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MS Code § 63-3-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 5 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws|§ 63-3-211. Enactment of traffic regulations by local authorities

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from-   1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;   2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic control signals;   3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;   4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction;   5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;   6. Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections;   7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in Chapter 5 of this title.   No ordinance or regulation enacted under subdivision 4, 5, 6, or 7 of this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the highway or part thereof affected as may be most appropriate.
MS Code § 63-3-212 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 5 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws|§ 63-3-212. Localities prohibited from enacting ordinances restricting cell phone use in motor vehicles

 No county, municipality or other political subdivision shall enact any ordinance restricting the use of cellular phones in any motor vehicle until such time as the state may authorize a county, municipality or other political subdivision to enact such an ordinance.
MS Code § 63-3-213 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 5 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws|§ 63-3-213. Effect of chapter upon rights of owners of certain real property

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as a matter of right from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this chapter, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.
MS Code § 63-3-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-301. Adoption of uniform system of traffic-control devices

 The commissioner of public safety shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices consistent with the provisions of this chapter for use upon highways within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the system then current as approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
MS Code § 63-3-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-303. Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon state and county highways; placement of devices upon such highways by local authorities

 The commissioner of public safety and the state highway commission shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all state and county highways as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.   No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic-control device upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of public safety and the state highway commission except by the latter's permission.
MS Code § 63-3-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-305. Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon highways under local jurisdiction

 Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or provisions of local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All such traffic-control devices hereafter erected shall conform to the state manual and specifications.   Local authorities in exercising those functions referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the direction and control of the state highway commission.
MS Code § 63-3-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-307. Reflectors on bridges in state highway system

 The state highway commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to place amber reflectors on each end and on both sides of all bridges on all roads on the state highway system, which will permit a person to see such reflectors so that he might know that he is about to approach a bridge.
MS Code § 63-3-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-309. Traffic-control signal colors and rules

 Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words "Go," "Caution," or "Stop," or exhibiting different colored lights successively one (1) at a time, only the following colors shall be used and said terms and lights shall indicate as follows:    Green alone or "Go."   Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. However, vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection at the time such signal is exhibited.   Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.     Yellow alone or "Caution" when shown following the green or "Go" signal.   Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection, but if such stop cannot be made in safety a vehicle may be driven cautiously through the intersection.   Pedestrians facing such signal are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway, and any pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles.     Red alone or "Stop."   Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line and shall remain standing until green or "Go" is shown alone, except as provided in (b) and (c) of this paragraph (3);   Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to turn right after stopping as required by paragraph (3)(a), unless a sign stating "No Turn On Red" is in place prohibiting such a turn. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other vehicular traffic lawfully using the intersection.   Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal at the intersection of two (2) one-way streets may cautiously enter the intersection to turn left in the direction designated for one-way traffic, after stopping as required by paragraph (3)(a), unless a sign stating "No Turn On Red" is in place prohibiting such a turn. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within an adjacent crosswalk and to other vehicular traffic lawfully using the intersection.   No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.     Red with green arrow.   Vehicular traffic facing such signal may cautiously enter the intersection only to make movement indicated by such arrow but shall not interfere with other traffic or endanger pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk.   No pedestrian facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he can do so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
MS Code § 63-3-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-311. Flashing signal colors and rules

 Whenever flashing red or yellow signals are used they shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:   1. Flashing red (stop signal).- When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.   2. Flashing yellow (caution signal).- When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.
MS Code § 63-3-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-313. Disobedience of official traffic-control devices

 No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
MS Code § 63-3-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-315. Obedience of official traffic-control devices by emergency vehicles

 The driver of any authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as necessary for safety but may proceed cautiously past such red or stop sign or signal. At other times drivers of authorized emergency vehicles shall stop in obedience to a stop sign or signal.
MS Code § 63-3-317 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-317. Unauthorized signs, signals, markings and devices

  No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal. No person shall place or maintain and no public authority shall permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising, or any billboard or advertising sign of any kind or description, except that motorist services business signs and supports which are authorized by the state highway commission pursuant to Section 65-1-8 may be placed and maintained within state highway rights-of-way. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs provided that said signs are not erected closer than fifty (50) feet to the center line of state highways.   Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed after ten (10) days' notice to the owner thereof by registered letter or otherwise.
MS Code § 63-3-319 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-319. Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals

 No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
MS Code § 63-3-321 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-321. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; offenses

 Any person who wilfully destroys, knocks down, removes, defaces, or alters any letters or figures on a detour or warning sign set upon a highway or road of this state, or who wilfully knocks down, removes, rearranges, destroys, defaces, or alters any letter or figures on a barricade or fence erected on any highway or road of this state, or who drives around or through any barricade or fence on any officially closed highway or road of this state, or who drives around such detour sign or barricade or fence, or who wilfully ignores or disregards a warning sign before such road has been officially opened to the public traffic by the Mississippi State Highway Department, or in appropriate cases by the county or municipal officer responsible for constructing or maintaining such roads, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This shall have no application to peace officers in the performance of their duties, nor to employees of the Mississippi State Highway Department, nor to employees of the contractor, nor to employees of the federal authorities when engaged in inspection of surveys, repairs, maintenance, or construction on or alongside such highways, within the right-of-way, nor to individuals domiciled or making their livelihood within the affected areas, nor to any person or group of persons who shall be authorized by the highway director, or appropriate county or municipal officer.
MS Code § 63-3-323 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-323. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; definitions

 The following words, terms and phrases, when used in Section 63-3-321 shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein:   "Detour sign" means any sign placed across or on a public road of the state, by the state, the county or municipal authorities or by their contractors, indicating that such road is closed or partially closed, which sign also indicates the direction of an alternate route to be followed to give access to certain points.   "Warning sign" means a sign indicating construction work in area.   "Barricade" means a barrier for obstructing the passage of motor vehicle traffic.   "Fence" means a barrier to prevent the intrusion of motor vehicle traffic.   "Officially closed" means a highway or road that has been officially closed by a governmental unit, the Mississippi State Highway Department, a city or a county.   "Officially opened" shall mean any highway that does not have signs or barriers stating that it is closed.
MS Code § 63-3-325 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings|§ 63-3-325. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; penalties

 Every person convicted of a violation of Section 63-3-321 shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The conviction of a violation of Section 63-3-321 shall not be competent evidence in any civil action.
MS Code § 63-3-401 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 9 - Accidents and Reports|§ 63-3-401. Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in personal injury or death; offenses and penalties

  The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of Section 63-3-405.   Every stop under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be made without obstructing traffic or endangering the life of any person more than is necessary.   Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, if any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident that results in injury to any person willfully fails to stop or to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, then such person, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.   If any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident that results in the death of another or the mutilation, disfigurement, permanent disability or the destruction of the tongue, eye, lip, nose or any other limb, organ or member of another willfully fails to stop or to comply with the requirements under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, then such person, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) years, or by fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.   The commissioner shall revoke the driver's license of any person convicted under this section.
MS Code § 63-3-403 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 9 - Accidents and Reports|§ 63-3-403. Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in property damage to attended vehicle; offenses and penalties

 The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of such accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of Section 63-3-405. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.   Any person failing to stop or comply with said requirements under such circumstances shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
MS Code § 63-3-405 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 9 - Accidents and Reports|§ 63-3-405. Duty of driver involved in accident resulting in injury or death or property damage to give information and render aid; liability for rendering assistance

 The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall, upon request and if available, exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with. Said driver shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying, or the making of arrangements for the carrying, of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such carrying is requested by the injured person. No such driver who, in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care, renders emergency care to any injured person at the scene of an accident or in transporting said injured person to a point where medical assistance can be reasonably expected, shall be liable for any civil damages to said injured person as a result of any acts committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such driver in rendering the emergency care to said injured person.
MS Code § 63-3-407 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 9 - Accidents and Reports|§ 63-3-407. Duties of driver involved in accident involving unattended vehicle

 The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof. However, the provisions herein shall not apply where no material damage is done and where the owner of the unattended vehicle was guilty of negligence in leaving said vehicle parked as same was when so struck.
MS Code § 63-3-409 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations|Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road|Article 9 - Accidents and Reports|§ 63-3-409. Duties of driver striking fixtures upon or adjacent to highway

 The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damages to fixtures legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in Section 63-3-411.