Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 23
Equipment and Accessories Generally

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-23-15

§ 31-23-15. Rear-view mirror.

(a) Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the driver’s view to the rear of it from the driver’s position shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet (200′) to the rear of the vehicle.

(b) Every motor vehicle, the primary function of which is the carrying of passengers, shall be equipped with a rear-view mirror on the left front door or fender, so located as to reflect a view of the highway for at least two hundred feet (200′) to the rear of the vehicle.

(c) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 34, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 31-23-15; P.L. 1967, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 120.