Chapter 23
Equipment and Accessories Generally

Index of Sections

§ 31-23-1. Driving of unsafe vehicle — Disobedience of requirements — Inspections of motor carriers — Fines.

§ 31-23-2. Additional parts and accessories.

§ 31-23-3. Farm and road machinery exempt.

§ 31-23-4. Brake equipment required.

§ 31-23-5. Performance ability of brakes.

§ 31-23-6. Maintenance of brakes.

§ 31-23-7. Brakes on motor-driven cycles.

§ 31-23-8. Horn required.

§ 31-23-9. Theft alarm signals.

§ 31-23-10. Sirens, bells, and whistles prohibited.

§ 31-23-11. Warning devices on emergency vehicles.

§ 31-23-11.1. Warning lights on private vehicles.

§ 31-23-12. Salvation Army vehicle.

§ 31-23-12.1. Providence canteen vehicles.

§ 31-23-13. Muffler.

§ 31-23-13.1. Altering height of or operating a motor vehicle with an altered height prohibited.

§ 31-23-14. Prevention of excessive fumes or smoke.

§ 31-23-14.1. Fire extinguishers.

§ 31-23-15. Rear-view mirror.

§ 31-23-16. Windshield and window stickers — Obstructions to clear view — Snow and ice on vehicle.

§ 31-23-17. Windshield wipers.

§ 31-23-18. Solid rubber tires.

§ 31-23-19. Metal tires prohibited.

§ 31-23-20. Protuberances on tires.

§ 31-23-21. Permits for operation of vehicles having tracks with transverse corrugations.

§ 31-23-22. Safety glass in new vehicles.

§ 31-23-23. Replacement with safety glass.

§ 31-23-24. “Safety glass” defined.

§ 31-23-25. List of approved types of glass — Enforcement of requirements.

§ 31-23-26. Fenders and wheel flaps required.

§ 31-23-27. Rear wheel flaps on buses, trucks, and trailers.

§ 31-23-28. Failure to have fenders or wheel flaps.

§ 31-23-29. Flares and warning devices.

§§ 31-23-30 — 31-23-36. Repealed.

§ 31-23-37. Transporting hazardous substances.

§ 31-23-38. Television receivers prohibited.

§ 31-23-39. Safety seat belts in new vehicles.

§ 31-23-40. Approved types of seat belts — Enforcement of requirements.

§ 31-23-41. Safety belts in public service vehicles.

§ 31-23-42. First-aid kit and heating equipment in school bus.

§ 31-23-42.1. Special mirrors on school buses.

§ 31-23-42.2. Power equipment on school buses.

§ 31-23-43. Wheel safety chocks.

§ 31-23-44. Approved type of wheel safety chocks — Enforcement of requirements.

§ 31-23-45. Tire treads.

§ 31-23-46. Department of environmental management — Vehicles.

§ 31-23-47. Slow moving vehicle emblems.

§ 31-23-48. Police cars — Extinguishers.

§ 31-23-49. Transportation of gasoline — Penalty.

§ 31-23-50. Motorcycle reflectorized plates.

§ 31-23-51. Earphones and headsets prohibited.

§ 31-23-52. Removal of catalytic converter prohibited.

§ 31-23-53. School bus public address sound system.

§ 31-23-54. School buses — Fire extinguishers.

§ 31-23-55. Speedometer and odometer.

§ 31-23-56. Stop arm required.

§ 31-23-57. Eye protection for motorcycle operators.

§ 31-23-58. Department of transportation — Vehicles — Backup warning device.