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RI Gen L § 31-20-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-20 - Special Stops Required|Section 31-20-17 - Stopping for crossing guards and school bus monitors required.

§ 31-20-17. Stopping for crossing guards and school bus monitors required.(a) The driver of a vehicle upon a street or highway, upon meeting or approaching from any direction a crossing guard, shall stop the vehicle before reaching the crossing guard. The driver shall not proceed until signaled to proceed by the crossing guard or until the crossing guard has completed his or her duties of aiding the pedestrian safely to the sidewalk.(b) The driver of any vehicle upon a street or highway, upon meeting or approaching from any direction a school bus monitor, shall stop the vehicle in accordance with § 31-20-12 and shall not proceed until the requirements of § 31-20-12 are met.(c) A person convicted of a violation of this section may be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) and/or suspension of his or her driving license for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days for the first offense, and a fine not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and/or suspension of his or her driving license for a period of one year for each subsequent offense.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 26, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 401, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 314, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-20-17.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-20 - Special Stops Required|Section 31-20-17.1 - Private complaint - Stopping for crossing guard/bus monitor required.

§ 31-20-17.1. Private complaint — Stopping for crossing guard/bus monitor required.(a) Upon receipt of a private complaint, in writing and signed by the complainant, the traffic tribunal shall by letter notify the violator to respond in writing within twenty (20) days to the allegations of the complaint. Failure to respond to the letter will result in the person being notified to appear before a judge of the traffic tribunal and show cause why his or her license should not be suspended. Failure to appear at the hearing will result in the suspension of the person's license until such time as the person does appear.(b) On any second or subsequent violation within one year, the person shall be issued a summons to appear for a hearing, and failure to appear will result in the suspension of the person's license until such time as the person does appear.(c) At any hearing resulting from any violation, the complainant shall also appear at the hearing. A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished in accordance with the penalties set forth in § 31-20-12.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 401, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-20-17.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-20 - Special Stops Required|Section 31-20-17.2 - Private complaint - Stopping for crossing guard/bus monitor required - Central Falls.

§ 31-20-17.2. Private complaint — Stopping for crossing guard/bus monitor required — Central Falls.(a) The following procedure shall apply to first offenses in Central Falls reported by private complaint:(1) Upon receipt of a private complaint, in writing and signed by the complainant, the Central Falls municipal court shall by certified mail, return receipt requested, notify the violator to respond in writing within twenty (20) days to the allegations of the complaint.(2) Failure to respond to the letter will result in the person being notified to appear before a judge of the Central Falls municipal court to show cause why he or she should not be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for his or her failure to respond.(3) Failure to appear at the hearing at that time will result in the person being fined one hundred dollars ($100).(b) All moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded by the Central Falls municipal court to the city of Central Falls.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 314, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-1 - Stopping on traveled portion of open highway prohibited.

§ 31-21-1. Stopping on traveled portion of open highway prohibited.Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway. In every event, an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet (200′) in each direction upon the highway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-2 - Removal of vehicle parked on highway.

§ 31-21-2. Removal of vehicle parked on highway.Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of § 31-21-1, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle, to a position off the paved or main traveled part of the highway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-2.
RI Gen L § 31-21-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-3 - Removal of vehicle obstructing traffic on bridge or in tunnel.

§ 31-21-3. Removal of vehicle obstructing traffic on bridge or in tunnel.Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, disabled upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer is authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest garage, service station, or other place of safety.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-5 - Unauthorized movement of vehicle into prohibited area.

§ 31-21-5. Unauthorized movement of vehicle into prohibited area.No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area or away from a curb to a distance that is unlawful.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-5.
RI Gen L § 31-21-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-6 - Admission or discharge of passengers.

§ 31-21-6. Admission or discharge of passengers.The driver of any vehicle admitting or discharging passengers to or from his or her vehicle shall do so as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-6.
RI Gen L § 31-21-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-7 - Parallel parking - Proximity to curb.

§ 31-21-7. Parallel parking — Proximity to curb.Except as otherwise provided in §§ 31-21-8 and 31-21-9, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within twelve inches (12") of the right-hand curb.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-7.
RI Gen L § 31-21-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-8 - Left curb parking.

§ 31-21-8. Left curb parking.Local authorities may by ordinance permit parking of vehicles with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within twelve inches (12") of the left-hand curb of a one-way roadway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-8.
RI Gen L § 31-21-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-9 - Angle parking.

§ 31-21-9. Angle parking.Local authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway, except that angle parking shall not be permitted on any federal aid or state highway unless the state traffic commission has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes, that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-9.
RI Gen L § 31-21-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-10 - Restriction of parking on state highways.

§ 31-21-10. Restriction of parking on state highways.The state traffic commission, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any highway where in its opinion, as evidenced by resolution or order entered in its minutes, such stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic on it. The signs shall be official signs and no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on the signs.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-10.
RI Gen L § 31-21-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-10.1 - Removal of vehicles parked in excess of twenty-four hours.

§ 31-21-10.1. Removal of vehicles parked in excess of twenty-four hours.No motor vehicle shall be parked upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the state traffic commission for a continuous period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours. Any law enforcement officer, state or municipal, may order the removal of the vehicle by towing. Any charges incurred for the towing shall be recoverable from the owner of the vehicle by the state or the municipality paying for the towing by civil action commenced in the district court for the district in which the illegal parking occurred. The civil action shall not be available, however, if the owner of the vehicle pays towing charges directly to the person who furnished the towing services.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 138, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-11 - Removal of disabled vehicle obstructing traffic on state highway, state bridge, or state tunnel.

§ 31-21-11. Removal of disabled vehicle obstructing traffic on state highway, state bridge, or state tunnel.Whenever a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, is disabled upon any state highway, state bridge, state causeway, or in a state tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the department of transportation is authorized to remove, or to provide for the removal of, the vehicle to the nearest garage, service station, or other place of safety at no expense to the owner or operator of the disabled vehicle for its removal.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 165, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 17; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 17.
RI Gen L § 31-21-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-12 - Acquisition, maintenance, and operation of tow trucks by department of transportation.

§ 31-21-12. Acquisition, maintenance, and operation of tow trucks by department of transportation.The department of transportation is authorized to acquire, equip, maintain and operate not more than four (4) tow trucks, and to assign state employees to the trucks for the removal of disabled motor vehicles from state highways, state bridges, state causeways, or state tunnels in accordance with § 31-21-11.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 165, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 17; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 17.
RI Gen L § 31-21-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-13 - Repealed.

§ 31-21-13. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 226, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 303, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-14 - Opening vehicle doors.

§ 31-21-14. Opening vehicle doors.No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, available to moving traffic, unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, including pedestrians and bicycles on sidewalks, shoulders, or bicycle lanes. No person shall leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic, including pedestrians and bicycles on sidewalks, shoulders or bicycle lanes, for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined as provided in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 201, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 58, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 118; P.L. 2005, ch. 64, § 6; P.L. 2005, ch. 67, § 6; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 8.
RI Gen L § 31-21-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-15 - Temporary no parking.

§ 31-21-15. Temporary no parking.In the event that the state or any municipality creates a temporary parking ban in a given area, any signs within that area allowing parking shall be covered in such a manner that the lettering on the signs shall not be visible, provided that, the provisions of this section pertaining to the covering of signs need not be complied with during any snow emergency or other emergency, or when the state or municipality is conducting any street sweeping or other maintenance activities. Any costs to be incurred shall be borne by the municipality in which the signs are located, and the provisions of this section shall not be considered as state mandated costs pursuant to chapter 13 of title 45.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 419, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-16 - Liability of owner, operator, and lessee.

§ 31-21-16. Liability of owner, operator, and lessee.(a) The owner of a rented or leased motor vehicle shall be entitled to establish non-liability for parking violations by providing to the traffic tribunal or any municipality which has jurisdiction over parking tickets, a copy of a written rental or lease agreement which shall be prima facie evidence that the lessee was the operator of the vehicle.(b) The issuing authority shall provide to the owner of a rented or leased vehicle a notice, in writing, of each parking violation in which a motor vehicle owned by the rental or leasing company is involved, including the license number of the vehicle and the date and time of the parking violation. Upon receipt of this notice the owner of a rented or leased vehicle shall inform the issuing authority, within twenty (20) days, to the extent available, the operator's name, home address, employer, employer's address, and local address, if any.(c) The renter or lessee shall not be considered an agent of the owner if the owner is engaged in the business of renting or leasing vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 419, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-17 - Motorcycle parking privileges.

§ 31-21-17. Motorcycle parking privileges.(a) Whenever the proprietor of any shopping center including a shopping mall shall provide for parking spaces designated for use by motorcycles only, then no person shall park any vehicle other than a properly registered motorcycle in the space. Any person who unlawfully parks a vehicle in parking spaces designated for motorcycles shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a first violation, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for a second violation, and one hundred dollars ($100) for a third or subsequent violation. The vehicle may be subject to towing at the owner's expense.(b) Enforcement of the parking provisions of this section shall be enforced by the local authorities.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 497, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions|Section 31-21-18 - Electric vehicle charging station parking restrictions.

§ 31-21-18. Electric vehicle charging station parking restrictions.(a) For the purposes of this section, "electric vehicle charging station" means a public or private parking space that is served by charging equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.(b) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any electric vehicle charging station provided on any public or private parking space if the vehicle is not connected to the charging equipment and where the electric vehicle charging station is indicated by signage identifying the station as an electric vehicle charging station and indicating that it is only for electric vehicle charging and subject to a parking violation.(c) Enforcement of the parking provisions of this section shall be enforced by the local or state authorities on public or private property when the location of the parking spaces is within the purview of the state building code, chapter 27.3 of title 23.(d) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21.1 - Traffic Stops Statistics|Section 31-21.1-1 - Short title.

§ 31-21.1-1. Short title.This Chapter may be cited as the "Traffic Stops Statistics Act."History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 251, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-21.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21.1 - Traffic Stops Statistics|Section 31-21.1-2 - Declaration and policy.

§ 31-21.1-2. Declaration and policy.The general assembly declares that the use of racial profiling for stopping or searching motorists on our public highways is against public policy and violates the civil rights of the motorist. For purposes of this chapter, "racial profiling" means the detention, interdiction or other disparate treatment of an individual on the basis, in whole or in part, of the racial or ethnic status of such individual, except when such status is used in combination with other identifying factors in seeking to apprehend a specific suspect whose racial or ethnic status is part of the description of the suspect. The purpose of this chapter is to conduct a study of the traffic stops by the police to determine whether racial profiling is occurring and to require that police prohibit the practice of racial profiling.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 230, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 240, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-21.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21.1 - Traffic Stops Statistics|Section 31-21.1-3 - Advisory committee - Establishment - Duties.

§ 31-21.1-3. Advisory committee — Establishment — Duties.(a) There is established an advisory committee to be called the "traffic stop study advisory committee." The committee shall consist of thirteen (13) members:(1) Three (3) of whom shall be from the house of representatives, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the speaker;(2) Three (3) of whom shall be from the senate, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed by the president of the senate;(3) Two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the governor;(4) One of whom shall be the attorney general's designee, who shall be the president of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association;(5) One of whom shall be the executive director of the Urban League of Rhode Island or his or her designee;(6) One of whom shall be the executive director of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) or his or her designee;(7) One of whom shall be the executive director of the Rhode Island commission for human rights or his or her designee; and(8) One of whom shall be a representative from a college or university in Rhode Island, who shall be a professor of statistics, to be appointed by the governor.(b) The committee shall advise the attorney general throughout the course of the traffic stop study authorized by this chapter. The attorney general shall work in cooperation with the committee and shall keep the committee informed on all matters relating to the implementation and enforcement of this chapter, including but not limited to, information on all data collected and budgetary expenditures. The committee is advisory only with all power under the chapter resting with the attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 67.
RI Gen L § 31-21.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21.1 - Traffic Stops Statistics|Section 31-21.1-5 - Adoption of written policies.

§ 31-21.1-5. Adoption of written policies.(a) Not later than ninety (90) days after January 1, 2004, each police department and the state police shall adopt written policies which shall prohibit the use of racial profiling as the sole reason for stopping or searching motorists for routine traffic stops.(b) Copies of the policies adopted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the attorney general and the committee, and shall be public records.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 230, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 240, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 29.
RI Gen L § 31-21.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-21.1 - Traffic Stops Statistics|Section 31-21.1-6 - Data collection and use.

§ 31-21.1-6. Data collection and use.(a) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, data acquired under this section shall be used only for: (1) research or statistical purposes; or (2) in any legal or administrative proceeding to establish an inference of discrimination on the basis of particular identifying characteristics, by court order. All data collected pursuant to this chapter shall be public; provided, that any complaints filed pursuant to § 31-21.1-4(c)(2) shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 28.6 of title 42.(b) Any police officer who in good faith records traffic stop information pursuant to the requirements of this chapter shall not be held civilly liable for the act of recording the information unless the officer's conduct was reckless.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 331, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 356, § 2.