Title 31 — Title 31 — Motor Vehicles
21 chapters · 619 sections in this title.
W.S. § 31-5-613 barrier
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barrier. Passing through railroad crossing gate or No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
W.S. § 31-5-701 Prohibited acts
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Prohibited acts. (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in W.S. 31-5-701 through 31-5-706. (b) The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit the child or ward to violate any…
W.S. § 31-5-702 General rights and duties of riders
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General rights and duties of riders. Every person propelling a vehicle by human power or riding a bicycle or electric bicycle has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the driver of any vehicle under this act, except as to special regulations in this act and excep…
W.S. § 31-5-703 Number of riders
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Number of riders. No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one (1) time than the number for which it is designed or equipped except that an adult rider may carry a child securely attached to his person in a backpack or sling.
W.S. § 31-5-704 Riding on roadways and designated paths
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Riding on roadways and designated paths. (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. (b) Persons riding bicycles…
W.S. § 31-5-705 Carrying articles
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Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least one (1) hand upon the handle bars at all times.
W.S. § 31-5-706 Lamps and other equipment
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Lamps and other equipment. (a) Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear of a type approved by the …
W.S. § 31-5-707 Electric bicycles
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Electric bicycles. (a) The operator of an electric bicycle is subject to W.S. 31-5-702 and is not subject to the provisions of this title relating to financial responsibility, driver's licenses, registration, certificates of title or off-road recreational vehicles. An electric bi…
W.S. § 31-5-1009 (w) For movements of a vehicle meeting indivisible load requirements, the director or his authorized representative may issue permits for separate movements or extended periods of movement effective f
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(w) For movements of a vehicle meeting indivisible load requirements, the director or his authorized representative may issue permits for separate movements or extended periods of movement effective for one (1) year permitting hauling of prefabricated buildings, panels and trusse…
W.S. § 31-5-801 Operation on highways
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Operation on highways. (a) Snowmobiles may be operated upon the highways of Wyoming subject to the following conditions: (i) Snowmobiles may be operated within the right-of-way but not on the main traveled roadway except as provided hereafter; (ii) Crossings of main-traveled road…
W.S. § 31-5-901 provisions
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provisions. General requirements; applicability of (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger an…
W.S. § 31-5-910 Lighted lamps and illuminating devices
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Lighted lamps and illuminating devices. Every vehicle including those listed in W.S. 31-5-901(c), except as otherwise provided in this act, upon a highway within this state at any time from one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise and at any other ti…
W.S. § 31-5-911 Visibility distance
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Visibility distance. Whenever a requirement is declared by this act as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which the lamps or devices shall be visible, the provisions apply during the times stated in W.S. 31-5-910 in respect to …
W.S. § 31-5-912 Head lamps
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Head lamps. (a) A motor vehicle, including a multipurpose vehicle or an autocycle, which is greater than fifty (50) inches in width, shall be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps comply wi…
W.S. § 31-5-913 Tail lamps
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Tail lamps. (a) A motor vehicle, multipurpose vehicle which is greater than fifty (50) inches in width, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted…
W.S. § 31-5-914 Rear reflectors
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Rear reflectors. Every motor vehicle, multipurpose vehicle which is greater than fifty (50) inches in width, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamp…
W.S. § 31-5-915 Stop lamps; electric turn signal lamps
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Stop lamps; electric turn signal lamps. (a) Every motor vehicle, multipurpose vehicle which is greater than fifty (50) inches in width, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles shall be equipped with two (2) …
W.S. § 31-5-916 Additional lamps and reflectors
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Additional lamps and reflectors. The superintendent by regulation may require trucks, buses, motor homes, motor vehicles with truck-campers, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers to have additional lamps and reflectors.
W.S. § 31-5-917 Color of lighting devices
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Color of lighting devices. All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be whit…
W.S. § 31-5-918 Vehicles in combination
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Vehicles in combination. Whenever motor vehicles and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp need not be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the com…
W.S. § 31-5-919 Lamps, reflectors and flags on projecting loads
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Lamps, reflectors and flags on projecting loads. Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in W.S. 31-5-910, two (2) red l…
W.S. § 31-5-920 Parked vehicles
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Parked vehicles. (a) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more parking lamps which shall comply with the regulations of the superintendent. (b) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between one-half (1/2) hour after sunset and …
W.S. § 31-5-921 Farm and other vehicles and equipment; slow moving vehicle emblems
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Farm and other vehicles and equipment; slow moving vehicle emblems. (a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in W.S. 31-5-901(c) not specifically required by other provisions of this act to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices, shall…
W.S. § 31-5-922 Spot lamps
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Spot lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) 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 strike the windshield, or any windows, mirror, o…
W.S. § 31-5-923 Vehicular traffic hazard lamps
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Vehicular traffic hazard lamps. (a) Any vehicle including those referred to in W.S. 31-5-901(c) may be equipped with lamps for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approachin…
W.S. § 31-5-924 Multiple-beam lamps
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Multiple-beam lamps. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle including those referred to in W.S. 31-5-901(c) if equipped with multiple-beam lamps is being operated on a highway during the times specified in W.S. 31-5-910, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, dire…
W.S. § 31-5-925 Single-beam lamps
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Single-beam lamps. Head lamps which provide only a single distribution of light shall be permitted on all farm tractors regardless of date of manufacture, and on other motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to July 1, 1956, if the head lamps comply with the regulations of the…
W.S. § 31-5-926 Alternate lighting for slow-moving vehicles
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Alternate lighting for slow-moving vehicles. Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in W.S. 31-5-910 when equipped with two (2) lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects one hundred (100) feet ahead in lieu of head lam…
W.S. § 31-5-927 Number of driving lamps
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Number of driving lamps. Whenever a motor vehicle including those referred to in W.S. 31-5-901(c) equipped with head lamps as required in this act is also equipped with any other driving lamps on the front thereof, not more than a total of four (4) of the lamps on the front of a …
W.S. § 31-5-928 General lighting restrictions; authorized emergency vehicles
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General lighting restrictions; authorized emergency vehicles. (a) During the times specified in W.S. 31-5-910, any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicle hazard warning lamps and …
W.S. § 31-5-929 School buses
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School buses. (a) Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this act, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall display to the front two (2) alternately flashing r…
W.S. § 31-5-930 Highway construction and maintenance vehicles
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Highway construction and maintenance vehicles. (a) The superintendent shall adopt specifications and rules governing the use of flashing lights on vehicles engaged in highway construction or maintenance operations. (b) The driver of a vehicle engaged in highway construction or ma…
W.S. § 31-5-931 Backup and side marker lamps
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Backup and side marker lamps. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two (2) backup lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such backup lamp shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion. (b) Any vehicle may be equi…
W.S. § 31-5-932 Approved sale of lighting devices; mounting
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Approved sale of lighting devices; mounting. (a) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, motorcycle, autocycle, motor-driven cycle, moped or pole trailer, or use upon the vehicle an…
W.S. § 31-5-933 Repealed by Laws 1985, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 138, § 3.
W.S. § 31-5-934 Approved sale of equipment generally
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Approved sale of equipment generally. (a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale any lamp, reflector, hydraulic brake fluid, seat belt, safety glass, emergency disablement warning device, studded tire, motorcycle helmet, eye protection device for motorists, or red rear bicycle…
W.S. § 31-5-935 Standards for safety equipment
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Standards for safety equipment. (a) The superintendent shall adopt standards for lamps, reflectors, hydraulic brake fluids, seat belts, safety glass, emergency disablement warning devices, studded tires, motorcyclist helmets, eye protection devices and red rear bicycle reflectors…
W.S. § 31-5-936 Identification requirements for equipment
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Identification requirements for equipment. Any equipment described in W.S. 31-5-934 or any package containing the equipment shall bear the manufacturer's trade mark or brand name unless it complies with identification requirements of the United States Department of Transportation…
W.S. § 31-5-937 Approval of safety equipment by superintendent
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Approval of safety equipment by superintendent. (a) The superintendent shall approve or disapprove any lighting device or other safety equipment, component or assembly of a type for which approval is specifically required in this act within a reasonable time after approval has be…
W.S. § 31-5-938 Duration of superintendent's approval
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Duration of superintendent's approval. Approvals shall remain valid unless revoked under W.S. 31-5-939 or unless the superintendent requires them to be renewed under regulations issued by him.
W.S. § 31-5-939 reapproval
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reapproval. Revocation of superintendent's approval; (a) Whenever the superintendent has reason to believe that a device approved under W.S. 31-5-937 does not comply with his standards, he shall upon thirty (30) days notice to the one to whom the approval was issued conduct a hea…
W.S. § 31-5-940 Testing and enforcement program
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Testing and enforcement program. (a) The highway department may purchase and test equipment described in W.S. 31-5-934 to determine whether it complies with its standards. (b) Upon identification of unapproved or substandard devices being sold or offered for sale, the superintend…
W.S. § 31-5-950 General braking requirements
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General braking requirements. (a) Every motor vehicle and every combination of vehicles shall have a service braking system which will stop the vehicle or combination within forty (40) feet from an initial speed of twenty (20) miles per hour on a level, dry, smooth, hard surface …
W.S. § 31-5-951 Brakes on motor-driven cycles
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Brakes on motor-driven cycles. (a) The superintendent may require an inspection of the braking system on any motor-driven cycle and disapprove any brake which in his opinion is not so designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use. (b) The …
W.S. § 31-5-952 Horns and warning devices
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Horns and warning devices. (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than two hundred (200) feet, but no horn or other warning …
W.S. § 31-5-953 Mufflers
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Mufflers. (a) Every vehicle shall be equipped, maintained and operated so as to prevent excessive or unusual noise. Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler or other effective noise suppressing system in good working order and in constant operation. No pe…
W.S. § 31-5-954 Mirrors
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Mirrors. (a) Every motor vehicle including motorcycles, motordriven cycles, multipurpose vehicles, mopeds and off-road recreational vehicles as defined by W.S. 31-1-101(a)(xv)(K)(II) that are registered pursuant to W.S. 31-2-232 and off-road recreational vehicles as defined by W.…
W.S. § 31-5-955 Windshields and wipers
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Windshields and wipers. (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other material or substance upon or crack within the front windshield, side or rear windows of the vehicle which materially obstructs, obscures or impairs the driver's clear view of the h…
W.S. § 31-5-956 Tires; restriction of travel under hazardous conditions; penalties
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Tires; restriction of travel under hazardous conditions; penalties. (a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one (1) inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. (b) No person shall operate or move on a…
W.S. § 31-5-957 Required flares, lanterns or reflectors for certain vehicles
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Required flares, lanterns or reflectors for certain vehicles. (a) No person shall operate any truck more than eighty (80) inches in width, bus, truck-tractor or any motor vehicle towing a house trailer, upon any highway outside an urban district or upon any divided highway unless…