Title 47, Motor Vehicles

(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…

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter that part of a turnpike enclosed by fence except in a vehicle at authorized entrances. B. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to fail to pay the toll as prescribed by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. C. It shall be un…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Electronic Toll Collection Act". Added by Laws 1997, c. 278, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1997.

A. For purposes of this section: 1. "Authority" means the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority; 2. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety; 3. "Electronic toll collection system" means a system of collecting tolls or charges which is capable of charging an account holder the ap…

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, enforcement of both traffic laws and the general laws of the State of Oklahoma on the turnpikes shall be the exclusive authority of the Department of Public Safety, and the cost thereof shall be borne by the Oklahoma Turnpike Autho…

The Commissioner of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority are hereby authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for law enforcement on turnpikes. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to use any of its automotive and other equipment in policing turnpike…

Vehicles or equipment owned by the Oklahoma Transportation Authority, its agents or contractors, and public utilities, and engaged in maintenance or emergency operations, shall be equipped with such flashing and signal lights as may be prescribed by this title or by federal regul…

(a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this act, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an a…

Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different colored lights or colored lighted arrows successively one at a time, or in combination, only the colors green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word legend…

A. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Bicycle" means a device as defined in subsection A of Section 1-104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 2. "Immediate hazard" means a vehicle approaching a person operating a bicycle at a proximity and rate of speed sufficient to ind…

Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words “Walk” or a flashing “Don’t Walk” or the WALKING PERSON or UPRAISED HAND symbols are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows: 1. Walk. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the di…

A. Whenever an illuminated red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows: 1. Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before ent…

When lane use control signals are placed over individual lanes, said signals shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles as follows: 1. Green indication - Vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown; 2. Steady yellow indication - Vehicular traf…

Whenever a pedestrian-actuated school crossing signal is provided, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic and pedestrians in accordance with Sections 11-202 and 11-203 of this title. Laws 1961, p. 375, § 11-205; Laws 1977, c. 21, § 3, emerg. eff. April 15, 1977.

(a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the mo…

A. No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device, including any nine-one-one (911) emergency telephone service route markers, or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shie…

A. As used in this section, the term "traffic signal preemption device" shall mean a device designed for use by authorized emergency vehicles to improve traffic movement by temporarily controlling signalized intersections. B. It shall be unlawful for a person to possess, use, or …

A. Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: 1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the laws governing such movement; 2. When an obstruction exists making i…

Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction each driver shall give to the other at least one-half (1/2) of the maintraveled portion of the roadway …

The following requirements shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions and special requirements hereinafter stated: 1. The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same dire…

(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: 1. When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn; 2. Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles of…