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2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-7. Designation or Determination of the Location Of, Necessity For, and Extent of Traffic Control Devices; Order of Department of Transportation; Violation; Trial; Certification of Order; Permits

Sec. 7. (a) Whenever, under this article, the Indiana department of transportation designates or determines the location of, necessity for, and extent of:
(1) traffic control devices;
(2) state speed limits, other than maximum limits;
(3) speed limits on elevated structures;
(4) no passing zones;
(5) one-way roadways;
(6) certain lanes for slow moving traffic;
(7) course of turning movements at intersections;
(8) dangerous railroad crossings requiring stops;
(9) through highways and stop intersections;
(10) angle parking; or
(11) restrictions on the use of highways for certain periods or for certain vehicles, including low speed vehicles;
the designation or determination shall be by order of the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation and shall, except for subdivision (1), be evidenced by official signs or markings under this article. The commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation may designate an order adopted under this subsection as an emergency rule and adopt the order in the same manner as emergency rules are adopted under IC 4-22-2-37.1.
(b) At a trial of a person charged with a violation of the restrictions imposed by subsection (a) and in all civil actions, oral evidence of the location and content of the signs or markings is prima facie evidence of the adoption and application of the restriction by the Indiana department of transportation and the validity of the adoption and application of the restriction. The Indiana department of transportation shall, upon request by a party in an action at law, furnish, under the seal of the Indiana department of transportation, a certification of the order establishing the restriction in question. A certification under this subsection shall be accepted by any court as conclusive proof of the designation or determination by the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation. Certified copies shall be furnished without cost to the parties to a court action involving the restriction upon request.
(c) Whenever, under this article, a permit or permission of the Indiana department of transportation is required, the permit must be in writing and under the seal of the Indiana department of transportation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-125(e).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.21-2003, SEC.7; P.L.140-2013, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-8. Rules of Statewide Application Not Evidenced by Official Signs and Not Authorized by This Article; Adoption; Use of Administrative Rules

Sec. 8. The rules for construction of private drives and controlling the cutting of curbs in cities and any other rules of statewide application that are:
(1) not evidenced by official signs or markings;
(2) made by the Indiana department of transportation; and
(3) not authorized by this article but authorized by other statutes;
shall be adopted under IC 4-22-2.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-125(f) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-9. Administrative Rules; Adoption of Rules of Statewide Application; Exceptions

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), all rules of statewide application shall be adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(b) Traffic regulations carrying a penalty for violation and requiring the use of signs or markers to make them effective need not be adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(c) Traffic regulations, except maximum speed limits and worksite speed limits, shall be officially adopted by order of the Indiana department of transportation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-125(g).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-10. Emergency Rules; Adoption Under Administrative Rules Provisions

Sec. 10. If the Indiana department of transportation designates a rule under section 8 or 9 of this chapter as an emergency rule, the department may adopt the rule under IC 4-22-2-37.1.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-125(g).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-11. Through Highways; Stop or Yield Intersections; Designation; Erection of Signs

Sec. 11. The Indiana department of transportation, with reference to state highways and highway routes through cities, and local authorities, with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction, may, upon an engineering and traffic investigation, designate:
(1) through highways and erect stop or yield signs at specified entrances to the highways; or
(2) an intersection as a stop or yield intersection and erect stop or yield signs at one (1) or more entrances to the intersection.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-110(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-12. No Passing Zones and Narrow Bridges on State Highways; Designation; Erection of Signs

Sec. 12. (a) The Indiana department of transportation may determine by an engineering and traffic investigation those parts of a state highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or marks on the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of the zones.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation may determine that a bridge, a culvert, or an approach to a bridge or culvert on a state highway does not have sufficient clear roadway width to safely permit the passing of two (2) vehicles. A bridge or culvert described in this subsection shall be designated a one-lane bridge or a narrow bridge.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-70(a); (b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-13. No Passing Zones; Designation by Local Authorities; Erection of Signs

Sec. 13. A local unit that has responsibility for roads and streets may determine by an engineering and traffic investigation those parts of a road or street, including bridges, under the unit's jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous. Upon making that determination, the local unit may, by ordinance, designate no-passing zones by appropriate signs or marks on the roadway.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-70(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-14. One-Way Highways and Streets; Designation; Erection of Signs

Sec. 14. The Indiana department of transportation may designate a highway or separate roadway under the department's jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the designation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-71.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-15. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-107(a); (b); (c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.81-1996, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-16. Stopping at Railroad Crossings; Procedure

Sec. 16. When a stop sign is erected at a railroad crossing, the driver of a vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than ten (10) feet from the nearest track of the grade crossing and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-107(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-17. Preferential Right-of-Way at Intersections; Signs

Sec. 17. Whenever traffic at an intersection is controlled by signs, preferential right-of-way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs under this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-34.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-18. Operation of Motor Vehicle; Obeyance of Markings or Signs

Sec. 18. A person who drives a vehicle must obey the markings or signs posted under this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-70(d); 9-4-1-110(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-19. Violations; Class C Infraction

Sec. 19. A person who violates section 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, or 18 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-127.1(b) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-20. Highway Worksites; Signage

Sec. 20. (a) For purposes of this section, "highway worksite" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-23-2-15.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation shall design and manufacture or have manufactured signs that inform vehicle operators of the offenses and penalties under:
(1) IC 8-23-32;
(2) IC 9-21-5-11; and
(3) IC 9-21-8-56.
(c) A sign described in subsection (b) shall be posted at a reasonable distance before a highway worksite by:
(1) the Indiana department of transportation;
(2) a political subdivision; or
(3) a contractor of the:
(A) Indiana department of transportation; or
(B) political subdivision;
that is working at the highway worksite.
A sign that is posted before a highway worksite must be posted in accordance with the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or the Indiana Work Site Traffic Control Manual.
As added by P.L.40-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.120-2023, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 11 of this chapter by P.L.40-2007 apply to civil judgments entered for infractions committed after June 30, 2007.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.216.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-1. General Restrictions; Violation

Sec. 1. (a) A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions, having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. Speed shall be restricted as necessary to avoid colliding with a person, vehicle, or other conveyance on, near, or entering a highway in compliance with legal requirements and with the duty of all persons to use due care.
(b) A person who drives at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent for the given weather or road conditions commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.188-2015, SEC.62.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-2. Maximum Speed Limits; Violation

Sec. 2. (a) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with section 1 of this chapter, the slower speed limit specified in this section or established as authorized by section 3 of this chapter is the maximum lawful speed. A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) Thirty (30) miles per hour in an urban district.
(2) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour, except as provided in subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7).
(3) Seventy (70) miles per hour on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside of an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000), except as provided in subdivision (4).
(4) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a vehicle (other than a bus) having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000).
(5) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on:
(A) U.S. 20 from the intersection of U.S. 20 and County Road 17 in Elkhart County to the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 31 in St. Joseph County;
(B) U.S. 31 from the intersection of U.S. 31 and U.S. 20 in St. Joseph County to the boundary line between Indiana and Michigan; and
(C) a highway classified by the Indiana department of transportation as an INDOT Freeway.
(6) On a highway that is the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority established by IC 5-1.2-3:
(A) seventy (70) miles per hour for:
(i) a motor vehicle having a declared gross weight of not more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds; or
(ii) a bus; or
(B) sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a motor vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds.
(7) Sixty (60) miles per hour on a highway that:
(A) is not designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
(B) has four (4) or more lanes;
(C) is divided into two (2) or more roadways by:
(i) an intervening space that is unimproved and not intended for vehicular travel;
(ii) a physical barrier; or
(iii) a dividing section constructed to impede vehicular traffic; and
(D) is located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000).
(8) Fifteen (15) miles per hour in an alley.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.92-1991, SEC.2; P.L.1-1993, SEC.56; P.L.151-2005, SEC.2; P.L.1-2006, SEC.163; P.L.188-2015, SEC.63; P.L.189-2018, SEC.104.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-3. Alteration of Maximum Speed Limits; Authorities; Procedures

Sec. 3. The maximum speed limits set forth in section 2 of this chapter may be altered as follows:
(1) By local jurisdictions under section 6 of this chapter.
(2) By the Indiana department of transportation under section 12 of this chapter.
(3) For the purposes of speed limits on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways, by order of the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation to conform to any federal regulation concerning state speed limit laws.
(4) In worksites, by all jurisdictions under section 11 of this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.235-2005, SEC.124; P.L.151-2005, SEC.3; P.L.1-2006, SEC.164.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-4. Reduction of Speed; Conditions Where Required; Violation

Sec. 4. (a) The driver of each vehicle shall, consistent with section 1 of this chapter, drive at an appropriate reduced speed as follows:
(1) When approaching and crossing an intersection or railway grade crossing.
(2) When approaching and going around a curve.
(3) When approaching a hill crest.
(4) When traveling upon a narrow or winding roadway.
(5) When special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.
(b) A person who fails to drive at a reduced speed as required under subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.188-2015, SEC.64.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-5. Oversized Vehicles; Violation

Sec. 5. (a) In addition to the other limitations in this chapter, and in any oversize vehicle permit issued under IC 9-20, a vehicle that exceeds:
(1) a width of ten (10) feet, six (6) inches;
(2) a height of thirteen (13) feet, six (6) inches; or
(3) a length of eighty-five (85) feet;
may not be operated at a speed greater than fifty-five (55) miles per hour.
(b) A person who operates a vehicle to which subsection (a) applies at a speed greater than fifty-five (55) miles per hour commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-57(e).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.85-1997, SEC.2; P.L.217-2003, SEC.7; P.L.188-2015, SEC.65.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-7. Reduction of Speed; Impeding Normal and Reasonable Movement; Right-of-Way to Other Vehicles; Violation

Sec. 7. (a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle at a slow speed that impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with the law. A person who is driving:
(1) on a roadway that has not more than one (1) lane of traffic in each direction; and
(2) at a slow speed so that three (3) or more other vehicles are blocked and cannot pass on the left around the vehicle;
shall give right-of-way to the other vehicles by pulling off to the right of the right lane at the earliest reasonable opportunity and allowing the blocked vehicles to pass.
(b) A person who fails to give right-of-way as required by subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-59(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.188-2015, SEC.67.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-8. Minimum Speed Limits; Violation

Sec. 8. (a) Whenever the Indiana department of transportation within the department's jurisdiction or a local authority within the authority's jurisdiction determines, based on an engineering and traffic investigation, that slow speeds on a part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the Indiana department of transportation or local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which a person may not drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. A limit determined under this subsection and declared by appropriate resolution, regulation, or ordinance becomes effective when appropriate sign or signals giving notice of the limit of speed are erected along the affected part of a highway.
(b) A person who fails to maintain a minimum speed limit established under this section commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-59(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.164-2018, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-8.5. Low Speed Vehicles; Violation

Sec. 8.5. (a) A person may not operate a low speed vehicle on a highway that has a speed limit in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
(b) A person who operates a low speed vehicle on a highway that has a speed limit in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour commits a Class C infraction.
As added by P.L.21-2003, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.221-2014, SEC.38; P.L.188-2015, SEC.68.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-9. Vehicles Traveling at Reduced Speeds; Use of Right Lane; Prohibited Operation in Left Most Lane; Violation

Sec. 9. (a) A vehicle that travels at a speed less than the established maximum shall travel in the right lanes to provide for better flow of traffic on the interstate highways.
(b) This subsection applies to the operation of a vehicle:
(1) on a roadway that has two (2) or more lanes of traffic in each direction; and
(2) in the left most lane, other than a lane designated for high occupancy vehicles.
Except as provided in subsection (c), a person who knows, or should reasonably know, that another vehicle is overtaking from the rear the vehicle that the person is operating may not continue to operate the vehicle in the left most lane.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply:
(1) when traffic conditions or congestion make it necessary to operate a vehicle in the left most lane;
(2) when inclement weather, obstructions, or hazards make it necessary to operate a vehicle in the left most lane;
(3) when compliance with a law, a regulation, an ordinance, or a traffic control device makes it necessary to operate a vehicle in the left most lane;
(4) when exiting a roadway or turning to the left;
(5) when paying a toll or user fee at a toll collection facility;
(6) to an authorized emergency vehicle operated in the course of duty; or
(7) to vehicles operated or used in the course of highway maintenance or construction.
(d) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-59(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.188-2015, SEC.69.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-10. Bridges and Elevated Structures; Maximum Speed; Safety Investigation; Posting of Signs; Violations; Conclusive Evidence; Violation

Sec. 10. (a) A person may not drive a vehicle over a bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed that is greater than the maximum speed that can be maintained with safety to the bridge or structure, when the structure is signposted as provided in this section.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation may conduct an investigation of a bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway. If the Indiana department of transportation finds that the structure cannot with safety to the structure withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, the Indiana department of transportation shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles that the structure can withstand. The Indiana department of transportation shall cause or permit suitable signs stating the maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of one hundred (100) feet or as near as practicable before each end of the structure.
(c) Upon the trial of a person charged with a violation of this section, proof of the determination of the maximum speed by the Indiana department of transportation and the existence of signs erected under subsection (b) constitutes conclusive evidence of the maximum speed that can be maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.
(d) A person who exceeds the speed limit sign posted on a bridge or other elevated structure under this section commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-60.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.188-2015, SEC.70.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-12. Maximum Speeds Greater or Less Than What Is Reasonably Safe; Declaration of New Limit; Variable Limits Based on Certain Factors; Violation

Sec. 12. (a) Whenever the Indiana department of transportation determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that a maximum speed set forth in this chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at an intersection or other place or on part of the state highway system, the Indiana department of transportation may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit at the intersection or on the part of the state highway system. The differing limit is effective when appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected.
(b) A maximum speed limit under this section may be declared to be effective at all times or at times indicated on the signs. Differing limits may be established for different times of day, different types of vehicles, varying weather conditions, and other factors bearing on safe speeds. The differing limits are effective when posted on appropriate fixed or variable signs.
(c) A person who exceeds a speed limit established under this section commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-61.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.164-2018, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-13. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-127.1(b) part; Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: subsection (c) formerly 20-9.1-5-22 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.42-2000, SEC.1; P.L.116-2001, SEC.2; P.L.1-2005, SEC.23; P.L.231-2005, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.188-2015, SEC.72.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 5. Speed Limits › 9-21-5-14. Maximum Speed of School Buses and Special Purpose Buses; Violation

Sec. 14. (a) A person may not operate a school bus or a special purpose bus at a speed greater than:
(1) sixty (60) miles per hour on a federal or state highway; or
(2) forty (40) miles per hour on a county or township highway.
(b) If the posted speed limit is lower than the absolute limits set in this section or if the absolute limits do not apply, the maximum lawful speed of a bus is the posted speed limit.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally exceeds a speed limit set forth in subsection (a) or (b) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-10.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.107-2006, SEC.2; P.L.114-2007, SEC.2; P.L.188-2015, SEC.73.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 6. Speed Contests › 9-21-6-1. Speed Contests; Prohibition

Sec. 1. A person may not engage in a motor vehicle speed contest on a highway or street.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-6-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 6. Speed Contests › 9-21-6-2. Obstruction of Highways or Streets

Sec. 2. A person may not obstruct or place a barricade or an obstacle across a highway or street:
(1) to facilitate or aid; or
(2) as an incident to;
a motor vehicle speed contest.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-6-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 6. Speed Contests › 9-21-6-3. Violations; Class B Misdemeanor; Exceptions to Penalty

Sec. 3. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor, except as provided in IC 9-21-8-56(d), IC 9-21-8-56(f), IC 9-21-8-56(g), and IC 9-21-8-56(h).
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-6-2; 9-4-6-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.40-2007, SEC.3; P.L.3-2008, SEC.78.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-1. Good Working Order and Adjustment; Safe Mechanical Condition

Sec. 1. A person may not drive or move on a highway a:
(1) motor vehicle;
(2) trailer;
(3) semitrailer;
(4) pole trailer; or
(5) combination of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer;
unless the equipment upon the vehicle is in good working order and adjustment, as required in this article, and the vehicle is in a safe mechanical condition that does not endanger the person who drives the vehicle, another occupant of the vehicle, or a person upon the highway.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-126.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-2. Lights; Time for Display; Exception

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 8 of this chapter, each vehicle upon a highway:
(1) between the time from sunset to sunrise; and
(2) at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead;
must display lighted head lamps and other illuminating devices as required for different classes of vehicles under this chapter.
(b) All lamp equipment required for vehicles described in IC 9-19-6, including each tail lamp required by law, shall be lighted at the times mentioned in subsection (a), except that clearance and sidemarker lamps are not required to be lighted on a vehicle when the vehicle is operated within a municipality if there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-8-6-3; 9-8-6-9 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.1-1991, SEC.94; P.L.34-2010, SEC.3; P.L.198-2016, SEC.363.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-3. Lights; Requirements and Restrictions

Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to a motorcycle or motor driven cycle.
(b) A motor vehicle must display at least two (2) lighted lamps, one (1) on each side at the front of the motor vehicle.
(c) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps required under subsection (b) is also equipped with:
(1) auxiliary lamps;
(2) a spot lamp; or
(3) any other lamp on the front of the motor vehicle projecting a beam of intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower;
not more than a total of four (4) lamps described in this subsection on the front of a vehicle may be lighted at one (1) time when upon a highway.
(d) Passenger buses, trucks, truck tractors, and certain trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers must display clearance and marker lamps, reflectors, and stop lights as required under this title when operated upon a highway. Except as provided in subsection (e), all lamp equipment required on vehicles described in this subsection shall be lighted at the times specified in section 2 of this chapter.
(e) Clearance and sidemarker lamps are not required to be lighted on a vehicle described in subsection (d) when the vehicle is operated within a municipality where there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-8-6-9; 9-8-6-28.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.221-2014, SEC.39.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-4. High Intensity Beams

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps.
(b) A lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle that projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be directed so that no part of the high intensity part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-29(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-5. Lights; Distribution of Beam; Direction; Illumination of Objects; Reduction of Glare

Sec. 5. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent to a roadway during the times specified in section 2 of this chapter, the person who drives the motor vehicle shall use a distribution of light or composite beam directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle.
(b) Whenever a person who drives a vehicle described in subsection (a) approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred (500) feet, the person shall use a distribution of light or composite beam aimed so that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light or composite beam specified in IC 9-19-6-20 is considered to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.
(c) Except when overtaking and passing another vehicle, whenever the person who drives a vehicle described in subsection (a) follows another vehicle within two hundred (200) feet to the rear of the other vehicle, the person shall use a distribution of light permissible under this title other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in IC 9-19-6-20.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-24.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-6. Combinations of Vehicles; Operation; Lights; Clearance Lamps

Sec. 6. (a) Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required under section 2 of this chapter, the person who drives the vehicles operated in combination is not required to light any lamp (except tail lamps) that, because of the lamp's location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination.
(b) Lighted clearance lamps shall be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle of the combination described in subsection (a) required to have clearance lamps. All lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of a combination shall be lighted.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-14.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-7. Loads Extending Beyond Body of Vehicle; Display of Red Light and Flag

Sec. 7. (a) This subsection applies during the times specified in section 2 of this chapter. Whenever the load upon a vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required under this section is in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. Clearance lights or reflectors on vehicles that are being transported may be used to delineate the extension of the load in lieu of other lights required in this section.
(b) This subsection applies during all times not specified in section 2 of this chapter. A vehicle described in subsection (a) shall display at the extreme rear end of the vehicle's load a red flag or cloth not less than twelve (12) inches square, displayed in a manner in which the entire area is of the flag or cloth visible to the person who drives a vehicle approaching from the rear.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-15.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-8. Parked Vehicles; Lights; Requirements; Exempted Vehicles

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a vehicle that is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent to a roadway between thirty (30) minutes after sunset and thirty (30) minutes before sunrise.
(b) If there is sufficient light to reveal a person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon the street or highway upon which the vehicle is parked, no lights need be displayed upon the parked vehicle.
(c) This subsection does not apply to a motor driven cycle. This subsection applies whether a vehicle parked or stopped is attended or unattended. If there is not sufficient light to reveal a person or object within a distance of five hundred (500) feet upon the highway upon which the vehicle is parked or stopped, the vehicle parked or stopped shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps that meet the following requirements:
(1) At least one (1) lamp must display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the vehicle.
(2) The lamp described in subdivision (1) or at least one (1) other lamp must display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear of the vehicle.
(3) The lamp or lamps described in subdivisions (1) and (2) shall be installed as near as practicable on the side of the vehicle that is closest to passing traffic.
(d) Lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle must be depressed or dimmed.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-16.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.221-2014, SEC.40.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-9. Head Lamps

Sec. 9. A motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in section 2 of this chapter when equipped with two (2) lighted lamps upon the front of the motor vehicle capable of revealing persons and objects seventy-five (75) feet ahead instead of the lamps required under section 3 of this chapter. A vehicle equipped under this section may not be operated at a speed in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-27.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-10. Lights Visible From Front of Vehicle; Prohibition

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not drive or move a vehicle or equipment upon a highway with a lamp or device on the vehicle or equipment displaying light other than white or amber visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle or equipment.
(b) This section does not apply to a vehicle required or authorized under this title to display:
(1) a blue;
(2) a green;
(3) a red;
(4) a red and white; or
(5) a red and blue;
light that is visible from the front of the vehicle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-29(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.99-1991, SEC.3; P.L.164-2018, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-11. Flashing Lights

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a vehicle may not display flashing lights.
(b) Flashing lights may be displayed on a vehicle as follows:
(1) On an authorized emergency vehicle.
(2) On a school bus.
(3) On snow-removal equipment.
(4) As a means of indicating a right or left turn.
(5) As a means of indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing.
(6) On a vehicle used in a funeral procession.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-29(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.80-2012, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment › 9-21-7-13. Violation; Class C Infraction

Sec. 13. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-127.1(b) part; 9-8-6-45.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-0.5. Definitions

Sec. 0.5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Solid waste hauler" means a vehicle in which solid waste or recyclable materials are transported to a:
(A) transfer station for further transport to a final disposal facility;
(B) final disposal facility; or
(C) materials recovery facility.
(2) "Vehicle platoon" means a group of motor vehicles that are traveling in a unified manner under electronic coordination at speeds and following distances that are faster and closer than would be reasonable and prudent without electronic coordination.
As added by P.L.185-2011, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.185-2018, SEC.38; P.L.100-2020, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-1. Failure to Comply With Lawful Order or Law Enforcement Officer

Sec. 1. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly fail to comply with a lawful order or direction of a law enforcement officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-24.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-2. Roadways; Use of Right Half; Exceptions; Traveling at Reduced Speeds

Sec. 2. (a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway except as follows:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing overtaking and passing.
(2) When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic under construction or repair.
(3) Upon a roadway divided into three (3) marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable to a roadway divided into three (3) marked lanes.
(4) Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic.
(b) Upon all roadways, a vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place under the conditions then existing shall be driven:
(1) in the right-hand lane then available for traffic; or
(2) as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway;
except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
(c) Upon all roadways, a motor driven cycle shall be driven as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-63.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.221-2014, SEC.41.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-3. Lane Use Restrictions

Sec. 3. (a) The Indiana department of transportation may adopt rules to restrict the operation of a truck to a certain lane or lanes of a state maintained highway and to a certain lane or lanes of a street of a city or town that is a part of the state highway system and is maintained by the state.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation may post a state highway or a city or town street that is a part of the state highway system with appropriate directional signs and signals.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-64.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-4. Vehicles Proceeding in Opposite Directions; Single Lane Roadways; Passing

Sec. 4. The persons who drive vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right. Upon roadways having width for not more than one (1) lane of traffic in each direction, each person who drives a vehicle subject to this section shall give to the other person who drives a vehicle at least one-half (1/2) of the main traveled part of the roadway as nearly as possible.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-65.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-5. Overtaking and Passing; Limitations; Exceptions

Sec. 5. The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated:
(1) A person who drives a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left of the other vehicle at a safe distance and may not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.
(2) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, a person who drives an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and may not increase the speed of the overtaken vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
(3) The operator of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or electric bicycle shall:
(A) allow at least three (3) feet of clearance between the vehicle and the bicycle; and
(B) not return the vehicle to the vehicle's original lane of travel until the vehicle is safely clear of the bicycle.
(4) The operator of a vehicle may pass a bicycle or electric bicycle traveling in the same direction in a no passing zone when it is safe to do so, if the operator of the overtaking motor vehicle complies with subdivisions (1) and (3).
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-66.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.206-2019, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-6. Overtaking and Passing on the Right; Conditions

Sec. 6. (a) A person who drives a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn.
(2) Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two (2) or more lanes of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.
(b) A person who drives a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions that permit overtaking upon the right in safety. Overtaking upon the right may not be made by driving off the roadway.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-67.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-7. Overtaking and Passing on the Left; Conditions

Sec. 7. A vehicle may not be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side of the roadway is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or a vehicle overtaken. The overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side of the roadway before coming within one hundred (100) feet of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-68.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-7.5. Overtaking and Passing; Worksite No Passing Zones

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to a worksite:
(1) upon a highway divided into two (2) or more marked lanes for traffic moving in the same direction; and
(2) for which vehicles are instructed to merge from one (1) lane into another lane by an appropriate sign.
(b) A person who drives a vehicle may not pass another vehicle that is in the lane into which traffic is directed to merge within the posted no passing zone established by the Indiana department of transportation.
As added by P.L.75-1999, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 8. Vehicle Operation › 9-21-8-8. Driving to the Left Side of the Roadway; Conditions

Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to a one-way roadway.
(b) A vehicle may not be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:
(1) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the view of the person who drives the vehicle is obstructed within a distance that creates a hazard if another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction.
(2) When approaching within one hundred (100) feet of or traversing an intersection or a railroad grade crossing.
(3) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred (100) feet of a bridge, viaduct, or tunnel.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-69.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.