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Section 56-5-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Act Regulating...
Section 56-5-20. Applicability of chapter to vehicles operated upon highways; exceptions. - The provision of this chapter relating to the operation of...
Section 56-5-30. Chapter applicable and uniform throughout State; local regulations. - The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform...
Section 56-5-40. Applicability of chapter to roads on Atomic Energy Commission lands in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties. - All the provisions of this chapter, except Articles 27, 33,...
Section 56-5-50. Applicability of chapter to operation of mopeds. - With the exception of Articles 35 and 37, the provisions...
Section 56-5-60. Requirements for envelope containing certain notices. - The envelope in which a notice required by law to...
Section 56-5-70. Certain vehicle requirements suspended during state of emergency; declarations of emergency triggering federal relief under 49 C.F.R. 390.23. - (A)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other...
Section 56-5-90. Driving limitations for intrastate motor carrier driver. - (A) For motor carriers subject to this title, an intrastate...
Section 56-5-110. Generally. - For the purposes of this chapter the words, phrases and...
Section 56-5-120 to 56-5-140. Reserved. - HISTORY: Former Section 56-5-120, titled Vehicle defined, had the following...
Section 56-5-145. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Automotive three-wheel vehicle defined, had the...
Section 56-5-150. Reserved. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Motor-driven cycle defined, had the following...
Section 56-5-155. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Motorcycle three-wheel vehicle defined, had the...
Section 56-5-160. Bicycle defined. - A bicycle is a device propelled solely by pedals, operated...
Section 56-5-165. Reserved. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Moped defined, had the following history:...
Section 56-5-170. Authorized emergency vehicles defined. - (A) Authorized emergency vehicles for purposes of this section include...
Section 56-5-180. Bus defined. - Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers...
Section 56-5-190. School bus defined. - Every motor vehicle that complies with the color and identification...
Section 56-5-195. School bus safety standards. - (A) Effective July 1, 2000, any entity transporting preprimary, primary,...
Section 56-5-196. Designation of daycare center as origin or destination for school transportation. - The parents or legal guardians of a student who is...
Section 56-5-200. Truck defined. - Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the...
Section 56-5-210. Truck tractor defined. - Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other...
Section 56-5-220. Farm tractor defined. - Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm...
Section 56-5-225. Farm truck defined. - "Farm truck" is defined as a truck used exclusively by...
Section 56-5-230. Road tractor defined. - Every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles...
Section 56-5-240. Trailer defined. - Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a...
Section 56-5-250. Semitrailer defined. - Every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a...
Section 56-5-260. Pole trailer defined. - Every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by...
Section 56-5-270. Railroad defined. - A "railroad" is a carrier of persons or property upon...
Section 56-5-280. Railroad train defined. - A "railroad train" is a steam engine, electric or other...
Section 56-5-290. Streetcar defined. - A "streetcar" is a car other than a railroad train...
Section 56-5-300. Pneumatic tire defined. - Every tire in which compressed air is designed to support...
Section 56-5-310. Solid tire defined. - Every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does...
Section 56-5-320. Metal tire defined. - Every tire the surface of which in contact with the...
Section 56-5-330. Safety glass defined. - "Safety glass" shall mean any product composed of glass, so...
Section 56-5-340. Explosive defined. - An "explosive" is any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that...
Section 56-5-350. Flammable liquid defined. - Any liquid which has a flash point of 70°F., or...
Section 56-5-360. Gross weight defined. - "Gross weight" is the weight of a vehicle without load...
Section 56-5-361. Passenger car defined. - Every motor vehicle except motorcycles and mopeds, designed for carrying...
Section 56-5-362. Truck-camper defined. - Any structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be loaded...
Section 56-5-380. Local authority defined. - Every county and municipality in this State and any other...
Section 56-5-390. Pedestrian defined. - Any person afoot is a "pedestrian." HISTORY: 1962 Code Section...
Section 56-5-400. Driver defined. - Every person who drives or is in actual physical control...
Section 56-5-410. Reserved. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Owner defined, had the following history:...
Section 56-5-420. Police officer defined. - Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to...
Section 56-5-430. Street defined; highway defined. - The entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly...
Section 56-5-440. Through highway defined. - Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is...
Section 56-5-450. Private road defined; driveway defined. - Every way or place in private ownership and used for...
Section 56-5-460. Roadway defined. - A "roadway" is that portion of a highway improved, designed...
Section 56-5-470. Laned roadway defined. - A "laned roadway" is a roadway which is divided into...
Section 56-5-480. Sidewalk defined. - A "sidewalk" is that portion of a street between the...
Section 56-5-490. Intersection defined. - An "intersection" is the area embraced within the prolongation or...
Section 56-5-500. Crosswalk defined. - A "crosswalk" is: (1) That part of a roadway at...
Section 56-5-510. Safety zone defined. - A "safety zone" is an area or space officially set...
Section 56-5-520. Business district defined. - A "business district" is the territory contiguous to and including...
Section 56-5-530. Residence district defined. - A "residence district" is the territory contiguous to and including...
Section 56-5-540. Official traffic-control devices defined. - All signs, signals, markings and devices, not inconsistent with this...
Section 56-5-550. Traffic-control signal defined. - Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which...
Section 56-5-560. Railroad sign or signal defined. - Any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a...
Section 56-5-570. Traffic defined. - Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances...
Section 56-5-580. Right-of-way defined. - "Right-of-way" is the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to...
Section 56-5-590. Stop defined. - "Stop," when required, means complete cessation from movement. HISTORY: 1962...
Section 56-5-600. Stop, stopping, or standing defined. - "Stop," "stopping" or "standing," when prohibited, means any stopping or...
Section 56-5-610. Park defined. - To "park," when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle,...
Section 56-5-611. Alley defined. - A street or highway intended to provide access to the...
Section 56-5-612. Arterial street defined. - Any United States-or State-numbered route, controlled-access highway or other major...
Section 56-5-613. Controlled-access highway defined. - Every highway, street or roadway to which owners or occupants...
Section 56-5-614. Divided highway defined. - A highway divided into two or more roadways by leaving...
Section 56-5-615. Freeway defined. - A "freeway" is a multilane divided highway with full control...
Section 56-5-616. Interstate system defined. - The interstate system consists of the segments of highways in...
Section 56-5-710. Powers of local authorities. - (A) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 56-5-930, the...
Section 56-5-715. Liability for municipal parking or traffic violations. - The registered owner of any motor vehicle leased or rented...
Section 56-5-720. Notice of local regulations required. - No ordinances or regulations enacted under items (4), (5), (6),...
Section 56-5-730. Required obedience to traffic laws. - It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter...
Section 56-5-740. Obedience to authorized persons directing traffic. - No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with...
Section 56-5-750. Failure to stop motor vehicle when signaled by law-enforcement vehicle. - (A) In the absence of mitigating circumstances, it is unlawful...
Section 56-5-760. Operation of authorized emergency vehicles. - (A) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding...
Section 56-5-765. Investigations of traffic collisions involving a motor vehicle or motorcycle of a law enforcement agency. - (A) When a motor vehicle or motorcycle of a law...
Section 56-5-790. Application to persons riding animals, driving animal-drawn vehicles or pushing pushcarts. - Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle...
Section 56-5-800. Persons working on highways; exceptions. - Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter except...
Section 56-5-810. Rights of owner who permits traffic on his property. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the...
Section 56-5-820. Violations of low speed vehicle laws; penalty. - (A) A person operating a low speed vehicle on a...
Section 56-5-910. Approval by Department of Transportation of stop signs or traffic-control signals placed by local authorities. - No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign...
Section 56-5-920. Adoption of uniform system of traffic-control devices. - The Department of Transportation may adopt a manual of standards...
Section 56-5-930. Placing and maintaining traffic-control devices on state highways. - The Department of Transportation may place and maintain such traffic-control...
Section 56-5-935. Traffic control devices in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties on federal land; control by U.S. Department of Energy. - The United States Department of Energy is authorized to place...
Section 56-5-940. Local traffic-control devices. - Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 56-5-930, local authorities...
Section 56-5-950. Obedience to and required traffic-control devices. - (a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions...
Section 56-5-970. Traffic-control signal legend. - Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different colored...
Section 56-5-990. Pedestrian "walk" and "wait" signals. - Whenever special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or...
Section 56-5-1000. Flashing signals. - (a) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow light is...
Section 56-5-1010. Railroad signs at grade crossings. - All railroad companies operating railroads in the State shall place...
Section 56-5-1015. Lane use control signals. - When lane use control signals are placed over individual lanes...
Section 56-5-1020. Unauthorized signs, signals, or devices prohibited; exception; removal. - No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in...
Section 56-5-1030. Interference with traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals prohibited. - (A) No person shall wilfully without lawful authority attempt to...
Section 56-5-1210. Duties of drivers involved in accident resulting in death or personal injury; moving or removing vehicles. - (A) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident...
Section 56-5-1220. Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in damage to attended vehicles. - (A) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident...
Section 56-5-1230. Duty to give information and render aid. - The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting...
Section 56-5-1240. Duties of driver involved in accident involving unattended vehicle. - The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle...
Section 56-5-1250. Duties of driver striking fixtures upon or adjacent to highway. - The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting...
Section 56-5-1260. Immediate report of accidents resulting in personal injury or death. - The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting...
Section 56-5-1270. Operators, owners, and law enforcement officers shall make written reports of certain accidents and investigations. - The operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in...
Section 56-5-1275. Requests for accident investigation reports; dissemination of reports. - With respect to a motor vehicle accident, no employee of...
Section 56-5-1280. When driver unable to report, other occupant or owner shall report. - Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of...
Section 56-5-1290. Evidentiary use of reports. - None of the reports required by Sections 56-5-1260 to 56-5-1280...
Section 56-5-1300. Accident report forms. - The Department of Public Safety shall prepare and upon request...
Section 56-5-1320. Coroners shall report traffic deaths. - Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall on...
Section 56-5-1330. Garages or repair shops shall report accidents or bullet damages. - The person in charge of any garage or repair shop...
Section 56-5-1340. Accident reports without prejudice and confidential; use; permissible disclosures. - All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents shall...
Section 56-5-1350. Tabulation and analysis of reports; publication of statistical information. - The Department of Public Safety must tabulate and may analyze...
Section 56-5-1360. Municipality may require accident reports; use. - Any incorporated city or town may by ordinance require that...
Section 56-5-1520. General rules as to maximum speed limits; lower speeds may be required. - (A) A person shall not drive a vehicle on a...
Section 56-5-1530. Alteration of speed limits on state highway system by Department of Transportation; signs. - (a) Establishing speed zones. Whenever the Department of Transportation shall...
Section 56-5-1535. Endangerment of a highway worker; penalties; definitions. - (A) A person commits endangerment of a highway worker if...
Section 56-5-1536. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Driving in a temporary work zone;...
Section 56-5-1538. Emergency scene management; definitions - (A) An emergency scene is a location designated by the...
Section 56-5-1540. Alteration of speed limits by local authorities; signs; approval by Department of Transportation. - (a) Establishing speed zones. Whenever local authorities in their respective...
Section 56-5-1550 to 56-5-1555. Reserved. - HISTORY: Former Section 56-5-1550, titled Speed limitation on motor-driven cycles,...
Section 56-5-1560. Minimum speed limits. - (a) Impeding traffic by slow speed prohibited. -No person shall...
Section 56-5-1570. Special speed limitations for certain vehicles and places. - (a) Vehicles towing house trailers. -No person shall drive a...
Section 56-5-1580. Contents of complaint and summons or notice to appear charging speeding. - In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in...
Section 56-5-1590. Unlawful to race or assist in racing on public roads. - It shall be unlawful to engage in a motor vehicle...
Section 56-5-1600. Unlawful to acquiesce in or permit use of car in race. - It shall also be unlawful for any owner of a...
Section 56-5-1610. "Acquiescence" defined. - For the purpose of Sections 56-5-1590 to 56-5-1620, the word...
Section 56-5-1620. Penalties for racing; revocation or suspension of drivers' licenses and registrations. - Any person violating the provisions of Sections 56-5-1590 to 56-5-1620...
Section 56-5-1810. Drive on the right side of roadways; exceptions. - (a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall...
Section 56-5-1830. Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions. - Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each...
Section 56-5-1840. Overtaking and passing vehicles proceeding in same direction. - The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of...
Section 56-5-1850. When passing on the right is permitted. - (a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass...
Section 56-5-1860. Limitations on overtaking on the left. - No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of...
Section 56-5-1880. Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway. - (a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side...
Section 56-5-1885. Overtaking and passing another vehicle in the farthest left-hand lane. - (A) A vehicle may not be driven in the farthest...
Section 56-5-1890. No-passing zones. - (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities may determine...
Section 56-5-1895. Passing prohibited in highway work zones; penalties. - No vehicle may be driven so as to overtake and...
Section 56-5-1900. Driving on roadways laned for traffic. - Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more...
Section 56-5-1910. One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands. - (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities with respect...
Section 56-5-1920. Driving on divided highways. - Whenever any highway has been divided into two or more...
Section 56-5-1930. Following too closely. - (A) The operator of a motor vehicle shall not follow...
Section 56-5-1960. Following fire apparatus prohibited. - The driver of any vehicle other than one on official...
Section 56-5-1970. Restricted access. - No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any...
Section 56-5-1980. Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway. - (a) The Commission of the Department of Transportation by resolution...
Section 56-5-2110. Starting of a vehicle. - No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing...
Section 56-5-2120. Required position and method of turning. - The driver of a vehicle intending to turn shall do...
Section 56-5-2140. Limitations on turning around. - (a) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such...
Section 56-5-2150. Turning movements and required signals. - (A) No person shall turn a vehicle or move right...
Section 56-5-2170. Method of giving hand and arm signals. - All signals herein required given by hand and arm shall...
Section 56-5-2180. Signals given by hand and arm or signal lamps. - (a) Any stop or turn signal when required herein shall...
Section 56-5-2310. Vehicles approaching or entering intersection. - (a) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection from...
Section 56-5-2320. Vehicle turning left. - The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the...
Section 56-5-2330. Stop signs and yield signs. - (a) Preferential right-of-way may be indicated by stop signs or...
Section 56-5-2350. Vehicle entering roadway. - The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross...
Section 56-5-2360. Operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles. - (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle...
Section 56-5-2370. Highway construction and maintenance. - (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way...
Section 56-5-2510. Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residential district. - (A) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing a...
Section 56-5-2520. Officers authorized to remove vehicles. - (a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation...
Section 56-5-2525. Notice to authorities of towing and storing of motor vehicle without person's knowledge; exceptions; return of vehicle. - (A) For purposes of this section, " vehicle" means a...
Section 56-5-2530. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places; exceptions. - (A) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,...
Section 56-5-2540. Stopping, standing, or parking may be prohibited on state highways. - The Department of Transportation with respect to state highways may...
Section 56-5-2550. Left curb and angle parking may be permitted. - The Department of Transportation with respect to state highways and...
Section 56-5-2560. Parking at right-hand curb not more than 18 inches from curb. - Except as otherwise provided in Sections 56-5-2540 and 56-5-2550, every...
Section 56-5-2570. Parking of unattended motor vehicle. - No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle...
Section 56-5-2580. Certain jurors exempt from municipal parking meters and time regulations; exceptions. - Jurors subpoenaed and in attendance at federal court or subpoenaed...
Section 56-5-2585. Disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients exempt from parking meter fees. - Disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart are exempt...
Section 56-5-2590. Unlawful for certain cities to place meters or time limit on streets abutting county property. - It shall be unlawful for any municipality of this State,...
Section 56-5-2600. Parking violations; grace period. - A local governing authority that has issued a citation to...
Section 56-5-2710. Obedience to signal indicating approach of train or other on-track equipment. - (a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad...
Section 56-5-2715. Stop required at designated railroad grade crossings. - The Department of Transportation, and local authorities with the approval...
Section 56-5-2720. Vehicles required to stop at railroad grade crossings; exceptions. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), the driver or...
Section 56-5-2725. Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings. - (a) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor,...
Section 56-5-2730. Through highways; stop signs at entrances and at intersections. - The Department of Transportation with reference to state highways and...
Section 56-5-2735. Obstructing intersection or grade crossing; passing near grade crossing; traffic lines when stopped at railroad crossing; vehicles in tow. - (A) Notwithstanding the indication of a traffic signal to proceed,...
Section 56-5-2740. Place where drivers shall stop for stop signs. - Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall...
Section 56-5-2745. Emerging from alley, driveway, or building. - The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building,...
Section 56-5-2760. Stops at drawbridges. - The driver of a vehicle approaching the draw or swing...
Section 56-5-2770. Signals and markings on school buses; meeting, overtaking and passing school bus; loading passengers along multi-lane highways. - (A) The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking from...
Section 56-5-2773. Violation of Section 56-5-2770; digital images admissible in evidence. - (A) A uniform traffic citation alleging the violation of Section...
Section 56-5-2775. Violation of Section 56-5-2735 as misdemeanor; penalty. - The driver of a vehicle violating the provisions of Section...
Section 56-5-2780. Penalties for unlawfully passing a stopped school bus. - (A) A driver of a vehicle violating Section 56-5-2770 (A)...
Section 56-5-2910. Reckless vehicular homicide; penalties; revocation of driver's license; reinstatement of license; conditions; consequences for subsequent violations. - (A) When the death of a person ensues within three...
Section 56-5-2920. Reckless driving; penalties; suspension of driver's license for second or subsequent offense. - Any person who drives any vehicle in such a manner...
Section 56-5-2930. Operating motor vehicle while under influence of alcohol or drugs; penalties; enrollment in Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program; prosecution. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to drive a...
Section 56-5-2933. Driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration; penalties; enrollment in Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program; prosecution. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to drive a...
Section 56-5-2934. Compulsory process to obtain witnesses and documents; breath testing software. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person charged with...
Section 56-5-2935. Right to jury trial. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person charged with...
Section 56-5-2936. Implementation of compulsory testimony requirement postponed; training of employees. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Law Enforcement...
Section 56-5-2941. Ignition interlock device. - (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall require a person...
Section 56-5-2942. Vehicle immobilization after conviction for subsequent violation of Sections 56-5-2930, 56-5-2933, or 56-5-2945; immobilized defined; identity of immobilized vehicle; surrendering of license plates and registration; release of vehi... - (A) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty...
Section 56-5-2945. Offense of felony driving under the influence; penalties; "great bodily injury" defined. - (A) A person who, while under the influence of alcohol,...
Section 56-5-2946. Submission to testing for alcohol or drugs. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person must...
Section 56-5-2947. Child endangerment; definition; penalties; jurisdiction; evidence for taking child into protective custody. - (A) A person eighteen years of age or older is...
Section 56-5-2948. Field sobriety tests. - When a person is suspected of causing a motor vehicle...
Section 56-5-2949. Policies, procedures and regulations on the SLED internet website. - In addition to availability under the Freedom of Information Act,...
Section 56-5-2950. Implied consent to testing for alcohol or drugs; procedures; inference of DUI. - (A) A person who drives a motor vehicle in this...
Section 56-5-2951. Suspension of license for refusal to submit to testing or for certain level of alcohol concentration; temporary alcohol license; administrative hearing; restricted driver's license; penalties. - (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the driver's...
Section 56-5-2952. Filing fee to request contested case hearing. - The filing fee to request a contested case hearing before...
Section 56-5-2953. Incident site and breath test site video recording. - (A) A person who violates Section 56-5-2930, 56-5-2933, or 56-5-2945...
Section 56-5-2954. Breath testing sites; records of problems with devices. - The State Law Enforcement Division and each law enforcement agency...
Section 56-5-2955. Admissibility of evidence obtained under Section 56-5-2950. - Any evidence obtained under the provisions of Section 56-5-2950 shall...
Section 56-5-2970. Reports to Department of Motor Vehicle of convictions, certain pleas and bail forfeitures. - All clerks of court, magistrates, city recorders, and other public...
Section 56-5-2980. Copies of reports as prima facie evidence of certain matters; effect of stipulating subsequent offense. - In all trials and proceedings in any court of this...
Section 56-5-2990. Suspension of convicted person's driver's license; period of suspension. - (A)(1) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the driver's...
Section 56-5-2995. Additional assessment on persons convicted of driving under influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs. - (A) In addition to the penalties imposed for a first...
Section 56-5-3110. Pedestrian obedience to traffic-control devices and traffic regulations. - (a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official...
Section 56-5-3120. Local regulations. - Local authorities may by ordinance require that pedestrians shall strictly...
Section 56-5-3130. Pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks. - (a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not...
Section 56-5-3140. Pedestrian shall use right half of crosswalk. - Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of...
Section 56-5-3150. Crossing at other than crosswalks. - (a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other...
Section 56-5-3160. Pedestrians on highways. - (a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is...
Section 56-5-3170. Pedestrians prohibited on freeways. - (A) No person as a pedestrian, unless otherwise directed by...
Section 56-5-3180. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business. - (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the...
Section 56-5-3190. Only blind or incapacitated person may raise certain canes. - It is unlawful for any person, unless totally or partially...
Section 56-5-3200. Vehicle shall stop for pedestrian guided by dog or raising cane. - Whenever a pedestrian is crossing or attempting to cross a...
Section 56-5-3210. Penalties for violating Sections 56-5-2720, 56-5-3190, or 56-5-3200. - A person who violates any of the provisions of Sections...
Section 56-5-3220. Effect of failure of incapacitated person to carry walking stick or cane, or to be guided by dog. - Nothing contained in Sections 56-5-3190 and 56-5-3200 shall be construed...
Section 56-5-3230. Drivers to exercise due care. - Notwithstanding other provisions of any local ordinance, every driver of...
Section 56-5-3240. Driving through safety zone prohibited. - No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or...
Section 56-5-3250. Pedestrians' right-of-way on sidewalks. - The driver of a vehicle crossing a sidewalk shall yield...
Section 56-5-3260. Pedestrians yield to authorized emergency vehicles. - (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle...
Section 56-5-3270. Pedestrians under influence of alcohol or drugs. - A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol, or...
Section 56-5-3280. Bridge and railroad signals. - (a) No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge...
Section 56-5-3310. Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices. - (A) As used in this article, "Electric Personal Assistive Mobility...
Section 56-5-3410. Applicability of article to bicycles. - The provisions of this article are applicable to bicycles whenever...
Section 56-5-3420. Rights and duties of bicyclists generally. - A person riding a bicycle upon a roadway must be...
Section 56-5-3425. Bicycle lanes. - (A) For purposes of this section, "bicycle lane" means a...
Section 56-5-3430. Riding on roadways and bicycle paths. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), every bicyclist operating...
Section 56-5-3435. Driver to maintain safe operating distance between motor vehicle and bicycle. - A driver of a motor vehicle must at all times...
Section 56-5-3440. Manner of riding bicycles; number of persons which may be carried. - A bicyclist propelling a bicycle may not ride other than...
Section 56-5-3445. Harassing or throwing object at person riding bicycle; penalty. - It is unlawful to harass, taunt, or maliciously throw an...
Section 56-5-3450. Clinging to vehicles prohibited. - A person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled,...
Section 56-5-3460. Carrying articles. - A bicyclist operating a bicycle may not carry any package,...
Section 56-5-3470. Lamps and reflectors on bicycle. - A bicycle when in use at nighttime must be equipped...
Section 56-5-3480. Signaling turns; penalty. - (A)(1) A bicyclist shall indicate a right turn by extending...
Section 56-5-3490. Brake on bicycle; penalty. - A bicycle must be equipped with a brake that will...
Section 56-5-3500. Violations of article; penalties. - (A) Except as otherwise provided, in the absence of another...
Section 56-5-3515. Authorized police patrol bicycles; operating as emergency vehicles. - (A) An authorized police patrol bicycle used as a part...
Section 56-5-3520. Applicability of provisions to bicycles with helper motors. - Bicyclists operating bicycles with helper motors, as defined in Section...
Section 56-5-3610. Rights and duties of operator of motorcycle generally. - Every person operating a motorcycle shall be granted all of...
Section 56-5-3630. Manner in which motorcycles must be operated. - (A) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon...
Section 56-5-3640. Motorcycle entitled to full use of lane; riding two or more abreast; overtaking and passing; operation in other instances. - (a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a...
Section 56-5-3650. Footrests; rear view mirror. - (A) Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a...
Section 56-5-3660. Helmets must be worn by operators and passengers under age twenty-one; helmet design; list of approved helmets. - It shall be unlawful for any person under the age...
Section 56-5-3670. Goggles or face shields shall be worn by operators under age twenty-one; list of approved goggles and face shields. - It shall be unlawful for any person under the age...
Section 56-5-3680. Wind screens. - The provisions of Section 56-5-3670 with respect to goggles and...
Section 56-5-3690. Unlawful to sell or distribute helmets, goggles, or face shields not approved by Department of Public Safety. - It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale or...
Section 56-5-3700. Penalty for violation of Sections 56-5-3660 to 56-5-3690. - Any person violating the provisions of Sections 56-5-3660 to 56-5-3690...
Section 56-5-3710 to 56-5-3760. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section 56-5-3710, titled Limitations as to riding position...
Section 56-5-3810. Limitations on backing. - (a) No driver shall back a vehicle unless such movement...
Section 56-5-3820. Operation of vehicle when driver's view or control over driving mechanism interfered with. - No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so...
Section 56-5-3822. Opening vehicle doors. - No person shall open any door of a motor vehicle...
Section 56-5-3826. Riding in moving house trailers prohibited. - No person shall occupy a house trailer while it is...
Section 56-5-3830. Driving through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways. - The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or...
Section 56-5-3835. Driving upon sidewalk. - No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or...
Section 56-5-3840. Coasting prohibited. - The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a...
Section 56-5-3850. Crossing fire hose prohibited. - No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of...
Section 56-5-3860. Animals and certain vehicles prohibited on controlled-access highways; exceptions; penalty. - (A)(1) No person, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement...
Section 56-5-3870. Motor vehicle speed detection jamming devices. - (A) It is unlawful for a motor vehicle to be...
Section 56-5-3880. Closure of state highways for running events. - The Department of Transportation may close state highways, roadways, or...
Section 56-5-3885. Unlawful to display obscene bumper sticker. - (A) No person may operate a motor vehicle in this...
Section 56-5-3890. Unlawful use of a wireless electronic communication device while operating a motor vehicle; penalties; limitation on law enforcement officers; department to maintain statistical information; preemption of local ordinances. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Hands-free wireless electronic...
Section 56-5-3900. Transportation of minors in open vehicles. - (A) It is unlawful to transport a person under fifteen...
Section 56-5-4010. Size and weight limits not to be exceeded; powers of local authorities. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to drive or...
Section 56-5-4020. Exemptions; annual permits for certain vehicles; maximum width for exempt vehicles. - (A) Except as provided in Section 56-5-4140(2), the provisions of...
Section 56-5-4030. Width of vehicles. - (A) As contained in this section, "appurtenances" include: (1) an...
Section 56-5-4035. Permit for transporting culvert pipe; penalties. - The Department of Transportation may, under such terms and conditions...
Section 56-5-4040. Width of motor buses and trolley coaches; local ordinances. - Incorporated cities and municipalities may by ordinance permit the operation...
Section 56-5-4050. Side projecting loads on passenger vehicles. - No passenger vehicle shall be operated on any highway with...
Section 56-5-4055. Oversized vehicle on interstate highway. - Notwithstanding any provision of this article, relating to the issuance...
Section 56-5-4060. Height of vehicles; exception; routing permits; underpasses. - (A)(1) No vehicle, unladen or with load, may exceed a...
Section 56-5-4070. Length of vehicles; limitations on vehicle combinations. - (A) Two or three unit vehicle combinations may be operated...
Section 56-5-4075. Promulgation of regulations; cooperation with United States Government; petition for removal of federally designated highway. - The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation...
Section 56-5-4080. Length of loads; hydraulic boom and bucket. - Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article limiting the...
Section 56-5-4090. Length of load on certain pole trailers or pole carriers; structural material. - (A) The limitations regarding length of vehicles and loads stated...
Section 56-5-4095. Transportation of modular or sectional housing units. - An official of the Department of Transportation designated by the...
Section 56-5-4100. Preventing escape of materials loaded on vehicles; cleaning the highways of escaped substances or cargo. - (A) No vehicle may be driven or moved on any...
Section 56-5-4110. Loads and covers must be firmly attached. - No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with...
Section 56-5-4120. Connections to trailers and towed vehicles; display of white flag. - When one vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or...
Section 56-5-4130. Wheel and axle loads; high and low pressure tires. - (A)(1) The gross weight upon any wheel of a vehicle...
Section 56-5-4140. Gross weight of vehicles, combinations of vehicles, and loads; exceptions. - (A)(1) The gross weight of a vehicle or combination of...
Section 56-5-4145. Limitations as to weight, width, and vehicle combinations on Grace Memorial Bridge. - (a) The weights stated in Sections 56-5-4070, 56-5-4075 and 56-5-4140...
Section 56-5-4150. Investigation of vehicles; registration according to load capacity; marking empty weight on farm trucks; marking name of registered owner or lessor on certain vehicles. - (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles upon registering a vehicle,...
Section 56-5-4160. Weighing vehicles and loads; unloading excess weight; penalties. - (A) An officer or agent of the Department of Public...
Section 56-5-4170. Intermodal trailer, chassis, or container; tender; safety inspections; penalties and repairs; exceptions. - (A) For purposes of enforcing this section, "vehicle" means intermodal...
Section 56-5-4192. Authorization; movement of mobile homes on Saturday. - Open-end permits issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3,...
Section 56-5-4210. Reduced load, weight, and speed limits; special regulation or prohibition of specified classes or sizes of vehicles; posting of notices. - Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department...
Section 56-5-4220. Local restrictions under Section 56-5-4210; approval by Department of Transportation. - No limitation shall be established by any county, municipal or...
Section 56-5-4230. Liability for damages to highway or highway structure. - Any person driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance...
Section 56-5-4240. Commercial motor vehicle and its driver. - (A) Except as otherwise provided by law or through regulations...
Section 56-5-4410. Unlawful to operate unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle or to violate provisions of article. - It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or...
Section 56-5-4420. Special rules for implements of husbandry, farm tractors, and road machinery. - The provisions of this article with respect to equipment on...
Section 56-5-4430. Additional parts and accessories not prohibited. - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit...
Section 56-5-4435. Safety equipment required for motor vehicles used in vending food. - A motor vehicle which performs business in a residential or...
Section 56-5-4440. Image display devices. - (A) As used in this section, "image display device" means...
Section 56-5-4445. Unlawful to elevate or lower motor vehicle; exception for "pickup trucks". - It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a...
Section 56-5-4450. Times when vehicles must be equipped with lights. - (A) Every vehicle upon a street or highway within this...
Section 56-5-4460. Time when motorcycle lights must be turned on. - (1) Any person who operates a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle...
Section 56-5-4470. Lighted lamps not required for vehicles not operated at night. - Vehicles which are not kept for use or used at...
Section 56-5-4480. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps. - Whenever a requirement is herein declared as to the distance...
Section 56-5-4490. Head lamps required on motor vehicles and motorcycles. - Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle...
Section 56-5-4500. Height of head lamps from ground. - Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle...
Section 56-5-4510. Tail lamps required. - Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer and any...
Section 56-5-4520. Height of tail lamps. - Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at...
Section 56-5-4530. Illumination of rear registration plate. - Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be...
Section 56-5-4540. Motor vehicles must be equipped with rear reflectors. - Every new motor vehicle sold after June 7, 1949 and...
Section 56-5-4550. Characteristics and mounting of rear reflectors. - Every such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at...
Section 56-5-4560. Stop lamps required on motor vehicles. - From and after July 1, 1949 it shall be unlawful...
Section 56-5-4570. Application of succeeding sections; lighting of lamp equipment. - Those sections of this chapter which follow immediately, including Sections...
Section 56-5-4580. Additional lighting equipment required on buses, trucks, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers. - In addition to other equipment required in this article, the...
Section 56-5-4590. Color of clearance lamps, side-marker lamps, reflectors, stop lights, and back-up lamps. - Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted...
Section 56-5-4600. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps, and side-marker lamps. - Reflectors, when required pursuant to Section 56-5-4580, shall be mounted...
Section 56-5-4610. Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps, and marker lamps. - Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in Section 56-5-4580...
Section 56-5-4620. Lighting lamps on vehicles operated in combination. - Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during...
Section 56-5-4630. Lamp or flag on projecting load. - (A) Whenever the load upon a vehicle extends to the...
Section 56-5-4640. Lights on parked vehicles. - Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or...
Section 56-5-4650. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment. - All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles and implements of husbandry, road...
Section 56-5-4660. Spot lamps. - Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed...
Section 56-5-4670. Fog lamps. - Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed...
Section 56-5-4680. Auxiliary passing lamps. - Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed...
Section 56-5-4690. Auxiliary driving lamps. - Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed...
Section 56-5-4700. Audible signal devices and signal lamps for authorized emergency vehicles, school buses and police vehicles; restrictions on use; effect of use. - (A) Every authorized emergency vehicle shall, in addition to any...
Section 56-5-4710. Use of mounted oscillating, rotating, or flashing red light by wreckers. - Wreckers may use a mounted oscillating, rotating or flashing red...
Section 56-5-4715. Forestry Commission vehicles authorized to use flashing red lights in fire emergencies. - Notwithstanding Section 56-5-4700, emergency and fire fighting vehicles of the...
Section 56-5-4720. Use of oscillating, rotating or flashing red lights on Department of Transportation vehicles. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56-5-4700, any Department of Transportation...
Section 56-5-4730. Signal lamps and signal devices. - Any motor vehicle may be equipped, and when required under...
Section 56-5-4740. Warning lamps. - Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps which may be...
Section 56-5-4750. Side cowl, running board, and back-up lamps. - Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than...
Section 56-5-4760. Identification lamps for large commercial vehicles. - Any commercial vehicle eighty inches or more in over-all width...
Section 56-5-4770. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. - Except as hereinafter provided in this article the head lamps,...
Section 56-5-4780. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. - Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway...
Section 56-5-4790. Single-beam road-lighting equipment. - Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light...
Section 56-5-4800. Road-lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles. - The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle...
Section 56-5-4810. Alternate road-lighting equipment at low speeds. - Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified...
Section 56-5-4820. Number of driving lamps required or permitted. - At all times specified in Section 56-5-4450 at least two...
Section 56-5-4830. Special restrictions on lamps; degree of intensity; red, blue and flashing lights. - Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle,...
Section 56-5-4840. Selling or using devices or equipment to change design or performance of lamps or reflectors. - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer...
Section 56-5-4850. Brake equipment. - Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer and any...
Section 56-5-4860. Performance ability of brakes; tests for deceleration and stopping distances. - Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times...
Section 56-5-4870. Maintenance and adjustment of brakes. - All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and...
Section 56-5-4880. Inspection of brakes; effect of disapproval. - (a) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to require...
Section 56-5-4890. Hydraulic brake fluid; distribution and servicing; minimum standards; labelling. - (a) The term "hydraulic brake fluid" as used in this...
Section 56-5-4900. Regulations concerning brakes inapplicable to certain farm trailers; speed limit; small tandem tobacco trailers; chains, hooks, other safety equipment required. - Sections 56-5-4850 to 56-5-4890 do not apply to trailers, not...
Section 56-5-4910. Bumpers; "private passenger automobile" defined. - For the purposes of Sections 56-5-4910 to 56-5-4940, the term...
Section 56-5-4920. Bumpers; warranty as to energy absorption system and ability to sustain shock; automobiles manufactured on and after August 1, 1972. - Every private passenger automobile manufactured on and after August 1,...
Section 56-5-4930. Bumpers; warranty as to energy absorption system and ability to sustain shock; automobiles manufactured on and after August 1, 1974. - Every private passenger automobile manufactured on and after August 1,...
Section 56-5-4940. Bumpers; exceptions to warranty requirements; common-law and statutory remedies not removed. - The warranty provisions of Sections 56-5-4910 to 56-5-4940 shall not...
Section 56-5-4950. Horns and warning devices. - Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be...
Section 56-5-4960. Use of horn. - The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary...
Section 56-5-4970. Sirens, whistle, or bell on authorized emergency vehicles. - Any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with a siren,...
Section 56-5-4975. Operation of vehicle upfitted but no longer licensed as an ambulance; removal of exterior equipment and markings; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to operate a...
Section 56-5-4980. Theft alarm signal. - It is permissible but not required that any commercial vehicle...
Section 56-5-4990. Mirrors. - Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as...
Section 56-5-5000. Windows unobstructed; windshield wipers. - No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign,...
Section 56-5-5010. Safety glass in motor vehicles. - No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall...
Section 56-5-5015. Sunscreen devices. - (A) No person may operate a motor vehicle that is...
Section 56-5-5020. Mufflers. - Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with...
Section 56-5-5030. Devices to emit smoke screen, noisome gases, or odors prohibited. - It shall be unlawful for any person to attach to...
Section 56-5-5040. Tires. - Every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer operated upon the highways...
Section 56-5-5050. Toilets or other devices hazardous to health. - No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall be equipped with...
Section 56-5-5060. Certain vehicles must carry flares and other warning devices. - No person shall operate any motor truck, passenger bus or...
Section 56-5-5070. Red electric lanterns shall be carried in vehicles transporting inflammable liquids or gases. - No person shall operate at the time and under the...
Section 56-5-5080. Alternative warning device; portable reflector units. - As an alternative it shall be deemed a compliance with...
Section 56-5-5090. Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled. - Whenever any motor truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer...
Section 56-5-5100. Display of warning devices when disabled vehicle is carrying inflammable liquids or gases. - Whenever any vehicle used in the transportation of inflammable liquids...
Section 56-5-5110. Display of flags when vehicle disabled in daytime. - Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in Sections...
Section 56-5-5120. Alternative warning devices. - In the alternative it shall be deemed a compliance with...
Section 56-5-5130. Requirements as to flares, fusees, and other warning devices. - The flares, fusees, lanterns and flags to be displayed as...
Section 56-5-5140. Vehicles transporting explosives. - Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive as a...
Section 56-5-5150. Use of safety devices when towing vehicles. - When a vehicle is towing another vehicle on a public...
Section 56-5-5310. Condition of vehicle and vehicle equipment. - No person shall drive or move on any highway any...
Section 56-5-5620. Duty of sheriffs and police officers to remove vehicles; storage; personnel, equipment, and facilities for removing and storing. - (a) It shall be the duty of every police officer...
Section 56-5-5630. Notice to owners and lienholders; payment for release of vehicle; liability of lienholders; stolen vehicles. - (A)(1) For purposes of this article, "vehicle" means a motor...
Section 56-5-5635. Law enforcement towing and storage procedures; notification of registered owner; disposition of vehicle and personal property. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a law enforcement officer...
Section 56-5-5640. Sale of unclaimed vehicles; disposition of proceeds. - If an abandoned vehicle has not been reclaimed pursuant to...
Section 56-5-5650. Claims of and awards to persons damaged by sale of vehicle. - For a period not in excess of two years after...
Section 56-5-5670. Duties of demolishers; disposal of vehicle to demolisher or secondary metals recycler; records; penalties. - (A) For purposes of this section, "vehicle" has the same...
Section 56-5-5710. Disposition of a motor vehicle by a salvage pool operator. - (A) As contained in this section, "salvage pool operator" means...
Section 56-5-5810. Definitions. - For the purposes of this article and Article 39: (a)...
Section 56-5-5820. Abandoned and derelict vehicles as hazard to health and welfare. - Abandoned and derelict vehicles constitute a hazard to the health...
Section 56-5-5840. Abandoned and derelict vehicles subject to removal and disposal. - All abandoned and derelict vehicles shall be subject to removal...
Section 56-5-5850. Tagging and removal of unattended vehicles; disposition. - (A) When any vehicle is left unattended on a highway...
Section 56-5-5870. Contract for collection of vehicles and related services; collecting areas. - The Department of Public Safety, or any county or municipality...
Section 56-5-5880. Right of entry on property to enforce article; criminal or civil liability arising out of enforcement. - All officers, employees, and agents of any person under contract...
Section 56-5-5890. Property may not be willfully damaged. - In removing the abandoned and derelict vehicles, the enforcing agency...
Section 56-5-5900. Lienholders and owners of stolen vehicles not subject to penalties and charges. - No lienholder shall be subject to any penalty imposed by...
Section 56-5-5910. Unlawful to tamper with, remove or destroy colored tags. - It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with,...
Section 56-5-5920. Article not applicable to certain vehicles. - The provisions of this article shall not apply to vehicles...
Section 56-5-5940. Seizure, sale or disposal of vehicle in violation of article constitutes conversion. - (a) Seizure, sale, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict...
Section 56-5-5945. Duties of demolishers; disposal of vehicle; title requirements; records; penalties. - (A) For purposes of this section, "vehicle" has the same...
Section 56-5-5950. Penalties for abandoning vehicle. - A person who abandons a vehicle either on public or...
Section 56-5-6110. Parties to a crime. - Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit...
Section 56-5-6120. Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles. - It is unlawful for the owner or any other person...
Section 56-5-6130. Parents and guardians shall not permit children and wards to violate chapter. - The parent of any child and the guardian of any...
Section 56-5-6150. Trial jurisdiction of municipal courts. - All municipal courts of the State may try and determine...
Section 56-5-6160. Evidence of conviction inadmissible in civil action. - No evidence of conviction of any person for any violation...
Section 56-5-6170. Enforcement. - The Department of Public Safety shall administer and enforce the...
Section 56-5-6190. General penalty for violations of chapter. - It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any...
Section 56-5-6200. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. - All fines collected as penalties for violation of this chapter...
Section 56-5-6210. Officers shall receive no part of fines or forfeitures. - No municipal police officer, rural policeman, magistrate's constable, sheriff, deputy...
Section 56-5-6220. Entry of guilty plea, forfeiture of bail posted, or entry of plea of nolo contendere to have same effect as conviction after trial. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entry of any...
Section 56-5-6230. Notification of Department of Motor Vehicles upon payment of fine or forfeiture of bond. - Any magistrate's court, municipal court, or other court of competent...
Section 56-5-6240. Forfeiture, confiscation, and disposition of vehicles seized for conviction of DUS or DUI; notice to registered owner; request for hearing; return of vehicle. - (A) In addition to the penalties for a person convicted...
Section 56-5-6250. Determination of prior convictions; sentence. - When an arrest is made under the provisions of this...
Section 56-5-6310. Application of chapter to private roads upon owner's consent. - The provisions of Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and...
Section 56-5-6320. Termination of consent. - The consent may be terminated by filing a notice of...
Section 56-5-6330. Termination shall not affect roads otherwise covered by Act. - The termination shall not affect those portions of this chapter...
Section 56-5-6340. Establishment of speed limits and traffic control signs. - The speed limits and location of traffic control signs on...
Section 56-5-6350. Application of article to certain private roads. - Nothing contained in this article shall affect the application of...
Section 56-5-6410. Child passenger restraint systems; age and weight as basis for required restraining system; standards. - (A) Every driver of a motor vehicle (passenger car, pickup...
Section 56-5-6420. Transportation of children in the front seat of a motor vehicle. - If a motor vehicle lacks a rear passenger seat or...
Section 56-5-6440. Persons and vehicles excepted from article. - The provisions of this article do not apply to: (1)...
Section 56-5-6445. Applicability of chapter. - The provisions of this article apply to all motor vehicles...
Section 56-5-6450. Penalty for violation of article; waiver of fine. - A person who violates the provisions of this article, upon...
Section 56-5-6460. Violation of article does not constitute negligence. - A violation of this article shall not constitute negligence, per...
Section 56-5-6470. Enforcement after June 30, 1984. - After June 30, 1984, any person violating the provisions of...
Section 56-5-6510. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Motor vehicle" means a...
Section 56-5-6520. Mandatory use of seat belt. - The driver and every occupant of a motor vehicle, when...
Section 56-5-6525. Limits on use of checkpoints or roadblocks to enforce this article. - (A) The Department of Public Safety or any other law...
Section 56-5-6530. Exceptions. - The provisions of this article do not apply to: (1)...
Section 56-5-6540. Penalty; nature of offense; issuance of citations at checkpoints; admissibility as evidence of negligence in civil action; searches; probable cause that violation has occurred; trial; appeals. - (A) A person who is adjudicated to be in violation...
Section 56-5-6550. No points against license for violation. - No points provided for in Section 56-1-720 or any other...
Section 56-5-6560. Collection of motor vehicle stop data regarding age, gender, and race of driver; development of database; reports. - (A) Any time a motor vehicle is stopped by a...
Section 56-5-6565. Safety belt education programs. - (A) The Department of Public Safety shall develop and implement...