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MO Rev Stat § 304.044 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.044 - Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.044. Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet — penalty. — 1. The following terms as used in this section shall mean:  (1) "Bus", any vehicle or motor car designed and used for the purpose of carrying more than seven persons;  (2) "Truck", any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer, or any combination thereof, propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed or used in the transportation of property upon the highways.  2. The driver of any truck or bus, when traveling upon a public highway of this state outside of a business or residential district, shall not follow within three hundred feet of another such vehicle; provided, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the overtaking and passing, by any such truck or bus, of another similar vehicle.  3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 694 §§ 1 to 3, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)  (1959) The purpose of § 304.044 is not only to provide sufficient space between vehicles to permit lighter vehicles to pass but it is also intended for the protection of forward trucks and those following as well as the drivers and passengers therein. Thus violations of the statute under the circumstances was the negligent proximate cause of an accident. Thebeau v. Thebeau (Mo.), 324 S.W.2d 674.
MO Rev Stat § 304.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.070 - Violation of section 304.050, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   304.070. Violation of section 304.050, penalty. — 1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsections 1, 3, and 7* of section 304.050 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In addition, the court may suspend the driver's license of any person who violates the provision of subsection 1 of section 304.050. If ordered by the court, the director shall suspend the driver's license for ninety days for a first offense of subsection 1 of section 304.050, and one hundred twenty days for a second or subsequent offense of subsection 1 of section 304.050. Any person who violates subsection 1 of section 304.050 where such violation results in the injury of any child shall be guilty of a class E felony. Any person who violates subsection 1 of section 304.050 where such violation causes the death of any child shall be guilty of a class D felony.  2. Any appeal of a suspension imposed under subsection 1 of this section shall be a direct appeal of the court order and subject to review by the presiding judge of the circuit court or another judge within the circuit other than the judge who issued the original order to suspend the driver's license. The director of revenue's entry of the court-ordered suspension on the driving record is not a decision subject to review pursuant to section 302.311. Any suspension of the driver's license ordered by the court under this section shall be in addition to any other suspension that may occur as a result of the conviction pursuant to other provisions of law. ­­-------- (L. 1949 p. 329 § 3, A.L. 1965 p. 486, A.L. 1985 H.B. 288, et al., A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2006 S.B. 872, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17  *Statutory reference to subsection "6" changed to "7" in accordance with section 3.060 based on renumbering in section 304.050 by H.B. 661 and S.B. 53 & 60, 2021.
MO Rev Stat § 304.075 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.075 - School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.075. School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor. — 1. Any motor vehicle which is not regularly being operated by a school district or under contract with a school district or by private schools for the transportation of school children shall not bear signs indicating that it is a school bus. When any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district uses it for purposes other than for the transportation of school children, the person shall cover the signs thereon in such manner that it will not appear on the highways as a school bus.  2. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 625 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
MO Rev Stat § 304.076 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.076 - Head Start buses to bear signs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.076. Head Start buses to bear signs. — Notwithstanding anything in subsection 1 of section 304.075 to the contrary, effective August 28, 1996, any new bus to be used to transport children to or from a federal Head Start program shall bear signs indicating that it is a Head Start school bus. Any bus that was used to transport children to or from a Head Start program prior to August 28, 1996, that continues to transport children to or from a Head Start program after such date may bear signs indicating that it is a Head Start school bus. ­­-------- (L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298)
MO Rev Stat § 304.079 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.079 - Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 2005   304.079. Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when. — 1. Designated disabled parking spaces may only be used when a disabled person, who has been issued disabled license plates or windshield hanging placards pursuant to the provisions of section 301.142 or by those states with which the director has entered into reciprocity agreements as provided in section 301.142, is then, or immediately preceding being parked, was an occupant of the motor vehicle bearing the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard or in cases where the motor vehicle bearing the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard is then being used to deliver or collect one or more of the disabled persons for whom the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard was issued.  2. The driver, or any occupant, of a motor vehicle bearing disabled license plates or a windshield hanging placard which is parked or has been observed to have been parking in a duly designated disabled parking space shall, upon request from any law enforcement officer or other duly constituted peace officer upon identification as such, produce the disabled registration certificate issued to the disabled person or entity as provided for in section 301.142 or such other authorization to show that the driver or any occupant of the vehicle is lawfully entitled to use a designated disabled parking space. The driver or any occupant of the motor vehicle shall, in addition to the certificate, produce other identification with a photograph of the disabled person for whom the disabled plates or windshield hanging placard was issued.  3. If the driver, or an occupant, of a motor vehicle which is parked or has been observed to have parked in a designated disabled parking space is unable to, or cannot, produce the certificate as provided for in section 301.142 or other proper authorization showing that the vehicle is being used, or has been lawfully parking in a disabled parking space, the operator is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. However, no person shall be found guilty of violating this section if the operator produces such a certificate to the court that was valid at the time of the citation for a person who was using the vehicle.  4. The windshield hanging placard shall only be used when the vehicle is parked in a disabled parking space. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle with a windshield hanging placard hanging from the inside rearview mirror. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al. § 304.601)  Effective 1-01-05
MO Rev Stat § 304.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.080 - Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions — cane or dog not required to enforce rights, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.080. Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions — cane or dog not required to enforce rights, when. — The driver of a vehicle approaching a person with a visual, aural or physical disability who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog shall yield to such pedestrian, and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian and any injury caused to the pedestrian's guide dog, hearing dog or service dog; provided that such a pedestrian not carrying such cane or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in section 209.150 shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons. ­­-------- (L. 1949 p. 250 § 1, A.L. 1977 S.B. 12, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1996 S.B. 582)
MO Rev Stat § 304.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.110 - Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   304.110. Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty. — Any person who violates any provision of sections 304.080 to 304.110, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment not exceeding ten days. ­­-------- (L. 1949 p. 250 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 304.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.125 - Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   304.125. Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception. — No political subdivision or law enforcement agency shall have a policy requiring or encouraging an employee to issue a certain number of citations for traffic violations on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, or other quota basis. This section shall not apply to the issuance of warning citations. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 765)
MO Rev Stat § 304.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.130 - Regulation of vehicular traffic — notice, hearings — approval — publication of notice (first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   304.130. Regulation of vehicular traffic — notice, hearings — approval — publication of notice (first class counties). — 1. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health and general welfare and to protect life and property, the county commission in all counties of the first class is empowered to adopt, by order or ordinance, regulations to control vehicular traffic upon the public roads and highways in the unincorporated territory of such counties and to establish reasonable speed regulations in congested areas upon such public roads and highways in the unincorporated territory of such counties. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the general motor vehicle laws of this state.  2. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, before the adoption of such regulations, the county commission shall hold at least three public hearings thereon, fifteen days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in at least two newspapers having a general circulation within the county, and notice of such hearing shall also be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in four conspicuous places in the county; provided, however, that any regulations respecting stop signs, signal lights and speed limits on state or federal highways shall be approved by the state highways and transportation commission before the same shall become effective.  3. Regulations relating solely to increasing speed limits shall be exempt from the procedural requirements of subsection 2 of this section and shall take effect immediately upon approval of the county commission.  4. The regulations adopted shall be codified, printed and distributed for public use; provided, however, that adequate signs displaying the speed limit must be posted along the highways at the points along such highways where such speed limits begin and end. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 451 § 1, A.L. 2008 S.B. 930 & 947)
MO Rev Stat § 304.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.140 - Penalty for violations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.140. Penalty for violations. — Any person violating any order or regulation adopted under section 304.130 shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of an infraction. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 451 § 2, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
MO Rev Stat § 304.151 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.151 - Driver's responsibility not to obstruct traffic — written warning, infraction, effective date.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.151. Driver's responsibility not to obstruct traffic — written warning, infraction, effective date. — 1. Except in the case of an accident resulting in the injury or death of any person, the driver of a vehicle which for any reason obstructs the regular flow of traffic on the roadway of any state highway shall make every reasonable effort to move the vehicle or have it moved so as not to block the regular flow of traffic.  2. Prior to January 1, 1999, any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be issued a written warning of the violation in order to inform such persons of the requirements of this section. Beginning January 1, 1999, any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 560)
MO Rev Stat § 304.152 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.152 - Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   304.152. Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, no law enforcement agency may establish a roadside checkpoint or roadblock pattern based upon a particular vehicle type, including the establishment of motorcycle-only checkpoints.  2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, a law enforcement agency may establish a roadside checkpoint pattern that only stops and checks commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 301.010.  3. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to restrict any other type of checkpoint or roadblock which is lawful and is established and operated in accordance with the provisions of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 282)
MO Rev Stat § 304.159 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.159 - Municipality may prohibit storage of certain vehicles, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   304.159. Municipality may prohibit storage of certain vehicles, exceptions. — Any city, town or village within this state may prohibit, by ordinance, the storage of inoperable vehicles or other vehicles deemed by such city, town or village to constitute a public safety hazard. Nothing in this section shall apply to a vehicle which is completely enclosed within a locked building or locked fenced area and not visible from adjacent public or private property, nor to any vehicle upon the property of a business licensed as salvage, swap, junk dealer, towing or storage facility so long as the business is operated in compliance with its business license and the property is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 19)
MO Rev Stat § 304.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.160 - Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.160. Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty. — 1. Any person who has purposely, accidentally, or by reason of an accident, dropped any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, sharp stones, or other substances injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of vehicles, including motor vehicles, upon any highway shall immediately make all reasonable efforts to clear the highway of the substances.  2. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8401, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1961 p. 496, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7783
MO Rev Stat § 304.172 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.172 - Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   304.172. Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions. — The provisions of sections 304.170 to 304.240 relating to height, width, and length restrictions for motor vehicles shall not apply to any motor vehicle and its attached apparatus which is designed for use and used by a fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association or when being operated by a fire apparatus manufacturer or sales organization for the purpose of sale, demonstration, exhibit, or delivery to a fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 55, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
MO Rev Stat § 304.174 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.174 - Size and load restrictions not applicable to wreckers, tow trucks, rollbacks and car carriers, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   304.174. Size and load restrictions not applicable to wreckers, tow trucks, rollbacks and car carriers, when. — The provisions of sections 304.170 to 304.240 relating to height, width, weight, length and load restrictions for motor vehicles shall not apply to any wrecker or tow truck performing a wrecker or towing service, as defined in section 301.010. If a disabled or wrecked vehicle cannot be moved by a wrecker or tow truck, a rollback or car carrier, as defined in section 301.010, may be used without regard to such height, width, weight, length and load restrictions, if it is a bona fide wrecker operator or owner. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1794)
MO Rev Stat § 304.181 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.181 - Buses, axle weight limits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   304.181. Buses, axle weight limits. — The limitations on weight on axles established in section 304.180, do not apply to buses. No bus having a greater weight than twenty thousand pounds on one axle or thirty-four thousand pounds on any tandem axle shall be moved on or operated on any highway in this state. The terms "axle" and "tandem axle" as used in this section shall have the same meaning as is provided in section 304.180, for other vehicles. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 164 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 304.184 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.184 - Transportation of solid waste, weight restrictions for trucks and tractor-trailers.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   304.184. Transportation of solid waste, weight restrictions for trucks and tractor-trailers. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any truck, tractor-trailer or other combination engaged in transporting solid waste, as defined by section 260.200, between any city and a solid waste disposal area or solid waste processing facility approved by the department of natural resources or department of health and senior services, may operate with a weight not to exceed twenty-two thousand four hundred pounds on one axle or a weight not to exceed forty-four thousand eight hundred pounds on any tandem axle; but nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation of any motor vehicle on the interstate highway system in excess of the weight limits imposed by federal statute; and no such truck, tractor-trailer or other combination shall exceed the width and length limitations provided in section 304.190. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 225)
MO Rev Stat § 304.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.210 - Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission — notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   304.210. Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission — notice. — Whenever by reason of thawing of frost, or rains, or due to new construction the roads are in a soft condition, the maximum weights on all vehicles mentioned in section 304.180, including trucks, tractors, trailers and semitrailers and other vehicles therein mentioned may be limited by the state highways and transportation commission to such an amount and in such manner as will preserve the road under such conditions; and said commission shall give due notice thereof by posting notices at convenient and public places along said road or roads or parts thereof which are subject to said regulations and reduction of weights. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8407)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7789