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RI Gen L § 31-11-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-11 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Violations|Section 31-11-22 - Rental to unauthorized person prohibited.

§ 31-11-22. Rental to unauthorized person prohibited.No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed under this title or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state or country of his or her residence, except a nonresident whose home state or country does not require that an operator be licensed.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-7; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-22; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-11-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-11 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Violations|Section 31-11-23 - Inspection of license of person to whom vehicle rented required.

§ 31-11-23. Inspection of license of person to whom vehicle rented required.No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until he or she has inspected the operator's or chauffeur's license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented, and compared and verified the signature on it with the signature of the person written in his or her presence.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-8; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-23; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-11-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-11 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Violations|Section 31-11-24 - Records of rentals.

§ 31-11-24. Records of rentals.Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of the license of the latter person, and the date and place when and where the license was issued. The record shall be open to inspection by any police officer or employee of the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-9; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-24; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-11-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-11 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Violations|Section 31-11-25 - Suspension for failure to pay fine.

§ 31-11-25. Suspension for failure to pay fine.(a) The division of motor vehicles shall suspend the license of a person to operate a motor vehicle upon certification of the clerk of any county of the superior court or any supervising deputy clerk of the district court or a clerk of the traffic tribunal that the person has failed to pay fines or costs imposed for a violation of any provision of this title within the time period provided for payment by the court, or has failed to make satisfactory arrangements with the court for payment of the fines or costs; provided, however, the person shall first be entitled to request an ability to pay hearing by filing a request with the court that imposed the fines or costs.(b) The suspension shall remain in force until all fines or costs are paid to the respective court or satisfactory arrangements have been made with the court for payment of the fines or costs.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 412, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 5; P.L. 2019, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 236, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-1 - Places provisions applicable.

§ 31-12-1. Places provisions applicable.The provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways and on all state, city or town owned public property except:(1) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section.(2) The provisions of chapter 26 of this title and §§ 31-27-1 — 31-27-4 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-1; P.L. 1971, ch. 286, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-2 - Repealed.

§ 31-12-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-2; Repealed by P.L. 1999, ch 218, § 6, effective July 1, 1999.
RI Gen L § 31-12-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-3 - Obedience to police officers.

§ 31-12-3. Obedience to police officers.No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic, including any order or direction pertaining to fire lane parking violations whether on private or public property.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-3; P.L. 1983, ch. 159, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-12-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-4 - Applicability to public vehicles.

§ 31-12-4. Applicability to public vehicles.The provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state, or any county, city, town, district, or any other political subdivision of the state except as provided in § 31-12-5, and subject to any specific exceptions as are set forth in these chapters with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-4.
RI Gen L § 31-12-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-5 - Exemption of highway workers.

§ 31-12-5. Exemption of highway workers.Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway but shall apply to the persons and vehicles when traveling to or from this work.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-5.
RI Gen L § 31-12-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-6 - Emergency vehicles - Times when entitled to special privileges.

§ 31-12-6. Emergency vehicles — Times when entitled to special privileges.(a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an alleged violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in § 31-12-7, but subject to the conditions stated in this section and in §§ 31-12-8 and 31-12-9.(b) Upon establishment of the law enforcement agency accreditation council, the council shall adopt uniform rules and regulations to govern high speed pursuits in the state in accordance with the standards established by the National Law Enforcement Accreditation Agency. Until such rules are adopted, all police departments within the state shall submit to the department of the attorney general a copy of their high speed pursuit policies, which shall be available to the public.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-6; P.L. 1990, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 64.
RI Gen L § 31-12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-7 - Privileges allowed emergency vehicles.

§ 31-12-7. Privileges allowed emergency vehicles.The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:(1) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of any law;(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;(3) Exceed the prima facie speed limits so long as he or she does not endanger life or property;(4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 5; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-7.
RI Gen L § 31-12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-8 - Warning signals given by emergency vehicles.

§ 31-12-8. Warning signals given by emergency vehicles.The exemptions granted in this chapter to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of the vehicle while in motion sounds an audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet (500′) to the front of the vehicle, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-8.
RI Gen L § 31-12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-9 - Due care by emergency vehicles.

§ 31-12-9. Due care by emergency vehicles.The provisions of this chapter shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall the provisions protect the driver from the consequences of the driver's reckless disregard for the safety of others.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-9.
RI Gen L § 31-12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-10 - Animals and animal-drawn vehicles.

§ 31-12-10. Animals and animal-drawn vehicles.Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by chapters 12 — 27 of this title, except those provisions of those chapters which by their very nature can have no application.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-10.
RI Gen L § 31-12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-11 - Uniformity of application.

§ 31-12-11. Uniformity of application.The provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities in the state, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule, or regulation in conflict with the provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title unless expressly authorized in them.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-11; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 57, § 5.
RI Gen L § 31-12-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-13 - Local regulations to be posted.

§ 31-12-13. Local regulations to be posted.No ordinance or regulation enacted under subdivision (a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(10) of § 31-12-12 shall be effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the highway or part of it as may be most appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-13.
RI Gen L § 31-12-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-14 - State approval for traffic control devices on state highways.

§ 31-12-14. State approval for traffic control devices on state highways.No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign or traffic control signal at any location so as to require the traffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been obtained from the state traffic commission.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-14; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 12; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 12.
RI Gen L § 31-12-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-12 - Applicability of Traffic Regulations|Section 31-12-15 - Powers of landowners preserved.

§ 31-12-15. Powers of landowners preserved.Nothing in chapters 1 — 27 of this title 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 matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in chapters 12 — 27 of this title, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to the owner.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 21, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 31-12-15.
RI Gen L § 31-13-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-2 - Devices on state highways.

§ 31-13-2. Devices on state highways.(a) The state traffic commission shall place and maintain any traffic control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon any state highways, that it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.(b) No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic control device upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the state traffic commission except by the latter's permission.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-2.
RI Gen L § 31-13-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-3 - Devices on local highways.

§ 31-13-3. Devices on local highways.The traffic authority of any city or town may place and maintain traffic control signals, signs, markings, and other safety devices upon the highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and carry out the provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title, or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn or guide traffic, provided the signals, signs, markings, and devices conform to the regulations and specifications established by the state traffic commission in accordance with this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-3; P.L. 1968, ch. 113, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-13-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-4 - Obedience to devices.

§ 31-13-4. Obedience to devices.The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable to him or her placed in accordance with the provisions of chapters 12 — 27 of this title, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in those chapters. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-4; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 108.
RI Gen L § 31-13-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-5 - Signs prerequisite to enforcement of provisions.

§ 31-13-5. Signs prerequisite to enforcement of provisions.No provision of chapters 12 — 27 of this title for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, the section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-5.
RI Gen L § 31-13-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-7 - Signals at places other than intersections.

§ 31-13-7. Signals at places other than intersections.In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of § 31-13-6 shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of the sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-7.
RI Gen L § 31-13-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-8 - Pedestrian control signals.

§ 31-13-8. Pedestrian control signals.Whenever special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words "walk" or "wait" or "don't walk" are in place the signals shall indicate as follows:(1) Walk. Pedestrians facing the 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) Wait or don't walk. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his or her crossing on the walk signal, shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "wait" or "don't walk" signal is showing.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-8.
RI Gen L § 31-13-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-9 - Flashing signals.

§ 31-13-9. Flashing signals.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 before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked, or, if none, then 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 past the signal only with caution.(3) Flashing green (pedestrian signal). When a green lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or crosswalk past the signal only with caution.(4) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 7; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-9; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 108.
RI Gen L § 31-13-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-10 - Unauthorized signs and devices prohibited.

§ 31-13-10. Unauthorized signs and devices prohibited.(a) 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, and no person shall place or maintain upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing on it any commercial advertising without the consent of the chief of police of the city or town in which the highway is located. 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.(b) Every prohibited sign, signal, or marking is declared to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove it or cause it to be removed without notice.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 8; P.L. 1953, ch. 3207, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-10.
RI Gen L § 31-13-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-10.1 - Traffic control signal preemption devices.

§ 31-13-10.1. Traffic control signal preemption devices.(a) As used in this section, "traffic control signal preemption device" means any device, either mechanical or electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal that, when received by a detector attached to a traffic control signal, changes that traffic control signal to a green light or, if the traffic control signal is already green, extends the duration of the green light.(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), no retailer or manufacturer shall sell or install any traffic control signal preemption device on a motor vehicle, nor may any such device be transported in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, nor be operated by the driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.(c) Any person who shall violate the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500), which fine shall be deposited into the state general fund.(d) Installation of a traffic control signal preemption device is permitted on the following vehicles, and operation of the device is permitted as follows:(1) Police department vehicles, when responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in combination with red or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;(2) Law enforcement vehicles of state or local authorities, when responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; and(3) Vehicles of local fire departments and state or federal firefighting vehicles, when responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.(4) Buses under the operation and/or control of the Rhode Island public transit authority, only when used to prolong a green light signal.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 450, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 35, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-13-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices|Section 31-13-11 - Injury to signs and devices.

§ 31-13-11. Injury to signs and devices.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 on it or any other part of it. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-11; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 108.