32-10-2
Section 32-10-2 Duty to give information and render aid. The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving, shall upon request exhibit his driver's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any motor or other vehicle collided with or damaged and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the transportation of, or the making of arrangements for the transportation of such person to a physician or hospital for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such transportation is requested by the injured person. (Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §3.)...
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32-5-213
Section 32-5-213 Horns and warning devices. (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order capable of emitting a sound audible under normal conditions for a distance of not less than 200 feet. It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be equipped with or for any person to use upon a vehicle any siren or for any person at any time to use a horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning or to make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of a horn or other warning device. (b) Every police and fire department and fire patrol vehicle and every ambulance used for emergency calls shall be equipped with a siren, bell, ululating multi-toned horns or other electronic siren type device approved by the Director of Public Safety. (c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §36; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 432, p. 578.)...
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32-9-21
Section 32-9-21 Maximum permissible length and width of motor bus. (a) The term motor bus, wherever used in this section, means any motor-propelled vehicle used on the highways of this state for the transportation of passengers for hire. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), it shall be lawful to drive or operate upon any highway in this state any motor bus which does not exceed 45 feet in length, and eight and one-half feet in width, exclusive of detachable wind deflection devices which have been approved by the State Department of Transportation and safety equipment. (c) The term articulated motor bus, wherever used in this section, means any motor bus, divided into joined sections, that actuates in a manner ensuring a turning radius which is less than a motor bus of the same length without such joined actuation. (d) It shall be lawful to drive or operate on any highway in this state an articulated motor bus which does not exceed 60 feet in length, and eight and one-half feet in...
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40-12-263
Section 40-12-263 Registration of certain commercial vehicles owned by nonresidents prohibited. No truck, semitrailer truck, road tractor, or other like motor vehicle used for hire or for commercial purposes which is owned by a nonresident of this state shall be registered in this state except as may be otherwise provided in or authorized or required by Section 40-12-262. Every person, firm, or corporation who applies for the registration of a truck, semitrailer truck, road tractor, or other like motor vehicle used for hire or for commercial purposes shall be required by the judge of probate or commissioner of licenses to state in writing under oath his name and address and whether the vehicle is owned by a resident or by a nonresident of this state. Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in applying for the registration of a motor vehicle pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed by law. (Acts 1955, No. 361, p....
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32-5A-154
Section 32-5A-154 Overtaking and passing school bus or church bus; penalties and fines. (a) The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children on a highway, on a roadway, on school property, or upon a private road or any church bus which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers shall bring the vehicle to a complete stop before reaching the school or church bus when there is in operation on the school or church bus a visual signal as specified in Section 32-5A-155. The driver shall not proceed until the school or church bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school or church bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. (b) Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in...
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32-5A-242
Section 32-5A-242 Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic. (a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane. (b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. (c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles. (d) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane. (e) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §13-103.)...
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32-5A-57
Section 32-5A-57 Coasting prohibited. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral or the clutch disengaged. (b) The driver of a truck or bus when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §11-108.)...
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32-5A-58
Section 32-5A-58 Following emergency vehicle prohibited. The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any authorized emergency vehicle traveling in response to an emergency call closer than 500 feet or stop such vehicle within 500 feet of any authorized emergency vehicle stopped in answer to an emergency call. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §11-109.)...
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32-6-2
Section 32-6-2 Persons exempt from securing license. The following persons when driving a motor vehicle under the following conditions are exempt from a license hereunder: (1) Any person in the service of the federal government while driving an official motor vehicle in such service; (2) Any person while driving any road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily driven or moved on a highway; (3) A nonresident who is at least 16 years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid driver's license issued in his or her home state or country; (4) Any nonresident who is at least 16 years of age whose home state or country does not require the licensing of drivers for a period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so driven is duly registered in the home state or country of such nonresident. (Acts 1939, No. 181, p. 300; Code 1940, T. 36, §67.)...
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32-6-49.7
Section 32-6-49.7 Commercial driver license required; exceptions. (a) Except when driving with a commercial driver license learner's permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state unless the person holds, and is in immediate possession of, a commercial driver license with applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle he or she is driving. Active duty military or National Guard personnel operating government vehicles, farmers operating certain commercial motor vehicles, firefighters and operators of emergency equipment exempt from licensing provisions of the CMVSA are exempt from this article as detailed in FHWA's "Notice of Final Disposition" published in the Federal Register, September 26, 1988, 53 FR 37313, and as hereafter updated. Commercial driver license requirements do not apply to drivers of vehicles used for personal use such as recreational...
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