Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-23 - Equipment and Accessories Generally

Section 31-23-1. - Driving of unsafe vehicle — Disobedience of requirements — Inspections of motor carriers — Fines. - § 31-23-1. Driving of unsafe vehicle — Disobedience of requirements...

Section 31-23-2. - Additional parts and accessories. - § 31-23-2. Additional parts and accessories. (a) Nothing contained in...

Section 31-23-3. - Farm and road machinery exempt. - § 31-23-3. Farm and road machinery exempt. The provisions of...

Section 31-23-4. - Brake equipment required. - § 31-23-4. Brake equipment required. (a) Every motor vehicle, other...

Section 31-23-5. - Performance ability of brakes. - § 31-23-5. Performance ability of brakes. Every motor vehicle or...

Section 31-23-6. - Maintenance of brakes. - § 31-23-6. Maintenance of brakes. All brakes shall be maintained...

Section 31-23-7. - Brakes on motor-driven cycles. - § 31-23-7. Brakes on motor-driven cycles. (a) The administrator of...

Section 31-23-8. - Horn required. - § 31-23-8. Horn required. Every motor vehicle when operated upon...

Section 31-23-9. - Theft alarm signals. - § 31-23-9. Theft alarm signals. It is permissible but not...

Section 31-23-10. - Sirens, bells, and whistles prohibited. - § 31-23-10. Sirens, bells, and whistles prohibited. No vehicle shall...

Section 31-23-11. - Warning devices on emergency vehicles. - § 31-23-11. Warning devices on emergency vehicles. Any authorized emergency...

Section 31-23-11.1. - Warning lights on private vehicles. - § 31-23-11.1. Warning lights on private vehicles. (a) A joint...

Section 31-23-12. - Salvation Army vehicle. - § 31-23-12. Salvation Army vehicle. The motor vehicle equipment (station...

Section 31-23-13. - Muffler. - § 31-23-13. Muffler. Every motor vehicle shall at all times...

Section 31-23-13.1. - Altering height of or operating a motor vehicle with an altered height prohibited. - § 31-23-13.1. Altering height of or operating a motor vehicle...

Section 31-23-14. - Prevention of excessive fumes or smoke. - § 31-23-14. Prevention of excessive fumes or smoke. The engine...

Section 31-23-14.1. - Fire extinguishers. - § 31-23-14.1. Fire extinguishers. Every truck operated, owned, or leased...

Section 31-23-15. - Rear-view mirror. - § 31-23-15. Rear-view mirror. (a) Every motor vehicle which is...

Section 31-23-16. - Windshield and window stickers — Obstructions to clear view — Snow and ice on vehicle. - § 31-23-16. Windshield and window stickers — Obstructions to clear...

Section 31-23-17. - Windshield wipers. - § 31-23-17. Windshield wipers. (a) The windshield on every motor...

Section 31-23-18. - Solid rubber tires. - § 31-23-18. Solid rubber tires. Every solid rubber tire on...

Section 31-23-19. - Metal tires prohibited. - § 31-23-19. Metal tires prohibited. No person shall operate or...

Section 31-23-20. - Protuberances on tires. - § 31-23-20. Protuberances on tires. No tires on a vehicle...

Section 31-23-21. - Permits for operation of vehicles having tracks with transverse corrugations. - § 31-23-21. Permits for operation of vehicles having tracks with...

Section 31-23-22. - Safety glass in new vehicles. - § 31-23-22. Safety glass in new vehicles. (a) No person...

Section 31-23-23. - Replacement with safety glass. - § 31-23-23. Replacement with safety glass. No person shall replace...

Section 31-23-24. - “Safety glass” defined. - § 31-23-24. “Safety glass” defined. “Safety glass” means any product...

Section 31-23-25. - List of approved types of glass — Enforcement of requirements. - § 31-23-25. List of approved types of glass — Enforcement...

Section 31-23-26. - Fenders and wheel flaps required. - § 31-23-26. Fenders and wheel flaps required. No person shall...

Section 31-23-27. - Rear wheel flaps on buses, trucks, and trailers. - § 31-23-27. Rear wheel flaps on buses, trucks, and trailers....

Section 31-23-28. - Failure to have fenders or wheel flaps. - § 31-23-28. Failure to have fenders or wheel flaps. Any...

Section 31-23-29. - Flares and warning devices. - § 31-23-29. Flares and warning devices. (a) No person shall...

Section 31-23-30 - — 31-23-36. Repealed. - § 31-23-30 — 31-23-36. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch....

Section 31-23-37. - Transporting hazardous substances. - § 31-23-37. Transporting hazardous substances. (a) For the purpose of...

Section 31-23-38. - Television receivers prohibited. - § 31-23-38. Television receivers prohibited. (a) No television viewer, screen,...

Section 31-23-39. - Safety seat belts in new vehicles. - § 31-23-39. Safety seat belts in new vehicles. It is...

Section 31-23-40. - Approved types of seat belts — Enforcement of requirements. - § 31-23-40. Approved types of seat belts — Enforcement of...

Section 31-23-41. - Safety belts in public service vehicles. - § 31-23-41. Safety belts in public service vehicles. Every jitney,...

Section 31-23-42. - First-aid kit and heating equipment in school bus. - § 31-23-42. First-aid kit and heating equipment in school bus....

Section 31-23-42.1. - Special mirrors on school buses. - § 31-23-42.1. Special mirrors on school buses. Every school bus...

Section 31-23-42.2. - Power equipment on school buses. - § 31-23-42.2. Power equipment on school buses. (a) Every new...

Section 31-23-43. - Wheel safety chocks. - § 31-23-43. Wheel safety chocks. (a) Every bus having a...

Section 31-23-44. - Approved type of wheel safety chocks — Enforcement of requirements. - § 31-23-44. Approved type of wheel safety chocks — Enforcement...

Section 31-23-45. - Tire treads. - § 31-23-45. Tire treads. (a) No tire on a vehicle...

Section 31-23-46. - Department of environmental management — Vehicles. - § 31-23-46. Department of environmental management — Vehicles. All vehicles...

Section 31-23-47. - Slow moving vehicle emblems. - § 31-23-47. Slow moving vehicle emblems. (a) Except where otherwise...

Section 31-23-48. - Police cars — Extinguishers. - § 31-23-48. Police cars — Extinguishers. Every state and municipal...

Section 31-23-49. - Transportation of gasoline — Penalty. - § 31-23-49. Transportation of gasoline — Penalty. (a) No motor...

Section 31-23-50. - Motorcycle reflectorized plates. - § 31-23-50. Motorcycle reflectorized plates. Every motorcycle registered within this...

Section 31-23-51. - Earphones and headsets prohibited. - § 31-23-51. Earphones and headsets prohibited. (a) No person shall...

Section 31-23-52. - Removal of catalytic converter prohibited. - § 31-23-52. Removal of catalytic converter prohibited. It shall be...

Section 31-23-53. - School bus public address sound system. - § 31-23-53. School bus public address sound system. (a) Every...

Section 31-23-54. - School buses — Fire extinguishers. - § 31-23-54. School buses — Fire extinguishers. Every school bus...

Section 31-23-55. - Speedometer and odometer. - § 31-23-55. Speedometer and odometer. Every school bus is required...

Section 31-23-56. - Stop arm required. - § 31-23-56. Stop arm required. Every school bus shall be...

Section 31-23-57. - Eye protection for motorcycle operators. - § 31-23-57. Eye protection for motorcycle operators. (a) Every motorcycle...

Section 31-23-58. - Department of transportation — Vehicles — Backup warning device. - § 31-23-58. Department of transportation — Vehicles — Backup warning...