Title 47, Motor Vehicles

Provisions of this article shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or to vehicles or machinery used in the construction or maintenance of highways, and such vehicles or machinery may be operated on any part of the road, whether same is open to traffic or closed, when suc…

(a) It shall be unlawful to place or park a motor vehicle or a trailer upon the posted private property of another, without first obtaining permission from the landowner or the person in charge of such property, except where said placing or parking is casual or involuntary. (b) V…

A. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to place or park a motor vehicle in any parking space that is designated and posted as a reserved area for the parking of a motor vehicle operated by or transporting a physically disabled person unless such person has applied for and been…

A. No person shall place, stop, park, or stand any vehicle including trailers or implements of husbandry, contrary to any official sign reserving, restricting, or regulating the placing, stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle at any state building or property, including grou…

The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon the highways except: 1. Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section. 2. The provisions of Chapter 10 of this title and Article IX of…

A. The Department of Transportation in coordination with the Department of Public Safety shall have the authority to erect and maintain signs reserving, restricting or regulating the placing, stopping, standing or parking of vehicles within the boundaries of the following: 1. Sta…

In counties with a population over five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the last decennial census, marked and unmarked law enforcement vehicles or any vehicle which a law enforcement officer is using in an official capacity shall be exempt from paying a parking meter whil…

It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter. Laws 1961, p. 373, § 11-102.

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic. Laws 1961, p. 373, § 11-103; Laws 1968, c. 58, § 1, emerg. eff. March 18, 1968.

Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-driven vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature…

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter except those contained in Article IX hereof shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles and other equipment, while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway, or to persons, motor vehicles and o…

A. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privilege set forth in this section, but su…

The military forces of the United States and organizations of the National Guard, performing any military duty, shall not be restricted by municipal traffic regulations, and shall have the right of way on any street or highway through which they may pass against all, except carri…

The person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall not permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. Laws 1961, p. 38…

No vehicle shall be backed upon any street or highway except for such distance as may be necessary to permit the vehicle to enter the proper driving lane from a parked position. Such backing shall be done only after the driver of said vehicle has ascertained that such movement ca…

A. No person under the age of sixteen (16) years shall drive a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, or motorized bicycle on any highway of this state while transporting any other person. B. The operator of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, or moto…

(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 to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechan…

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, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load…

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 the right-hand edge of the highway as reasonably possible. Laws 1961, p. 389, § 11-1106.

(a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral. (b) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged. Laws 1961, p. 389, § 11-1107.

(a) 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 five hundred (500) feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire…

No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command. Laws 1961, p. 390, § 11-1109.

A. No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substances likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway. B. Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destr…

A. No person shall willfully throw or drop any substance at a moving vehicle or any occupant thereof. B. No person shall willfully throw or drop any object from a bridge or overpass with intent to damage any property or injure any person. C. Any violation of subsection A or B of …

A. Every driver, when transporting a child under eight (8) years of age in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, shall provide for the protection of said child by properly using a child passenger restraint system as follows: 1. A child unde…

The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office shall develop a program of public education to promote the use of child passenger restraint systems. Added by Laws 1983, c. 7, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.

A. No operator of a motor vehicle shall allow a passenger to ride outside the passenger compartment of the vehicle on the streets, highways or turnpikes of this state; provided, this section shall not apply to persons so riding on private property or for parades or special events…

At a railroad-highway grade crossing, a person operating a Class A, B or C commercial motor vehicle shall not negotiate the crossing if there is: 1. Insufficient space to drive completely through the crossing without stopping; or 2. Insufficient clearance for the undercarriage of…

A. The self-propelled or motor-driven and operated vehicles described in this section shall be prohibited from operating or shall be limited in operation on the streets and highways of this state. B. Self-propelled or motor-driven cycles, known and commonly referred to as "minibi…

A. It shall be unlawful for a person less than eighteen (18) years of age to operate or to be carried as a passenger upon an all- terrain vehicle unless the person wears a crash helmet of a type which complies with standards established by 49 C.F.R., Section 571.218. B. It shall …

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Forget-Me-Not Vehicle Safety Act”. Added by Laws 2008, c. 343, § 1.

A. As used in the Forget-Me-Not Vehicle Safety Act: 1. “Person responsible for a child” means a custodial parent or legal guardian of a child, or a person who has been directed or authorized to supervise a child by that child’s custodial parent or legal guardian; 2. “Unattended” …

A. A person shall be immune from civil liability for any damage resulting from the forcible entry of a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a child from the motor vehicle if the person: 1. Determines the motor vehicle is locked or there is otherwise no reasonable method for …

A. It is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this article. A conviction for the violation of any offense in this article…

Every person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this title, except as to special regulations in this article and except to those provisions of t…

A. A person operating a bicycle shall ride upon or astride a permanent and regular attached seat. B. No bicycle or motorized scooter shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped. Added by Laws 1961, p. 390, § 11-1203. Amend…

No person riding upon any bicycle, motorized scooter, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway. Added by Laws 1961, p. 390, § 11-1204. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 521, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.

A. Every person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as is safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under any of the foll…

No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars. Added by Laws 1961, p. 391, § 11-1206. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 521, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.

A. When overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction, a person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care and: 1. If there is more than one lane for traffic proceeding in the same direction, a motorist passing a cyclist shall move the vehicle to the lane…

A. Except as specifically provided in this section, an electric-assisted bicycle or an operator of an electric-assisted bicycle shall be afforded the rights and privileges and be subject to all of the duties and provisions of this act. B. An electric-assisted bicycle or a person …

It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously throw an object at or in the direction of any person riding a bicycle, equine or animal-drawn vehicle. Any person convicted of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the coun…

No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. Laws 1961, p. 391, § 11-1301.

A. The Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and any county or city in this state are hereby authorized to close any highway or section thereof, within their respective jurisdiction, to traffic while the highway is flooded or under repair, maintenance or const…

A. A person shall be guilty of the offense of endangerment of a highway worker if the person commits any of the following when the act occurs within a maintenance or construction zone: 1. Exceeding the posted speed limit by fifteen (15) miles per hour or more; 2. Failing to merge…

A. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to establish Operation Work Zone Awareness. Operation Work Zone Awareness is a program designed to educate the motoring public on the dangers of committing moving violations while traveling in highway construction work zones. The D…