Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 16
Starting, Stopping, and Turns

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-16-1

§ 31-16-1. Care in starting from stop.

No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 111.