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RI Gen L § 31-16-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-4 - Places where U-turns prohibited.

§ 31-16-4. Places where U-turns prohibited.No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve or upon the approach to, or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet (500′). Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-4; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 111.
RI Gen L § 31-16-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-5 - Turn signal required.

§ 31-16-5. Turn signal required.No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in §§ 31-16-2 and 31-16-3, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway, unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner described in this chapter in the event any other traffic may be affected by the movement. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-5; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 111.
RI Gen L § 31-16-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-6 - Time of signaling turn.

§ 31-16-6. Time of signaling turn.A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred feet (100′) traveled by the vehicle before turning. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-6; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 111.
RI Gen L § 31-16-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-6.1 - Penalties.

§ 31-16-6.1. Penalties.Any person who violates the provisions of § 31-16-2 pertaining to the right-of-way of pedestrians, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than seventy-five ($75.00).History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 383, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 64.
RI Gen L § 31-16-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-7 - Signaling of stops.

§ 31-16-7. Signaling of stops.No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner described in this chapter to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give the signal. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-7; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 111.
RI Gen L § 31-16-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-8 - Method of giving signals.

§ 31-16-8. Method of giving signals.Any stop or turn signal when required in this chapter shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device, except as otherwise provided in § 31-16-9. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3500, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-8; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 111.
RI Gen L § 31-16-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-9 - Vehicles on which mechanical signal devices required.

§ 31-16-9. Vehicles on which mechanical signal devices required.Any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and required signal shall be given by, a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab, or load of the motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches (24"), or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load of it exceeds fourteen feet (14′). The latter measurement shall apply to any single vehicle, and/or to any combination of vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3500, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-9.
RI Gen L § 31-16-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16 - Starting, Stopping, and Turns|Section 31-16-10 - Manner of giving arm signals.

§ 31-16-10. Manner of giving arm signals.All signals required in this chapter when given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and the signals shall indicate as follows:(1) Left turn. Hand and arm extended horizontally;(2) Right turn. Hand and arm extended upward;(3) Stop or decrease speed. Hand and arm extended downward.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 27, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-16-10.
RI Gen L § 31-16.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16.1 - Idling|Section 31-16.1-1 - Purpose.

§ 31-16.1-1. Purpose.The purposes of this chapter are to protect health and the environment by reducing air emissions and to conserve fuel by restricting the unnecessary operation of diesel engines.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 557, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-16.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16.1 - Idling|Section 31-16.1-2 - Powers of the department of environmental management.

§ 31-16.1-2. Powers of the department of environmental management.The department of environmental management shall have the power and authority as set forth in §§ 23-23-29.1 — 23-23-29.5 to establish rules for engine idling.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 557, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-16.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16.1 - Idling|Section 31-16.1-3 - Restrictions on idling for diesel engines.

§ 31-16.1-3. Restrictions on idling for diesel engines.No person shall on or after July 1, 2007, cause, allow or permit the unnecessary operation of the diesel engine vehicle while said vehicle is stopped for a period of time in excess of five (5) consecutive minutes in any sixty (60) minute period unless exempted pursuant to regulations adopted by the department of environmental management. Failure to operate the diesel engine vehicle in conformity with the rules of the department of environmental management adopted pursuant to § 23-23-20.2 shall constitute a violation of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 557, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-16.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-16.1 - Idling|Section 31-16.1-4 - Penalties.

§ 31-16.1-4. Penalties.Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each succeeding offense.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 557, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-17-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-1 - Right-of-way in absence of signs or signals.

§ 31-17-1. Right-of-way in absence of signs or signals.(a) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway.(b) When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.(c) The right-of-way rules declared in subsections (a) and (b) of this section are modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in this chapter.(d) Violations of this section are subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4, unless bodily injury, serious bodily injury or death occurs to any person other than the offending operator under this section.(e) When bodily injury of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). When serious bodily injury of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months. When the death of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of one year.(f) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" means physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or causes serious physical disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 28, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-17-1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 65; P.L. 2013, ch. 339, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 414, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-17-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-2 - Vehicle turning left or right.

§ 31-17-2. Vehicle turning left or right.(a) The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intended to turn to the left or right shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close to it as to constitute an immediate hazard, or shall yield to a pedestrian intending to cross within a crosswalk which the driver of the vehicle must travel to make the left or right turn. The driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by chapter 16 of this title, may make the left or right turn, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield the right of way to the vehicle making the left or right turn. Violations of this section are subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4, unless bodily injury, serious bodily injury or death occurs to any person other than the offending operator under this section.(b) When bodily injury of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). When serious bodily injury of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months. When the death of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of one year.(c) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" means physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or causes serious physical disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 28, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-17-2; P.L. 1999, ch. 383, § 3; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 65; P.L. 2013, ch. 339, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 414, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-17-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-3 - Intersection with through highway.

§ 31-17-3. Intersection with through highway.The driver of a vehicle shall stop at the entrance to a through highway and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from the through highway, or which are approaching so closely on the through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but the driver having so yielded may proceed and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on the through highway shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle so proceeding into or across the through highway. Violations of this section are subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 28, § 3; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 13-17-3; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 65.
RI Gen L § 31-17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-5 - Entering from private road or driveway.

§ 31-17-5. Entering from private road or driveway.The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway and to all pedestrians attempting to cross the private road driveway or highway. Violations of this section are subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 28, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-17-5; P.L. 1999, ch. 383, § 3; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 65.
RI Gen L § 31-17-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-5.1 - Penalties.

§ 31-17-5.1. Penalties.Any person who violates any provision of §§ 31-17-1 — 31-17-5, pertaining to the right-of-way of pedestrians, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than seventy-five ($75.00).History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 383, § 4; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 65.
RI Gen L § 31-17-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-6 - Yielding to emergency vehicle.

§ 31-17-6. Yielding to emergency vehicle.(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting any one or combination of red, blue, or white light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet (500′) to the front of the vehicle, and producing an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in that position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.(b) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 28, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-17-6; P.L. 1993, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 446, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-17-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-7 - Right-of-way of fire companies.

§ 31-17-7. Right-of-way of fire companies.The officers and men and women of the fire department, of any fire engine or hose company, or of any protective department or company duly chartered and organized under the laws of this state for the protection of property from fire in any city or town, with their registered fire apparatus, shall have the right of way while going to a fire or upon any alarm of fire, while responding to an emergency call; when on duty at any fire, in, upon, or through any street, highway, lane, avenue, or alley in the city or town; and when exiting or entering a fire station, garage or other department facility. Every person in or upon or owning any vehicle, or upon the street, highway, lane, avenue, or alley, who shall willfully or maliciously refuse the right of way to, or shall in any way willfully or maliciously obstruct or retard any registered fire apparatus of the fire department, fire company, protective department, or company, or any of the officers or men and women, while going to a fire or upon any alarm of fire, while responding to an emergency call, or while on duty at any fire, in, upon, or through the street, highway, lane, avenue, or alley, or when exiting or entering a fire station, garage or other department facility shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200). However, the rights pursuant to this section of the protective department or company shall be subject, at all times, to the rights pursuant to this section of the fire department, fire engine company, and hose company.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 54; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 57; P.L. 1910, ch. 539, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 57; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 65; G.L. 1956, § 31-17-7; P.L. 2000, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 339, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 414, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-17-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-8 - Right-of-way at rotary.

§ 31-17-8. Right-of-way at rotary.(a) In the absence of any traffic control device or sign, the driver of a vehicle about to enter a rotary, regardless of the direction from which the vehicle is approaching, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles already in the rotary. The state traffic commission shall determine the location of yield signs at rotaries. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4, unless bodily injury, serious bodily injury or death occurs to any person other than the offending operator under this section.(b) When bodily injury of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). When serious bodily injury of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months. When the death of any person other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle is caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of one year.(c) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" means physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or causes serious physical disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 112; P.L. 2013, ch. 339, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 414, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-17-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-17 - Right-of-Way|Section 31-17-9 - Yielding to riders on bicycle lane.

§ 31-17-9. Yielding to riders on bicycle lane.(a) The driver of a vehicle about to cross or to turn left or right across a bicycle lane shall yield the right-of-way to any person operating a bicycle or motorized wheelchair upon the bicycle lane.(b) Any driver of a vehicle convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 64, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 67, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 7.
RI Gen L § 31-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians|Section 31-18-1 - Applicability of regulations to pedestrians.

§ 31-18-1. Applicability of regulations to pedestrians.Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals at intersections as provided in §§ 31-13-6 and 31-13-7, unless required by local ordinance to comply strictly with the signals, but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-1.
RI Gen L § 31-18-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians|Section 31-18-2 - Local ordinances.

§ 31-18-2. Local ordinances.Local authorities are empowered by ordinance to require that pedestrians shall strictly comply with the directions of any official traffic control signal and may by ordinance prohibit pedestrians from crossing any roadway in a business district or any designated highways except in a crosswalk.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-2.
RI Gen L § 31-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians|Section 31-18-3 - Right-of-way in crosswalk.

§ 31-18-3. Right-of-way in crosswalk.(a) When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield. This provision shall not apply under the conditions stated in § 31-18-6.(b) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4 and in addition to any other penalty provided by law, a judge or magistrate shall impose a mandatory fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for a second or any subsequent violation of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-3; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 15; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 113.
RI Gen L § 31-18-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians|Section 31-18-4 - Overtaking of vehicle stopped for pedestrian.

§ 31-18-4. Overtaking of vehicle stopped for pedestrian.(a) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.(b) Whenever there are no markings to the contrary, there shall be a presumption that there is an unmarked crosswalk at any intersection.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-4; P.L. 1999, ch. 383, § 5.
RI Gen L § 31-18-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians|Section 31-18-5 - Crossing other than at crosswalks.

§ 31-18-5. Crossing other than at crosswalks.Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-5; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 113.
RI Gen L § 31-18-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians|Section 31-18-6 - Crossing where tunnel or overhead is provided.

§ 31-18-6. Crossing where tunnel or overhead is provided.Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-6.