Traffic stops
Getting pulled over, documents, searches, and what happens roadside.
23 sections
- Traffic StopsR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-22-24 — interior lights on after dark, the license on demand, and insurance shown on a phone
- The Insurance RequirementR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-47-9 — driving without financial security, and suspensions that grow from three months to a year
- After a CrashR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-26-1 — stop, give a name and license, render aid, call the police, and a written report within twenty-one days
- Reckless and Aggressive DrivingR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-27-4 — reckless driving a misdemeanor, aggressive driving $260 to $500, and street racing
- A Death Behind the WheelR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-27-1 — driving so as to endanger, up to ten years, and under the influence, five to fifteen
- Speed LimitsR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-14-2 — twenty-five in town, fifty by day and forty-five by night elsewhere, twenty near a school
- Staying in Your LaneR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-15-11 — within a single lane, out of it only when safe, and the center lane only to pass or turn
- Signals and TurnsR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-16-6 — a signal for the last one hundred feet before a turn, whenever other traffic may be affected
- Pulling Over and People on the RoadR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-17-6 — to the right and stopped for a siren, and fines for hurting a walker, cyclist or worker by carelessness
- Crossing the RoadR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-18-3 — drivers yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, and a walker outside one yields to cars
- On a BicycleR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-15-18 — passing at a distance that prevents contact if the rider falls, and helmets through age fifteen
- Passing a School BusR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-20-12 — stopped from either direction for flashing red lights, and not within fifty feet behind
- Seat BeltsR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-22-22 — every driver and every passenger belted, $40 on the schedule, and kept off the driving record
- The Car Seat RulesR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-22-22 — a rear seat and a child restraint under eight, rear facing under two, and the ticket voided on proof of a purchase
- Your Phone Behind the WheelR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-22-30 — no handheld use at all while driving, even stopped at a light, and nothing but hands free
- The Motorcycle HelmetR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-10.1-4 — eye protection for every rider, and a helmet under twenty-one and in the first year of a license
- Window TintR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-23.3-4 — at least seventy percent of light through the windshield and front side windows, and a strip of six inches at the top
- Where You May Not ParkR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-21-4 — eight feet from a hydrant, twenty from a crosswalk, and $100 to $325 in a disability space
- Driving While SuspendedR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-11-18 — a civil penalty for each of the first violations, and a misdemeanor at the fourth
- An ATV on the RoadR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-3.2-7 — off the road and its shoulder, a direct crossing only, and no crossing a state highway under sixteen
- A Teen Driver's LicenseR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-10-6 — a permit from sixteen years of age; fifty hours of practice and six months before a provisional license, with a curfew and one young passenger
- An Open ContainerR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-22-21.1 — no unsealed alcohol in the passenger section while driving on a public highwayalso here
- Under 18 and Drinking and DrivingR.I. Gen. Laws § 31-27-2.5 — impaired at .02%, a $150 assessment and six months off the road, in family courtalso here
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