Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation
Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations

Section 169.212 — Operation Of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices. - Subdivision 1. Rights and responsibilities of pedestrians. Except as otherwise...

Section 169.215 — Crossing For Seniors Or Disabled Persons. - Subdivision 1. Designation of crossings. Local authorities may designate a...

Section 169.2151 — Pedestrian Safety Crossings. - A local road authority may provide by ordinance for the...

Section 169.219 — Public Service Announcements. - The commissioner of public safety shall include in the department's...

Section 169.22 — Hitchhiking; Solicitation Of Business. - Subdivision 1. Soliciting ride. No person shall stand in a...

Section 169.222 — Operation Of Bicycle. - Subdivision 1. Traffic laws apply. (a) Every person operating a...

Section 169.223 — Motorized Bicycle. - Subdivision 1. Safety equipment; parking. Section 169.974 relating to motorcycles...

Section 169.224 — Neighborhood And Medium-speed Electric Vehicles. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "road authority"...

Section 169.225 — Motorized Foot Scooter. - Subdivision 1. Application of traffic laws. Every person operating a...

Section 169.25 — Safety Zone. - No vehicle shall at any time be driven through a...

Section 169.26 — Special Stops At Railroad Crossing. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) Except as provided in section 169.28,...

Section 169.28 — Certain Vehicles To Stop At Railroad Crossing. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle...

Section 169.29 — Crossing Railroad Tracks With Certain Equipment. - (a) No person shall operate or move any caterpillar tractor,...

Section 169.30 — Designation Of Through Highways. - (a) The commissioner, with reference to state trunk highways, and...

Section 169.305 — Controlled-access Rules And Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Entrance and exit; crossover; use regulations; signs; rules....

Section 169.306 — Use Of Shoulders By Buses. - (a) A road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision...

Section 169.31 — Stop At Sidewalk. - The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence...

Section 169.315 — Opening And Closing Vehicle Door. - No person shall open any door on a motor vehicle...

Section 169.37 — Obstructing View Of Driver. - No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so...

Section 169.40 — Fire Truck; Fire Station. - Subdivision 1. Following fire truck; parking at fire scene. The...

Section 169.41 — Crossing Fire Hose. - No streetcar or vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected...

Section 169.42 — Littering; Dropping Object On Vehicle; Misdemeanor. - Subdivision 1. Objects on highway. No person shall throw, deposit,...

Section 169.421 — Civil Liability For Littering. - Subdivision 1. Finding. The legislature finds that the cost of...

Section 169.43 — Swinging Gate On Truck. - (a) No truck shall be operated on any highway with...

Section 169.32 — Stopping, Standing, And Parking. - (a) Upon any highway outside of a business or residence...

Section 169.33 — Police May Move Vehicle. - (a) When any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon...

Section 169.34 — Prohibitions; Stopping, Parking. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions. (a) No person shall stop, stand, or...

Section 169.342 — Good Samaritan; Exception To Stopping And Parking. - (a) A person who stops or parks that person's motor...

Section 169.345 — Parking Privilege For Physically Disabled. - Subdivision 1. Scope of privilege. (a) A vehicle described in...

Section 169.346 — Disability Parking Areas; Criteria, Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Disability parking space prohibitions. A person shall not:...

Section 169.35 — Parking. - Subdivision 1. Parallel to curb. Except where angle parking is...

Section 169.435 — Office Of Pupil Transportation Safety. - Subdivision 1. Responsibility; Department of Public Safety. The Department of...

Section 169.441 — School Bus Identification. - Subdivision 1. Identification and signal requirements, generally. For purposes of...

Section 169.442 — School Bus Signals. - Subdivision 1. Signals required. A type A, B, C, or...

Section 169.443 — Safety Of School Children; Bus Driver's Duties. - Subdivision 1. Using bus signals. A driver of a school...

Section 169.444 — Safety Of School Children; Duties Of Other Drivers. - Subdivision 1. Children getting on or off school bus. When...

Section 169.445 — Cooperation With Law Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Cooperation of school authorities. The commissioner of public...

Section 169.446 — Safety Of School Children; Training And Education Rules. - Subdivision 1. Peace officer training. The Board of Peace Officer...

Section 169.447 — School Bus And Head Start Bus Safety. - Subdivision 1. Passenger seating. (a) The number of pupils or...

Section 169.4475 — Special Event School Bus Use. - Subdivision 1. Temporary use authority. A pupil transport entity that...

Section 169.448 — Other Buses. - Subdivision 1. Restrictions on appearance; misdemeanor. (a) A bus that...

Section 169.449 — School Bus Operation. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner of public safety shall adopt...

Section 169.4501 — School Bus Equipment Standards. - Subdivision 1. National standards adopted. Except as provided in sections...

Section 169.4502 — Additional Minnesota School Bus Chassis Standards. - Subdivision 1. Relation to national standards. The bus chassis standards...

Section 169.4503 — Additional Minnesota School Bus Body Standards. - Subdivision 1. Relation to national standards. The bus body standards...

Section 169.4504 — Additional Standards For Specially Equipped Bus. - Subdivision 1. Relation to national standards. The specially equipped school...

Section 169.451 — Inspecting School And Head Start Buses; Rules; Misdemeanor. - Subdivision 1. Annual requirement. The Minnesota State Patrol shall inspect...

Section 169.4511 — School Bus Accident And Subsequent Operation. - Subdivision 1. Postcrash inspection. (a) A peace officer responding to...

Section 169.454 — Type Iii Vehicle Standards. - Subdivision 1. Standards. This section applies to type III vehicles...

Section 169.4581 — Criminal Conduct On School Bus. - By January 1, 1995, each local law enforcement agency shall...

Section 169.4582 — Reportable Offense On School Bus. - Subdivision 1. Reportable offense; definition. "Reportable offense" means misbehavior causing...

Section 169.46 — Hitching Behind Vehicle. - No person shall hitch a toboggan, hand sled, bicycle, or...

Section 169.467 — Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 169.467 to 169.469,...

Section 169.468 — Vehicle Safety Rules; Federal Safety Standards. - Subdivision 1. Federal motor vehicle safety standards. The commissioner of...

Section 169.469 — Injunction. - Subdivision 1. Authority of district court. The district courts of...

Section 169.47 — Unsafe Equipment. - Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor; exceptions. (a) It is unlawful and punishable...

Section 169.471 — Television; Headphones. - Subdivision 1. Television screen in vehicle. No television screen shall...

Section 169.475 — Use Of Wireless Communications Device. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...

Section 169.48 — Vehicle Lighting. - Subdivision 1. Lights to be displayed. (a) Every vehicle upon...

Section 169.49 — Headlamps. - (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle must be...

Section 169.50 — Rear Lamps. - Subdivision 1. Requirements; exception. (a) Every motor vehicle and every...

Section 169.51 — Clearance And Marker Lamps. - (a) Every motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle designed or used...

Section 169.52 — Projecting Load; Light Or Flag. - When the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear...

Section 169.522 — Slow-moving Vehicle, Sign Required. - Subdivision 1. Displaying emblem; rules. (a) All animal-drawn vehicles, motorized...

Section 169.53 — Lights For Parked Vehicles. - When a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway...

Section 169.541 — Lighting Exemption For Law Enforcement; Standards. - Subdivision 1. Exemption. Sections 84.87, 84.928, 86B.511, and 169.48 to...

Section 169.55 — Lights On All Vehicles. - Subdivision 1. Lights or reflectors required. At the times when...

Section 169.56 — Auxiliary Lights. - Subdivision 1. Spotlight. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with...

Section 169.57 — Vehicle Signals. - Subdivision 1. Stoplights. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped and...

Section 169.58 — Identification Lamps. - Subdivision 1. Wide or long vehicle. Any vehicle or combination...

Section 169.59 — Warning Lights. - Subdivision 1. Fender lights. Any vehicle may be equipped with...

Section 169.60 — Distribution Of Light. - Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps, the auxiliary low-beam lamps,...

Section 169.61 — Composite Beam. - (a) When a motor vehicle is being operated on a...

Section 169.62 — Certain Lights Permitted On Old Motor Vehicles. - Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not...

Section 169.63 — Number Of Lamps. - (a) At all times when lighted lamps on vehicles are...

Section 169.64 — Prohibited Lights; Exceptions. - Subdivision 1. Bright light. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device...

Section 169.65 — Specifications For Lighting And Other Devices. - (a) The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized and...

Section 169.66 — Hearing On Specifications. - (a) With reason to believe that an approved device which...

Section 169.67 — Brakes. - Subdivision 1. Motor vehicle. Every motor vehicle, other than a...

Section 169.68 — Horn, Siren. - (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway must...

Section 169.684 — Seat Belt; Declaration Of Policy. - It is the policy of this state that enactment of...

Section 169.685 — Seat Belt; Passenger Restraint System For Children. - Subdivision 1. Requirement; exemptions. After January 1, 1964, all new...

Section 169.686 — Seat Belt Use Required; Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Seat belt requirement. (a) Except as provided in...

Section 169.69 — Muffler. - Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with...

Section 169.693 — Motor Vehicle Noise Limits. - It is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle in violation...

Section 169.70 — Rear View Mirror. - Every motor vehicle which is so constructed, loaded or connected...

Section 169.71 — Windshield. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions generally; exceptions. (a) A person shall not...

Section 169.72 — Tire Surface; Metal Studs. - Subdivision 1. Solid rubber, metal, and studded tires; exceptions; permits....

Section 169.721 — Unsafe Tires; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 169.721 to 169.727,...

Section 169.722 — Rules For Tire Safety. - The commissioner shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 14 providing...

Section 169.723 — Tires Considered Unsafe. - A tire shall be considered unsafe if it has: (1)...

Section 169.724 — Prohibition; Operating Automobile With Unsafe Tires. - No person shall drive, move or cause to be driven...

Section 169.726 — Automobile Sale Prohibited Unless Tires Are Safe. - No person or organization shall sell or offer for sale,...

Section 169.727 — Unsafe Tires; Misdemeanor. - Any person who violates the provisions of sections 169.721 to...

Section 169.73 — Bumpers, Safeguards. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, "private...

Section 169.733 — Wheel Flaps On Truck And Trailer. - Subdivision 1. Vehicles generally. Every truck, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole...

Section 169.734 — Automobile Fenders. - Every passenger automobile shall have fenders, or other devices, that...

Section 169.74 — Safety Glass. - Subdivision 1. Required. No person shall sell any new motor...

Section 169.75 — Flares, Flags, Or Reflectors Required. - Subdivision 1. Number required. No person shall operate any motor...

Section 169.751 — Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 169.751 to 169.753 the following...

Section 169.752 — Patrol Motor Vehicles, First Aid Equipment. - Every patrol motor vehicle shall be equipped with and carry...

Section 169.753 — Law Enforcement Officers Trained In First Aid. - Law enforcement officers operating patrol motor vehicles shall be trained...

Section 169.762 — Pressurized Flammable Gas. - Subdivision 1. Marking required. Any vehicle within this state which...

Section 169.771 — Spot-check Of Motor Vehicle. - Subdivision 1. Inspection program. The intent of this section is...

Section 169.781 — Annual Commercial Vehicle Inspection; Inspectors, Fee, Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of sections 169.781 to 169.783:...

Section 169.782 — Daily Commercial Vehicle Inspection; Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Driver; daily inspection, report. (a) The driver of...

Section 169.783 — Commercial Vehicle Accident; Reinspection. - Subdivision 1. Postcrash inspection. (a) A peace officer responding to...

Section 169.79 — Vehicle Registration; Displaying License Plates. - Subdivision 1. Registration required. No person shall operate, drive, or...

Section 169.791 — Criminal Penalty For Failure To Produce Proof Of Insurance. - Subdivision 1. Terms defined. (a) For purposes of this section...

Section 169.792 — Revocation Of License For Failure To Produce Proof Of Insurance. - Subdivision 1. Implied consent. Any driver or owner of a...

Section 169.793 — Vehicle Insurance; Unlawful Acts, Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Acts. It shall be unlawful for any person:...

Section 169.795 — Vehicle Insurance Rules. - The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules necessary to...

Section 169.796 — Verification Of Insurance Coverage. - Subdivision 1. Release of information. An insurance company shall release...

Section 169.797 — Penalties For Failure To Provide Vehicle Insurance. - Subdivision 1. Tort liability. Every owner of a vehicle for...

Section 169.798 — Rules Of Commissioner Of Public Safety. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner of public safety shall have...

Section 169.7995 — Failure To Produce Rental Or Lease Agreement. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "rental...

Section 169.80 — Size, Weight, Load. - Subdivision 1. Limitations; misdemeanor. (a) It is a misdemeanor for...

Section 169.801 — Implement Of Husbandry. - Subdivision 1. Exemption from size, weight, load provisions. Except as...

Section 169.81 — Height And Length Limitations. - Subdivision 1. Height. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),...

Section 169.812 — Escort Vehicles For Overdimensional Loads; Definitions; Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...

Section 169.82 — Trailer Equipment. - Subdivision 1. Connection to towing vehicle. (a) When one vehicle...

Section 169.822 — Weight Limitations; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms in sections 169.822 to 169.829...

Section 169.823 — Tire Weight Limits. - Subdivision 1. Pneumatic-tired vehicle. No vehicle or combination of vehicles...

Section 169.824 — Gross Weight Schedule. - Subdivision 1. Table of axle weight limits. (a) No vehicle...

Section 169.826 — Gross Weight Seasonal Increases. - Subdivision 1. Winter increase amounts. The limitations provided in sections...

Section 169.8261 — Gross Weight Limitations; Forest Products. - Subdivision 1. Exemption. (a) For purposes of this section, "raw...

Section 169.827 — Gross Weight Reduction On Restricted Route. - The maximum weight on any single axle, two consecutive axles...

Section 169.828 — Axle Restrictions. - Subdivision 1. Consecutive axle weight and number of axles. No...

Section 169.829 — Weight Limits Not Applicable To Certain Vehicles. - Subdivision 1. City vehicle except on trunk highway. (a) The...

Section 169.8295 — Weight Limits; Vehicles Transporting Milk. - Subdivision 1. Weight limits increase. (a) The weight limitations under...

Section 169.84 — Load Limit On Bridge. - Subject to the limitations upon wheel and axle loads prescribed...

Section 169.85 — Weighing; Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Driver to stop for weighing. (a) The driver...

Section 169.851 — Weight Record. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and...

Section 169.86 — Special Permit To Exceed Height, Width, Or Load; Fees. - Subdivision 1. Permit authorities; restrictions. (a) The commissioner, with respect...

Section 169.862 — Permit For Baled Farm Product To Exceed Height Or Width. - Subdivision 1. Annual permit authority; restrictions. The commissioner of transportation...

Section 169.863 — Special Pulpwood Vehicle Permit. - Subdivision 1. Special vehicle. The commissioner may issue a permit...

Section 169.864 — Special Products Vehicle Permits. - Subdivision 1. Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue...

Section 169.865 — Special Farm Products Permits. - Subdivision 1. [Renumbered subd 1b] Subd. 1a. Definition. For purposes...

Section 169.866 — Special Canola-hauling Vehicle Permit. - Subdivision 1. Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue...

Section 169.8665 — Special Soybean Meal-hauling Vehicle Permit. - Subdivision 1. Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue...

Section 169.868 — Special Freight Distribution Permit. - Subdivision 1. Six-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue...

Section 169.869 — Road Construction Materials Special Permit. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "road construction...

Section 169.87 — Seasonal Load Restriction; Route Designation. - Subdivision 1. Optional power. (a) Local authorities, with respect to...

Section 169.871 — Excess Weight; Civil Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Civil liability. (a) The owner or lessee of...

Section 169.872 — Receipt Of Certain Overweight Loads. - Subdivision 1. Record keeping. A person who weighs goods before...

Section 169.88 — Damages; Liability. - (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object, or contrivance upon...

Section 169.881 — Vehicle Platoons. - Subdivision 1. Vehicle platoon plan. (a) A person may apply...

Section 169.89 — Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Violation; when petty misdemeanor enhanced to misdemeanor. Unless...

Section 169.891 — Jurisdiction; Limitation Of Actions. - Subdivision 1. Petty misdemeanors. Courts which heretofore have had jurisdiction...

Section 169.90 — Offenses. - Subdivision 1. Attempt, conspire, aid, cause, or permit offense. Every...

Section 169.91 — Arrest. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. When any person is arrested for any...

Section 169.92 — Failure To Appear. - Subdivision 1. Appearance by counsel. A person may appear in...

Section 169.93 — Arrest Without Warrant. - The provisions of sections 169.90 to 169.95 shall govern all...

Section 169.94 — Record Of Conviction. - Subdivision 1. Not admissible as evidence. No record of the...

Section 169.95 — Court To Keep Separate Records Of Violations. - (a) Every court administrator shall keep a full record of...

Section 169.96 — Interpretation And Effect. - (a) This chapter shall be interpreted and construed as to...

Section 169.965 — University Regents To Regulate Traffic And Parking. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The regents of the University of Minnesota...

Section 169.966 — Board To Regulate Traffic On State Universities. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota...

Section 169.97 — Citation; Highway Traffic Regulation Act. - This chapter shall be cited as the "Highway Traffic Regulation...

Section 169.971 — Driver Improvement Clinics; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 169.971 to...

Section 169.972 — Establishment Of Driver Improvement Clinic; Fees. - Subdivision 1. Authority to establish clinic. Subject to sections 169.971...

Section 169.973 — Regulation Of Clinic; Director. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority; rules; curriculum. The commissioner of public...

Section 169.974 — Operation Of Motorcycle; Motor Scooter; Motor Bike. - Subdivision 1. Definition. Motorcycles as used herein shall mean the...

Section 169.98 — Police, Patrol, Or Security Guard Vehicle. - Subdivision 1. Colors and markings. (a) Except as provided in...

Section 169.985 — Traffic Citation Quota Prohibited. - A law enforcement agency may not order, mandate, require, or...

Section 169.99 — Uniform Traffic Ticket. - Subdivision 1. Form. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 3,...

Section 169.999 — Administrative Citations For Certain Traffic Offenses. - Subdivision 1. Authority. (a) Except for peace officers employed by...

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations

Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation
Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations