Chapter 241
2008 -- H 7223
SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/05/08
A N A C T
RELATING
TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
Introduced
By: Representatives Lima, E Coderre, Petrarca, San Bento, and Shanley
Date
Introduced: January 23, 2008
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 31-41.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-41.1 entitled
"Adjudication of Traffic Offenses" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
31-41.1-4.
Schedule of violations. -- (a) The penalties for violations of the
enumerated
sections, listed in numerical order, correspond
to the fines described. However, those offenses for
which punishments which may vary according to
the severity of the offense, or punishment which
require the violator to perform a service, shall
be heard and decided by the traffic tribunal or
municipal court. The following violations may be
handled administratively through the method
prescribed in this chapter. This list is not
exclusive and jurisdiction may be conferred on the
traffic tribunal with regard to other
violations.
VIOLATIONS SCHEDULE
8-8.2-2 DOT, DEM,
or other agency and $75.00
department
violations
24-10-17
Soliciting rides in motor vehicles 40.00
24-10-18 Backing
up prohibited 75.00
24-10-20 Park and
ride lots 75.00
24-12-37
Nonpayment of toll 100.00
31-3-12 Visibility
of plates 75.00
31-3-18 Display of
plates 75.00
31-3-32 Driving
with expired registration 75.00
31-3-34 Failure to
notify division of change of address 75.00
31-3-35 Notice of
change of name 75.00
31-3-40 Temporary
plates - dealer issued 75.00
31-4-3 Temporary
registration - twenty
(20) day bill of
sale 75.00
31-10-10 Rules as
to armed forces license 75.00
31-10-30 Driving
on expired license 75.00
31-10-32 Notice of
change of address 75.00
31-10.1-4 No
motorcycle helmet (operator) 60.00
31-10.1-5
Motorcycle handlebar violation 75.00
31-10.1-6 No
motorcycle helmet (passenger) 75.00
31-10.1-7
Inspection of motorcycle required 75.00
31-12-12 Local
motor vehicle ordinance 75.00
31-13-04 Obedience
to devices 75.00
31-13-6(3)(i)
Eluding traffic light 75.00
31-13-09 Flashing
signals 75.00
31-13-11 Injury to
signs or devices 75.00
31-14-1 Reasonable
and prudent speed 85.00
31-14-03 Condition
requiring reduced speed 85.00
31-14-09 Below
minimum speed 85.00
31-14-12 Speed limit
on bridges and structures 85.00
31-15-1 Leaving
lane of travel 75.00
31-15-2 Slow
traffic to right 75.00
31-15-3 Operator
left of center 75.00
31-15-4 Overtaking
on left 75.00
31-15-5(a)
Overtaking on right 75.00
31-15-6 Clearance
for overtaking 75.00
31-15-7 Places
where overtaking prohibited 75.00
31-15-8 No passing
zone 75.00
31-15-9 One way
highways 75.00
31-15-10 Rotary
traffic islands 75.00
31-15-11 Laned
roadway violation 75.00
31-15-12 Following
too closely 75.00
31-15-12.1
Entering intersection 75.00 100.00
31-15-13 Crossing
center section of divided
highway 75.00
31-15-14 Entering
or leaving limited access
roadways 75.00
31-15-16 Use of
emergency break-down lane
for travel 75.00
13-15-17 Crossing
bicycle lane 75.00
31-16-1 Care in
starting from stop 75.00
31-16-2 Manner of
turning at intersection 75.00
31-16-4 U turn
where prohibited 75.00
31-16-5 Turn
signal required 75.00
31-16-6 Time of
signaling turn 75.00
31-16-7 Failure to
give stop signal 75.00
31-16-8 Method of
giving signals 75.00
31-16.1-3 Diesel
vehicle idling rules
first offense not
to exceed 100.00
second and
subsequent offense not
to exceed 500.00
31-17-1 Failure to
yield right of way 75.00
31-17-2 Vehicle
turning left 75.00
31-17-3 Yield
right of way (intersection) 75.00
31-17-4 Obedience
to stop signs 75.00
31-17-5 Entering
from private road or driveway 75.00
31-17-8 Vehicle
within right of way, rotary 75.00
31-17-9 Yielding
to bicycles on bicycle lane 75.00
31-18-3 Right of
way in crosswalks 75.00 first
violation $100.00
second
violation or any subsequent violation
31-18-5 Crossing
other than at crosswalks 75.00
31-18-8 Due care
by drivers 75.00
31-18-12
Hitchhiking 75.00
31-18-18 Right of
way on sidewalks 75.00
31-19-3 Traffic
laws applied to bicycles 75.00
31-19-20 Sale of
new bicycles 75.00
31-19-21 Sale of
used bicycles 75.00
31-19.1-2
Operating motorized bicycle on an
interstate
highway 75.00
31-19.2-2
Operating motorized tricycle on an
interstate
highway 75.00
31-20-1 Failure to
stop at railroad crossing 75.00
31-20-2 Driving
through railroad gate 75.00
31-20-9 Obedience
to stop sign 75.00
31-21-4 Places
where parking or stopping
prohibited 75.00
31-21-14 Opening
of vehicle doors 45.00
31-22-2 Improper
backing up 75.00
31-22-4
Overloading vehicle 75.00
31-22-5 Violation
of safety zone 75.00
31-22-6 Coasting
75.00
31-22-7 Following
fire apparatus 75.00
31-22-8 Crossing
fire hose 75.00
31-22-9 Throwing
debris on highway –
snow removal
75.00
31-22-11.5
Improper use of school bus –
not to exceed
five hundred dollars
($500) for each
day of improper use
31-22-22(a) No
child restraint 75.00
31-22-22(a) Child
restraint/seat belt but not in
any rear seating
position 75.00
31-22-22(b), (f)
No seat belt - passenger 75.00
31-22-22(g) No
seat belt - operator 75.00
31-22-23 Tow
trucks - proper identification 275.00
31-22-24 Operation
of interior lights 75.00
31-23-1(b)(2) U.S.
department of transportation
motor carrier
safety rules and regulations
Not less than $25.00
or more than $500.00
31-23-1(e)(6)
Removal of an "out of service vehi-
cle" sticker
125.00
31-23-1(e)(7)
Operation of an "out of service ve-
hicle"
100.00
31-23-4 Brake
equipment required 75.00
31-23-8 Horn
required 75.00
31-23-10 Sirens
prohibited 75.00
31-23-13 Muffler
required 75.00
31-23-13.1
Altering height or operating a mo-
tor vehicle with
an
altered height
75.00
31-23-14
Prevention of excessive fumes or
smoke 75.00
31-23-16
Windshield and window stickers
(visibility)
75.00
31-23-17
Windshield wipers 75.00
31-23-19 Metal
tires prohibited 75.00
31-23-20
Protuberances on tires 75.00
31-23-26 Fenders
and wheel flaps required 75.00
31-23-27 Rear
wheel flaps on buses, trucks
and trailers
75.00
31-23-29 Flares or
red flag required over
four thousand
pounds (4,000 lbs.) 75.00
31-23-40 Approved
types of seat belt re-
quirements 75.00
31-23-42.1 Special
mirror - school bus 75.00
31-23-43 Chocks
required (1 pair) - over
four thousand
pounds (4,000 lbs.) 75.00
31-23-45 Tire
treads - defective tires 75.00
31-23-47 Slow
moving emblem required 75.00
31-23-49 Transportation
of gasoline – pas-
senger vehicle
75.00
31-23-51 Operating
bike or motor vehicle
wearing ear
phones 60.00 (first offense)
70.00 second offense
140.00 for the
third and each
subsequent offense
31-24-1 Times when
lights required 75.00
through
31-24-54
31-25-03 Maximum
width of one hundred
and two inches
(102") exceeded 75.00
31-25-04 Maximum
height of one hundred
sixty-two inches
(162") exceeded 75.00
31-25-06 Maximum
number and length of
coupled vehicles
500.00
31-25-07 Load
extending three feet (3')
front, six feet
(6') rear exceeded 75.00
31-25-9 Leaking
load 75.00
31-25-11 Connections
between coupled vehicles 75.00
31-25-12 Towing
chain, twelve inch (12")
square flag
required 75.00
31-25-12.1 Tow
truck - use of lanes (first
offense) 50.00
second offense
75.00
100.00 for the third
and each subse-
quent offense
31-25-14(d)(1)
Maximum weight and tandem ax-
les 125.00
31-25-14(d)(2)
Maximum weight and tandem ax-
les 125.00
31-25-14(d)(3)
Maximum weight and tandem ax-
les 125.00
31-25-16(c)(2)
Maximum weight shown in regis-
tration 65.00 per
thousand lbs. overweight or
portion thereof.
31-25-16(c)(3)
Maximum weight shown in regis-
tration 125.00
per thousand lbs. overweight or
portion thereof.
31-25-16(c)(4)
Maximum weight shown in regis-
tration 1,025.00
plus
$125.00 per thousand
pounds overweight or
portion thereof.
31-25-17 Identification
of trucks and truck-
tractors (first
offense) 50.00
(second offense)
75.00
125.00 for the third
and subsequent offenses
31-25-24 Carrying
and inspection of excess
load limit 175.00
31-27-2.3 Refusal
to take preliminary breath
test 75.00
31-28-7(d)
Wrongful use of handicapped
parking placard
500.00
31-28-7(f)
Handicapped parking space viola-
tion:
First offense
100.00
Second offense
175.00
Third offense and
subsequent offenses 325.00
31-28-7.1(e)
Wrongful use of institutional
handicapped
parking placard 125.00
31-33-2 Failure to
file accident report 45.00
31-36.1-17 No fuel
tax stamp (out-of-state)
75.00 and not exceeding
($100) for
subsequent offense
31-38-3 No
inspection sticker 75.00
31-38-4 Violation
of inspection laws 75.00
31-47.2-06
Heavy-duty vehicle emission in-
spections:
First offense
125.00
Second offense
525.00
Third and
subsequent offenses 1,025.00
37-15-7 Littering
not less than
55.00
not more than
five hundred dollars ($500)
39-12-26 Public
carriers violation 300.00
SPEEDING Fine
(A) One to ten
miles per hour (1-10 mph)
in excess of
posted speed limit $ 85.00
(B) Eleven miles
per hour (11 mph) in excess
of posted speed
limit with a fine of
ten dollars
($10.00) per mile in excess 195.00
of speed limit
shall be assessed. minimum
(b) In addition
to any other penalties provided by law, a judge may impose the following
penalties for speeding:
(1) For speeds up
to and including ten miles per hour (10 mph) over the posted speed
limit on public highways, a fine as provided for
in subsection (a) of this section for the first
offense, ten dollars ($10.00) per mile for each
mile in excess of the speed limit for the second
offense if within twelve (12) months of the
first offense, and fifteen dollars ($15.00) per mile for
each mile in excess of the speed limit for the
third and any subsequent offense if within twelve
(12) months of the first offense. In addition, the
license may be suspended up to thirty (30) days.
(2) For speeds in excess of ten miles per hour
(10 mph) over the posted speed limit on
public highways, a mandatory fine of ten dollars
($10.00) for each mile over the speed limit for
the first offense, fifteen dollars ($15.00) per
mile for each mile in excess of the speed limit for the
second offense if within twelve (12) months of
the first offense, and twenty dollars ($20.00) per
mile for each mile in excess of the speed limit
for the third and subsequent offense if within
twelve (12) months of the first offense. In
addition, the license may be suspended up to sixty (60)
days.
(c) Any person
charged with a violation who pays the fine administratively pursuant to
chapter 8.2 of title 8 shall not be subject to
any additional costs or assessments, including, but not
limited to, the hearing fee established in
section 8-18-4 or assessment for substance abuse
prevention.
SECTION 2. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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