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MN Stat § 169.073 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.073 — Prohibited Light Or Signal.

169.073 PROHIBITED LIGHT OR SIGNAL. (a) No person or corporation shall place, maintain or display any red light or red sign, signal, or lighting device or maintain it in view of any highway or any line of railroad on or over which trains are operated in such a way as to interfere with the effectiveness or efficiency of any highway traffic-control device or signals or devices used in the operation of a railroad. Upon written notice from the commissioner of transportation, a person or corporation maintaining or owning or displaying a prohibited light shall promptly remove it, or change the color of it to some other color than red. Where a prohibited light or sign interferes with the effectiveness or efficiency of the signals or devices used in the operation of a railroad, the Department of Transportation may cause the removal of it and the department may issue notices and orders for its removal. The department shall proceed as provided in sections 216.13, 216.14, 216.15, 216.16, and 216.17, with a right of appeal to the aggrieved party in accordance with chapter 14. (b) No person or corporation shall maintain or display any light after written notice from the commissioner of transportation that the light constitutes a traffic hazard and that the commissioner has ordered the removal thereof. History:  1943 c 141; 1961 c 560 s 15; 1971 c 25 s 67; Ex1971 c 27 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1983 c 247 s 69; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 24; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 52
MN Stat § 169.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.08 — Unlawful To Possess, Alter, Deface, Or Remove Sign.

169.08 UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS, ALTER, DEFACE, OR REMOVE SIGN. No person shall, without lawful authority, possess, or 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. A person who voluntarily notifies a law enforcement agency that the person is in possession of such an article, and who returns the article within ten days after gaining possession thereof, shall not be subject to prosecution for such possession. History:  (2720-167) 1937 c 464 s 17; 1978 c 638 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 169.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.10 — Statistical Information.

169.10 STATISTICAL INFORMATION. The Department of Public Safety shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents. History:  (2720-174) 1937 c 464 s 24; 1971 c 491 s 12
MN Stat § 169.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.13 — Reckless Or Careless Driving.

169.13 RECKLESS OR CARELESS DRIVING. Subdivision 1. Reckless driving. (a) A person who drives a motor vehicle or light rail transit vehicle while aware of and consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the driving may result in harm to another or another's property is guilty of reckless driving. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that disregard of it constitutes a significant deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation. (b) A person shall not race any vehicle upon any street or highway of this state. Any person who willfully compares or contests relative speeds by operating one or more vehicles is guilty of racing, which constitutes reckless driving, whether or not the speed contested or compared is in excess of the maximum speed prescribed by law. (c) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b) and causes great bodily harm or death to another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (d) For purposes of this section, "great bodily harm" has the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 8. Subd. 2. Careless driving. (a) Any person who operates or halts any vehicle upon any street or highway carelessly or heedlessly in disregard of the rights of others, or in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger any property or any person, including the driver or passengers of the vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who operates or halts a light rail transit vehicle carelessly or heedlessly in disregard of the rights of others, or in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger any property or any person, including the operator or passengers on the light rail transit vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 3. Application. (a) The provisions of this section apply, but are not limited in application, to any person who drives any vehicle in the manner prohibited by this section: (1) upon the ice of any lake, stream, or river, including but not limited to the ice of any boundary water; or (2) in a parking lot ordinarily used by or available to the public though not as a matter of right, and a driveway connecting the parking lot with a street or highway. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator; (2) the emergency operation of any vehicle when avoiding imminent danger; or (3) any raceway, racing facility, or other public event sanctioned by the appropriate governmental authority. (c) Nothing in this section or section 609.035 or 609.04 shall limit the power of the state to prosecute or punish a person for conduct that constitutes any other crime under any other law of this state. History:  (2720-177) 1937 c 464 s 27; 1939 c 430 s 5; 1947 c 428 s 11; 1967 c 569 s 2; Ex1971 c 27 s 7; 1983 c 236 s 1; 1984 c 622 s 15; 2006 c 260 art 2 s 1; 2015 c 65 art 6 s 3,4; 2019 c 10 s 1,2
MN Stat § 169.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.15 — Impeding Traffic; Intersection Gridlock.

169.15 IMPEDING TRAFFIC; INTERSECTION GRIDLOCK. Subdivision 1. Impeding traffic; slow speed. No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law or except when the vehicle is temporarily unable to maintain a greater speed due to a combination of the weight of the vehicle and the grade of the highway. Subd. 2. Intersection gridlock; stop or block traffic. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a driver of a vehicle shall not enter an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal until the driver is able to move the vehicle immediately, continuously, and completely through the intersection without impeding or blocking the subsequent movement of cross traffic. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to movement of a vehicle made: (1) at the direction of a city-authorized traffic-control agent or a peace officer; (2) to facilitate passage of an authorized emergency vehicle with its emergency lights activated; or (3) to make a turn, as permitted under section 169.19, that allows the vehicle to safely leave the intersection. (c) A violation of this subdivision does not constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of the violator's driver's license. History:  (2720-179) 1937 c 464 s 29; Ex1971 c 27 s 8; 2010 c 351 s 29
MN Stat § 169.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.17 — Emergency Vehicle.

169.17 EMERGENCY VEHICLE. The speed limitations set forth in sections 169.14 to 169.17 do not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call. Drivers of all emergency vehicles shall sound an audible signal by siren and display at least one lighted red light to the front, except that law enforcement vehicles shall sound an audible signal by siren or display at least one lighted red light to the front. This provision does not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of persons using the street, nor does it protect the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety of others. History:  (2720-181) 1937 c 464 s 31; 1947 c 428 s 14; 1997 c 143 s 13; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 22; 1998 c 263 s 1
MN Stat § 169.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.201 — Yield Sign.

169.201 YIELD SIGN. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall slow to a speed that is reasonable for conditions of traffic and visibility, and stop if necessary, and yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway, and to all vehicles on the intersecting street or highway which are so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. History:  1955 c 606 s 1; 1959 c 521 s 4; 1961 c 65 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 169.202 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.202 — Blind Person Carrying White Cane.

169.202 BLIND PERSON CARRYING WHITE CANE. Subdivision 1. Limitation on carrying. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a white painted cane unless said person is a blind person. Subd. 2. Blind pedestrian has right-of-way. Any person operating a motor vehicle in this state shall bring such motor vehicle to a stop and give the right-of-way at any intersection of any street, avenue, alley or other public highway to a blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without red tip, or using a guide dog, when such blind person enters said intersection. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, Ex1971 c 27 s 49] History:  1945 c 369 s 1-3; 1949 c 391 s 1-3; 1971 c 70 s 2
MN Stat § 169.212 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.212 — Operation Of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.

169.212 OPERATION OF ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES. Subdivision 1. Rights and responsibilities of pedestrians. Except as otherwise provided by law, a person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device has the rights and responsibilities of a pedestrian. Subd. 2. Operation. (a) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on a bicycle path. (b) No person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on a roadway, sidewalk, or bicycle path at a rate of speed that is not reasonable and prudent under the conditions. Every person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a roadway, sidewalk, or bicycle path is responsible for becoming and remaining aware of the actual and potential hazards then existing on the roadway or sidewalk and must use due care in operating the device. (c) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on a roadway only: (1) while making a direct crossing of a roadway in a marked or unmarked crosswalk; (2) where no sidewalk is available; (3) where a sidewalk is so obstructed as to prevent safe use; (4) when so directed by a traffic-control device or by a peace officer; or (5) temporarily in order to gain access to a motor vehicle. (d) An electric personal assistive mobility device may not be operated at any time on a roadway with a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour except to make a direct crossing of the roadway in a marked crosswalk. (e) An electric personal assistive mobility device may not be operated at any time while carrying more than one person. (f) A person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a sidewalk must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians at all times. A person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a bicycle path must yield the right-of-way to bicycles at all times. Subd. 3. Reflectors. An electric personal assistive mobility device may not be operated unless the device bears reflectorized material on the front, back, and wheels, visible at night from 600 feet when illuminated by the lower beams of headlamps of a motor vehicle. Subd. 4. Local regulation. A local road authority may not further regulate the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices, except that a local road authority may allow and regulate the operation of these devices on roadways within its jurisdiction that have a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. History:   2002 c 285 s 4
MN Stat § 169.215 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.215 — Crossing For Seniors Or Disabled Persons.

169.215 CROSSING FOR SENIORS OR DISABLED PERSONS. Subdivision 1. Designation of crossings. Local authorities may designate a crossing for senior citizens or disabled persons on any street or highway in the vicinity of a senior citizen housing project, senior citizen nursing home, or residential care facility for disabled persons on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation prescribed by the commissioner and subject to the uniform specifications adopted pursuant to subdivision 2. Designation of a crossing for senior citizens or disabled persons on a trunk highway is subject to the written consent of the commissioner. Subd. 2. Uniform specifications. The commissioner shall adopt uniform specifications for crossings for senior citizens or disabled persons. The specifications shall include criteria for determining the need for a crossing and the type and design of traffic-control devices or signals that may be used at the crossing. The specifications shall be incorporated as a part of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices required pursuant to section 169.06. History:  1979 c 185 s 1; 1990 c 497 s 10
MN Stat § 169.2151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.2151 — Pedestrian Safety Crossings.

169.2151 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CROSSINGS. A local road authority may provide by ordinance for the designation of pedestrian safety crossings on highways under the road authority's jurisdiction where pedestrian safety considerations require extra time for pedestrian crossing in addition to the time recommended under the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for pedestrian signals. The ordinance may provide for timing of pedestrian signals for such crossings, consistent with the recommendations of the uniform manual for pedestrian signal timing at senior citizen and disabled pedestrian crossings. Cities other than cities of the first class may designate a pedestrian safety crossing only with the approval of the road authority having jurisdiction over the crossing. The authority of local road authorities to determine pedestrian signal timing under this section is in addition to any other control exercised by local road authorities over the timing of pedestrian signals. History:  2000 c 488 art 6 s 5; 2005 c 56 s 1
MN Stat § 169.219 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.219 — Public Service Announcements.

169.219 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS. The commissioner of public safety shall include in the department's series of public service announcements information that educates the public about traffic regulations that are frequently violated, including the requirement for a vehicle driver to stop to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The commissioner shall distribute these announcements for broadcast in this state on radio and television. History:   1996 c 333 s 3
MN Stat § 169.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.22 — Hitchhiking; Solicitation Of Business.

169.22 HITCHHIKING; SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS. Subdivision 1. Soliciting ride. No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any private vehicle. Subd. 2. Soliciting employment, business, or contributions. No person shall stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle. History:  (2720-206) 1937 c 464 s 56; 1974 c 379 s 3
MN Stat § 169.224 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.224 — Neighborhood And Medium-speed Electric Vehicles.

169.224 NEIGHBORHOOD AND MEDIUM-SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "road authority" means the commissioner, as to trunk highways; the county board, as to county state-aid highways and county highways; the town board, as to town roads; and the governing body of a city, as to city streets. Subd. 2. Required equipment. Notwithstanding any other law, a neighborhood electric vehicle or a medium-speed electric vehicle may be operated on public streets and highways if it meets all equipment and vehicle safety requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 571.500, and successor requirements. Subd. 3. Operation. (a) A neighborhood electric vehicle or a medium-speed electric vehicle may not be operated on a street or highway with a speed limit greater than 35 miles per hour, except to make a direct crossing of that street or highway. (b) A person may operate a three-wheeled neighborhood electric vehicle without a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement, provided the person has a valid driver's license issued under chapter 171. Subd. 4. Restrictions and prohibitions. (a) A road authority, including the commissioner of transportation by order, may prohibit or further restrict the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles and medium-speed electric vehicles on any street or highway under the road authority's jurisdiction. (b) Neither a neighborhood electric vehicle nor a medium-speed electric vehicle may be used to take any examination to demonstrate ability to exercise control in the operation of a motor vehicle as required under section 171.13. History:  2006 c 189 s 5; 2008 c 350 art 1 s 34; 1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 51
MN Stat § 169.225 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.225 — Motorized Foot Scooter.

169.225 MOTORIZED FOOT SCOOTER. Subdivision 1. Application of traffic laws. Every person operating a motorized foot scooter shall have all rights and duties applicable to the operator of a bicycle, except in respect to those provisions relating expressly to motorized foot scooters and in respect to those provisions of law that by their nature cannot reasonably be applied to motorized foot scooters. Subd. 2. Sidewalk and passenger prohibition. No person may operate a motorized foot scooter upon a sidewalk, except when necessary to enter or leave adjacent property. No person may operate a motorized foot scooter that is carrying any person other than the operator. Subd. 3. Minimum age for operator. No person under the age of 12 years may operate a motorized foot scooter. Subd. 4. Protective headgear. No person under the age of 18 years may operate a motorized foot scooter without wearing properly fitted and fastened protective headgear that complies with standards established by the commissioner of public safety. Subd. 5. Required lighting equipment. A motorized foot scooter must be equipped with a headlight and a taillight that comply with standards established by the commissioner of public safety if the vehicle is operated under conditions when vehicle lights are required by law. Subd. 6. Operation requirements and prohibitions. (a) A person operating a motorized foot scooter on a roadway shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except in the following situations: (1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction; (2) when preparing for a left turn, in which case the operator shall stop and dismount at the right-hand curb or right edge of the roadway, and shall complete the turn by crossing the roadway on foot, subject to restrictions placed by law on pedestrians; or (3) when reasonably necessary to avoid impediments or conditions that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge, including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow lanes. (b) A person may operate a motorized foot scooter on a bicycle path, bicycle lane, bicycle trail, or bikeway that is not reserved for the exclusive use of nonmotorized traffic, unless the local authority or governing body having jurisdiction over that path, lane, trail, or bikeway prohibits operation by law. History:   2005 c 135 s 6
MN Stat § 169.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.25 — Safety Zone.

169.25 SAFETY ZONE. No vehicle shall at any time be driven through a safety zone. History:  (2720-210) 1937 c 464 s 60
MN Stat § 169.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.29 — Crossing Railroad Tracks With Certain Equipment.

169.29 CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS WITH CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. (a) No person shall operate or move any caterpillar tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of six or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine inches above the level surface of a roadway upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section. (b) Before making any crossing, the person operating or moving any vehicle or equipment set forth in this section shall first stop the same not less than ten, nor more than 50, feet from the nearest rail of the railway, and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely. (c) No crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagger or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment or car. (d) A stop is not required at a crossing on a rail line on which service has been abandoned and where a sign erected in conformance with section 169.06 and bearing the word "Exempt" has been installed, unless directed otherwise by a flagger. The installation or presence of an exempt sign shall not relieve any driver of the duty to use due care. History:  (2720-214) 1937 c 464 s 64; 1982 c 444 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2019 c 3 art 3 s 45
MN Stat § 169.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation|Chapter 169 — Traffic Regulations|Section 169.30 — Designation Of Through Highways.

169.30 DESIGNATION OF THROUGH HIGHWAYS. (a) The commissioner, with reference to state trunk highways, and local authorities, with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction, may designate through highways by erecting stop signs or yield signs at entrances thereto or may designate any intersection as a stop or yield intersection by erecting like signs at one or more entrances to such intersection; provided, that local authorities, with the consent of the commissioner, may designate through highway or stop or yield intersections on state trunk highways. (b) Every driver of a vehicle shall stop at a stop sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal. History:  (2720-215) 1937 c 464 s 65; 1939 c 430 s 11; 1961 c 16 s 1