Title 31, Title 31 and Other Vehicles

(a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not enter an intersection whether or not any traffic signal is green unless there is sufficient space in the roadway he or she is about to enter beyond the intersection to receive his or her vehicle without blocking the intersection. Violat…

(a) No operator of a motor vehicle shall proceed into an intersection that has been designated, posted, and marked by a municipality in accordance with subsection (b), except when making a turn, unless there is sufficient space on the opposite side of the intersection to accommod…

Whenever any highway has been divided into two (2) roadways by leaving an unpaved intervening space or by a physical barrier, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and no vehicle shall be driven over, across, or within a dividing space, barrier, or sectio…

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited-access roadway except at those entrances and exits that are established by public authority. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

(a) The state traffic commission may, by resolution or order entered in its minutes, and local authorities may by ordinance with respect to any controlled-access roadway under their respective jurisdictions, prohibit the use of a roadway by pedestrians, bicycles, or other non-mot…

No person shall operate a motor vehicle for travel on the emergency break-down lane of any highway. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle upon a bicycle lane except when making a turn, entering or leaving the roadway or a parking lane, or when required in the course of official duty. An implement of husbandry may momentarily cross into a bicycle lane to permit other vehi…

(a) A driver of a motor vehicle commits the offense of unsafe passing of a person operating a bicycle if the driver violates any of the following requirements: (1) The driver of a motor vehicle may only pass a person operating a bicycle by driving to the left of the bicycle at a …

A two-way left turn lane may be designated near the center of a roadway for use by vehicles making left turns in both directions from or into the roadway. (1) Two-way left turn lanes shall be designated by distinctive roadway markings consisting of parallel double yellow lines, i…

Upon all roadways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadw…

(a) For purposes of this section, “vulnerable road user” means: (1) A pedestrian who is acting in compliance with chapter 18 of this title; (2) A bicyclist who is acting in compliance with chapter 19 of this title; (3) A police officer or emergency worker on duty when outside of …

Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having a width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway as…

The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated in this chapter: (1) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction sh…

(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 one-way street, or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one dir…

No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overtaking an…

(a) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (1) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the driver’s view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event anothe…

The state traffic commission is authorized to determine those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of the zon…

(a) The state traffic commission may designate any highway or any separate roadway under its jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of one-way traffic. (b) Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic a vehicle shall be dr…