identification placard issued pursuant to 9 CMC § 5653 for parking as permitted by that sec…
9 CMC § 5655 Cancellation or Revocation of Special Identification Placard; Grounds
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5655. Cancellation or Revocation of Special Identification Placard; Grounds. (a) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles may cancel or revoke a special identification placard issued pursuant to this article in any of the following events…
9 CMC § 5656 Designation by Local Authorities of Parking for Persons With Disabilities
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5656. Designation by Local Authorities of Parking for Persons With Disabilities. Any local authority may, by local law, designate parking spaces for the exclusive use of any vehicle which displays a special identification plac…
9 CMC § 5657 Removal of Unauthorized Vehicles From Parking Areas Designated for Persons With Disabilities; Designation of Parking Areas
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5657. Removal of Unauthorized Vehicles From Parking Areas Designated for Persons With Disabilities; Designation of Parking Areas. (a) Businesses or privately owned facilities that provide goods or services to the public and go…
9 CMC § 5658 Prior Signs and Other Designations of Parking Reserved for Persons With Disabilities
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5658. Prior Signs and Other Designations of Parking Reserved for Persons With Disabilities. Signs erected by owners or operators of private parking facilities to reserve parking for persons with disabilities prior to the passa…
9 CMC § 5659 Standards for Parking Reserved for Persons With Disabilities
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5659. Disabilities. Standards for Parking Reserved for Persons With All open off-street parking areas shall provide parking spaces for use by motor vehicles which transport physically disabled persons, in accordance with the f…
9 CMC § 5660 Citation; Penalties; Registered Owner and Driver Both Responsible
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5660. Citation; Penalties; Registered Owner and Driver Both Responsible. (a) It is unlawful for any person to park or cause a vehicle to be parked in a parking space reserved for the use of persons with disabilities. If a park…
9 CMC § 5671 Curb Markings; Parking Meters
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5671. Curb Markings; Parking Meters. (a) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to establish special parking zones by use of paint upon curbs or upon the roadway. The Department of Public Works shall cause any establish…
9 CMC § 5701 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Operating Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5701. Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Operating Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds. Every person operating a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties a…
9 CMC § 5702 Passengers on Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5702. Passengers on Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds. It is unlawful for an operator of a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped on a highway to carry any other person on it, unless on a seat securely fastened to the machi…
9 CMC § 5703 Safety Equipment
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5703. Safety Equipment. (a) Operators and passengers of a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped, while being operated on any highway within the Commonwealth, shall wear securely fastened on their heads safety helmets of a type a…
9 CMC § 5704 Operating Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds on Beaches
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5704. Operating Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds on Beaches. It is unlawful for any person to operate a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped on any public beach. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 550); amended by PL 15-29, § 8 (57…
9 CMC § 5705 Operating Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds on Highways Laned for Traffic
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5705. Operating Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, and Mopeds on Highways Laned for Traffic. (a) All motorcycles and motor scooters, other than mopeds, are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle may be driven in such a …
9 CMC § 5706 Clinging to Other Vehicles
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5706. Clinging to Other Vehicles. No person riding upon a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped may attach himself or herself or the motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped to any other vehicle on the highway. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (…
9 CMC § 5707 Motorcycles, Motor Scooters or Mopeds for Lease or Rental
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5707. Motorcycles, Motor Scooters or Mopeds for Lease or Rental. (a) All persons leasing or renting motorcycles, motor scooters, and mopeds shall provide their customers with a brief summary of the Commonwealth traffic laws. P…
9 CMC § 5708 Penalties: General
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5708. Penalties: General. (a) Every person who fails or refuses to comply with or violates any provision of this Article is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $100 for the first conviction and for a …
9 CMC § 5751 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons on Bicycles and Other Human-Powered Vehicles
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5751. Traffic Laws Apply to Persons on Bicycles and Other HumanPowered Vehicles. While operated on any highway, a bicycle or other human-powered vehicle is considered a vehicle for purposes of highway traffic operation regulat…
9 CMC § 5752 Riding on Bicycles
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5752. Riding on Bicycles. No bicycle may be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed or equipped, except that an adult rider may carry a child securely attached to his or her person in a …
9 CMC § 5753 Clinging to Vehicles
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5753. Clinging to Vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle, moped, coaster, roller skates, sled or toy vehicle may attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a highway. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 555).
9 CMC § 5754 Riding Two Abreast and Use of Bicycle Paths
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5754. Riding Two Abreast and Use of Bicycle Paths. (a) Persons riding bicycles upon a highway may not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of highways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding …
9 CMC § 5755 Bicycles and Human-Powered Vehicles on Sidewalks
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5755. Bicycles and Human-Powered Vehicles on Sidewalks. (a) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give…
9 CMC § 5756 Mopeds in Bicycle Lanes
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5756. Mopeds in Bicycle Lanes. Upon any highway where motor vehicles are permitted, a person may operate a moped in any lane designated for the use of bicycles. Moped riders shall yield the right of way to any bicycle riders. …
9 CMC § 5757 Light Required at Night
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5757. Light Required at Night. Every bicycle or moped when in use at the times described in 9 CMC § 5806 shall be equipped with a light visible from both sides from a distance of at least 500 feet. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 559)…
9 CMC § 5758 Safety Helmets
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5758. Safety Helmets. (a) An operator or passenger less than eighteen years of age of a bicycle, or other human power vehicle, or all terrain vehicle (ATV’s), or moped shall wear a safety helmet securely fastened on such perso…
9 CMC § 5801 Obstructing Operator's View or Interfering With Control of Mechanism
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5801. Obstructing Operator’s View or Interfering With Control of Mechanism. No person may operate a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons in excess of three as to obstruct t…
9 CMC § 5802 Prohibitions
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5802. Prohibitions. (a) No unauthorized person may sound the horn, handle the levers, set in motion, deface or in any way tamper with or damage any motor vehicle standing or parked upon any highway. (b) No person may throw any…
9 CMC § 5803 Throwing Debris on Highway Prohibited [Repealed.]
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5803. Throwing Debris on Highway Prohibited. [Repealed.] Source: PL 6-37, § 9 (repealing PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 563)). Commission Comment: This section was repealed by the Commonwealth Littering Control Act of 1989 (PL 6-37), codifie…
9 CMC § 5804 Downgrade Operation
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5804. Downgrade Operation. The operator of a motor vehicle may not operate the vehicle with the gears in neutral position or with the clutch disengaged while traveling on a downgrade on any public highway. Source: PL 3-61, § 1…
9 CMC § 5805 Driving Over Fire Hoses
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5805. Driving Over Fire Hoses. No vehicle may be operated over any unprotected fire hose when the hose is resting upon any public highway for use at any fire, or in answer to any fire alarm, without the consent of the departme…
9 CMC § 5806 Lights
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5806. Lights. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle is operated on a highway or adjacent shoulder during the period from sunset to sunrise, or at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render persons and vehicles clearly …
9 CMC § 5807 Vehicles on Certain Property
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TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 5: RULES OF THE ROAD § 5807. Vehicles on Certain Property. (a) No person may operate any vehicle, bicycle, or animal, nor may any person stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, bicycle or animal, whether attended or unattended, upon the driveways …