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MO Rev Stat § 304.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.220 - Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when — penalty for violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.220. Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when — penalty for violation. — 1. Whenever the county highway engineer of any county, or in any county in which there shall be no highway engineer, such other officer as the county commission may designate, shall find that any county road or bridge of such county is in such a condition that use thereof by vehicles of the weights specified in section 304.180, will endanger the road or bridge, or the users thereof, the county highway engineer may with the approval of the division engineer of the state transportation department whose division includes the area in question establish maximum weight limits for vehicles using such road or bridge in such amounts as will preserve the road or bridge and provide a reasonable margin of safety to the users thereof. Notice of any such weight limit established shall be given by posting signs at convenient and public places along any such road, and in conspicuous places at each end of any such bridge.  2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle of a weight in excess of the maximum limit established pursuant to the provisions of this section on or over any road or bridge upon which such maximum weight limits have been established unless the person shall have the express permission of the officer empowered to establish such limit.  3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and shall be liable in a civil action for any damages to the road or bridge. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 659 § 8407A, A.L. 1953 p. 595, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
MO Rev Stat § 304.235 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.235 - Commercial vehicles licensed for eighteen thousand pounds or less not to stop at weigh station or be otherwise identified — confidentiality rules do not apply to commercial vehicle enforcement officers, when — penalty for evading weigh station.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   304.235. Commercial vehicles licensed for eighteen thousand pounds or less not to stop at weigh station or be otherwise identified — confidentiality rules do not apply to commercial vehicle enforcement officers, when — penalty for evading weigh station. — All commercial motor vehicles shall be required to stop at an official weigh station, or to be identified through automated means approved by this state and determined to be in compliance without the necessity of stopping, except those licensed for a gross weight of not more than eighteen thousand pounds shall not be required to stop or to be identified unless so directed by a peace officer or a commercial motor vehicle enforcement officer or inspector. The provisions of sections 32.057 and 32.091 which govern confidentiality and prohibit the release of information shall not apply to commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers or their licensees in the performance of their duties at weigh stations. Any person who does not stop at a weigh station or who otherwise improperly evades stopping at the weight station and who is later determined not to be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter governing weigh limits may be punished pursuant to section 304.570. ­­-------- (L. 1973 H.B. 327 § 1, A.L. 1977 H.B. 186, A.L. 1999 H.B. 646 merged with S.B. 19)
MO Rev Stat § 304.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.240 - Violation of load law a misdemeanor — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   304.240. Violation of load law a misdemeanor — penalty. — Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association violating any of the provisions of sections 304.170 to 304.230 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars or by confinement in a county jail for not more than twelve months, or by both the fine and confinement; provided, however, that where load limits as defined in sections 304.180 to 304.220 have been violated, the fine shall be two cents for each pound of excess weight up to and including five hundred, and five cents for each pound of excess weight above five hundred and not exceeding one thousand, and ten cents for each pound in excess weight above one thousand; provided that, when any vehicle is being operated under a special permit as provided in section 304.200, the term "excess weight" means only weight in excess of the amount permitted in the permit as issued. The court may, in its discretion, cause to be impounded the motor vehicle operated by any person violating the provisions of this section until such time as the fine and cost assessed by the court under this section is paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8410, A.L. 1951 p. 706, A.L. 1967 p. 416)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7792  (1967) Weighing of trailer truck not a search so as to be inadmissible as fruit of illegal search. State v. Anderson (A.), 418 S.W.2d 207.
MO Rev Stat § 304.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.250 - Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.250. Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles — penalty. — 1. No metal-tired vehicle shall be operated over any of the improved highways of this state, except over highways constructed of gravel or claybound gravel, if such vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels any lug, flange, cleat, ridge, bolt or any projection of metal or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic surface of the tire, unless the highway is protected by putting down solid planks or other suitable material, or by attachments to the wheels so as to prevent such vehicles from damaging the highway, except that this prohibition shall not apply to tractors or traction engines equipped with what is known as caterpillar treads, when such caterpillar does not contain any projection of any kind likely to injure the surface of the road. Tractors, traction engines and similar vehicles may be operated which have upon their road wheels "V" shaped, diagonal or other cleats arranged in such manner as to be continuously in contact with the road surface if the gross weight on the wheels per inch of width of such cleats or road surface, when measured in the direction of the axle of the vehicle, does not exceed eight hundred pounds.  2. No tractor, tractor engine, or other metal-tired vehicle weighing more than four tons, including the weight of the vehicle and its load, shall drive onto, upon or over the edge of any improved highway without protecting such edge by putting down solid planks or other suitable material to prevent such vehicle from breaking off the edges of the pavement.  3. Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction and any person violating this section, whether operating pursuant to a permit or not, or who shall willfully or negligently damage a highway, shall be liable for the amount of such damage caused to any highway, bridge, culvert or sewer, and any vehicle causing such damage shall be subject to a lien for the full amount of such damage, which lien shall not be superior to any duly recorded or filed chattel mortgage or other lien previously attached to such vehicle; the amount of such damage may be recovered in any action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state, by the municipality, county or other civil subdivision or interested party. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8384, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7776
MO Rev Stat § 304.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.260 - Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission.

Effective - 29 May 2009   304.260. Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission. — Farm tractors when using the highways in traveling from one field or farm to another, or to or from places of delivery or repair, or when participating in activities or events permitted under subsection 13* of section 304.170 are exempt from the provisions of the law relating to registration and display of number plates, but shall comply with all the other provisions hereof. The state highways and transportation commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe the type of road upon which such tractors may be used and may exclude the use of such tractors or the use of trucks of any particular weight from the use of certain designated roads or types of roads, by the posting of signs along or upon such roads or any part thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8384, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 2009 H.B. 93 & 216 merged with H.B. 683)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7776  Effective 5-29-09 (H.B. 93 & 216); 7-01-09 (H.B. 683)  *In 2017 statutory reference to subsection "12" changed to "13" in accordance with section 3.060.
MO Rev Stat § 304.271 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.271 - Observance of traffic-control devices — presumptions — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.271. Observance of traffic-control devices — presumptions — penalty. — 1. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of the law, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the law.  2. No provision of the law for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.  3. Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of the law, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.  4. Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of the law and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.  5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 304.361, violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
MO Rev Stat § 304.285 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.285 - Red light violations by motorcycles or bicycles, affirmative defense, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   304.285. Red light violations by motorcycles or bicycles, affirmative defense, when. — Any person operating a motorcycle or bicycle who violates the provisions of section 304.281 or section 304.301 by entering or crossing an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal against a red light shall have an affirmative defense to that charge if the person establishes all of the following conditions:  (1) The motorcycle or bicycle has been brought to a complete stop;  (2) The traffic control signal continues to show a red light for an unreasonable time;  (3) The traffic control is apparently malfunctioning or, if programmed or engineered to change to a green light only after detecting the approach of a motor vehicle, the signal has apparently failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle; and  (4) No motor vehicle or person is approaching on the street or highway to be crossed or entered or is so far away from the intersection that it does not constitute an immediate hazard. ­­The affirmative defense of this section applies only to a violation for entering or crossing an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal against a red light and does not provide a defense to any other civil or criminal action. ­­-------- (L. 2009 H.B. 683 merged with S.B. 368)
MO Rev Stat § 304.289 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.289 - Timing of signals, minimum interval times to be established.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   304.289. Timing of signals, minimum interval times to be established. — The timing of any traffic-control signal shall conform to regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation. The department of transportation shall establish minimal yellow light change interval times for traffic-control devices. The minimal yellow light change interval time shall be established in accordance with nationally recognized engineering standards set forth in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and any such established time shall not be less than the recognized national standard. ­­-------- (L. 2012 H.B. 1402 merged with S.B. 611)
MO Rev Stat § 304.291 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.291 - Rules for pedestrians controlled by special signs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   304.291. Rules for pedestrians controlled by special signs. — Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't Walk" are in place such signals shall indicate as follows:  (1) Walk. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.  (2) Don't Walk. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the "walk" signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "don't walk" signal is showing. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 304.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.301 - Rules for vehicular traffic controlled by flashing signals — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.301. Rules for vehicular traffic controlled by flashing signals — violation, penalty. — 1. Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:  (1) Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection, 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 pass such signal only with caution.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 304.361, any person who violates subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor and any person who violates subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section is guilty of an infraction. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 4, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
MO Rev Stat § 304.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.311 - Observance of lane — direction — control signals.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   304.311. Observance of lane — direction — control signals. — When lane-direction-control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown, but shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 304.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.321 - Unauthorized signal devices prohibited — trafficway not to be used for signs — nuisances declared.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   304.321. Unauthorized signal devices prohibited — trafficway not to be used for signs — nuisances declared. — 1. 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 an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.  2. No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising unless authorized by the Missouri highways and transportation commission.  3. This section 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.  4. Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 304.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.331 - Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   304.331. Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited. — 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. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 304.341 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.341 - Turns at intersection — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   304.341. Turns at intersection — violation, penalty. — 1. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:  (1) Right turns. — Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.  (2) Left turns. — The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to the traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and, after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.  (3) The highways and transportation commission or local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic-control devices to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when such devices are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at any intersection other than as directed and required by such devices.  2. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection controlled by a traffic signal or police officer; nor shall such turn be made at any place unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn such vehicle around so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, or at any place upon a roadway where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction along the roadway within a distance of three hundred feet, or where the same may create a traffic hazard.  3. No vehicle in a residence district shall be turned left across the roadway or so as to proceed in the opposite direction when any other vehicle is approaching from either direction where the same may create a traffic hazard.  4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 304.361, violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 8.304.018, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
MO Rev Stat § 304.361 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.361 - Penalty for violation of sections 304.271 to 304.351.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   304.361. Penalty for violation of sections 304.271 to 304.351. — Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 304.271 to 304.351 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 304.373 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.373 - Hazardous materials, requirements for transportation — violations, penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   304.373. Hazardous materials, requirements for transportation — violations, penalties. — 1. For the purpose of this section, "hazardous materials" shall be as defined pursuant to Part 397, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as adopted and amended.  2. No person shall transport hazardous materials in or through any highway tunnel in this state. For purposes of this section, a tunnel shall be defined as a horizontal subterranean passageway through or under an obstruction of a length of one hundred yards or more.  3. No person shall park a vehicle containing hazardous materials within three hundred feet of any highway tunnel in this state except as provided pursuant to Part 397, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as adopted and as such regulations have been and may periodically be amended.  4. Any person who is found or pleads guilty to a violation of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Any person who is found or pleads guilty to a second or subsequent violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Violations of this section shall be enforced pursuant to section 390.201. ­­-------- (L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032 § 304.370 merged with S.B. 712 § 304.370)
MO Rev Stat § 304.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations|Section 304.570 - Penalty for violations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   304.570. Penalty for violations. — Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of sections 307.020 to 307.295, for which no specific punishment is provided, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8404, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1961 p. 496)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7786; 1919 § 7601  (1955) Information charging that defendant operated automobile in careless, reckless and imprudent manner so as to endanger life, etc., held insufficient as failing to inform defendant of offense of which he was charged. State v. Reynolds (A.), 274 S.W.2d 514.