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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.080 - Auxiliary lamps — number — location — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.080. Auxiliary lamps — number — location — violation, penalty. —
1. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed three auxiliary lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386g, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.085 - Cowl, fender, running board and backup lamps — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.085. Cowl, fender, running board and backup lamps — violation, penalty. —
1. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one running board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a backup lamp either separately or in combination with another lamp; except that no such backup lamp shall be continuously lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386h, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.090 - Spotlamps — restrictions, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
307.090. Spotlamps — restrictions, penalty. —
1. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spotlamp but every lighted spotlamp shall be so aimed and used so as not to be dazzling or glaring to any person.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386i, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.095 - Colors of various lamps — restriction of red lights, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.095. Colors of various lamps — restriction of red lights, penalty. —
1. Headlamps, when lighted, shall exhibit lights substantially white in color; auxiliary lamps, cowllamps and spotlamps, when lighted, shall exhibit lights substantially white, yellow or amber in color. No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment, except a school bus when used for school purposes or an emergency vehicle upon any street or highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from directly in front thereof.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386f, A.L. 1955 p. 625, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.100 - Limitations on lamps other than headlamps — flashing signals prohibited except on specified vehicles — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories
307.100. Limitations on lamps other than headlamps — flashing signals prohibited except on specified vehicles — penalty. —
1. Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, front direction signals or auxiliary lamps which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle. Alternately flashing warning signals may be used on school buses when used for school purposes and on motor vehicles when used to transport United States mail from post offices to boxes of addressees thereof and on emergency vehicles as defined in section 304.022, on buses owned or operated by churches, mosques, synagogues, temples or other houses of worship, and on commercial passenger transport vehicles or railroad passenger cars that are stopped to load or unload passengers, but are prohibited on other motor vehicles, motorcycles and motor-drawn vehicles except as a means for indicating a right or left turn.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386j, A.L. 1955 p. 625, A.L. 1957 p. 633, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2001 H.B. 458, A.L. 2004 S.B. 732 merged with S.B. 1233, et al.)
(1955) Where truck was stopped with rear in ditch and front across highway about two or three feet from center, verdict directing instruction which authorized recovery unless truck was displaying red light visible for 500 feet and directed toward direction from which plaintiff was coming, held erroneous. Bunch v. Wagner (A.), 275 S.W.2d 753.
(1957) Permitting a damaged vehicle to remain on the highway without lights as required by § 304.450 is negligence per se. Leek v. Dillard (A.), 304 S.W.2d 60.
(1958) Evidence did not require finding that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law in colliding at night with truck defendant had parked without lights partially upon paved portion of road. Beaver v. Wilhelm (A.), 321 S.W.2d 1.
(1962) Wording of instruction on contributory negligence based on failure to display a "lighted red lamp" held sufficient to properly instruct under the statute. Wiber v. Mana (Mo.), 356 S.W.2d 88.
(1967) Subject to the exception stated in the first paragraph of section 304.450, RSMo, the lighting requirements imposed by sections 304.310 and 304.380, RSMo, are applicable to a vehicle parked at the curb on a city street. Walker v. Massey (A.), 417 S.W.2d 14.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.105 - Limitation on total of lamps lighted at one time — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.105. Limitation on total of lamps lighted at one time — violation, penalty. —
1. At the times when lighted lamps are required, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side of the front of every motor vehicle except a motorcycle and except a motor-drawn vehicle except when such vehicle is parked subject to the provisions governing lights on parked vehicles. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlamps as in this chapter required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spotlamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386l, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.110 - Parked vehicles — how lighted — exception — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.110. Parked vehicles — how lighted — exception — violation, penalty. —
1. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such street or highway no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
2. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon the highway, a vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and the same lamp or at least one other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of the lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. This section does not apply to a motor-driven cycle. Any lighted headlamp upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386r, A.L. 1961 p. 497, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.115 - Other vehicles — how lighted — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.115. Other vehicles — how lighted — violation, penalty. —
1. All vehicles, including agricultural machinery or implements, road machinery, road rollers, traction engines and farm tractors not in this chapter specifically required to be equipped with lamps, shall be equipped during the times when lighted lamps are required with at least one lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and with a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, and such lamps and lanterns shall exhibit lights to the sides of such vehicle.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386s, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.120 - Penalty for violations.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
307.120. Penalty for violations. —
Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 307.020 to 307.120 shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The term
"person"
as used in sections 307.020 to 307.120 shall mean and include any individual, association, joint stock company, copartnership or corporation.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386a, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.122 - Electronic message devices, prohibited on vehicle, exceptions — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.122. Electronic message devices, prohibited on vehicle, exceptions — penalty. —
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be operated on a public highway of this state while equipped with any device which emits an electronic message directed to the front, side or rear of the exterior of the vehicle or trailer. For the purposes of this section, the term
"message"
shall include words, phrases, sentences, numbers and other symbols or combinations thereof. This section shall not prohibit the lawful use of a lamp which illuminates the rear registration marker, as authorized pursuant to section 307.075, or the use of a route indicator on a bus or other public transportation vehicle, or messages that display proper names of firms or corporations. Violations of this section shall be a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 607 § l, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.125 - Animal-driven vehicles, lighting requirements — penalty — rulemaking authority.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009, 2 histories
307.125. Animal-driven vehicles, lighting requirements — penalty — rulemaking authority. —
1. Any person who shall place or drive or cause to be placed or driven upon or along any state or supplementary state highway of this state any animal-driven vehicle whatsoever, whether in motion or at rest, shall after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise have attached to every such vehicle at the rear thereof a red taillight or a red reflecting device of not less than three inches in diameter of effective area or its equivalent in area. When such device shall consist of reflecting buttons there shall be no less than seven of such buttons covering an area equal to a circle with a three-inch diameter. The total subtended effective angle of reflection of every such device shall be no less than sixty degrees and the spread and efficiency of the reflected light shall be sufficient for the reflected light to be visible to the driver of any motor vehicle approaching such animal-drawn vehicle from the rear of a distance of not less than five hundred feet.
2. In addition, any person who operates any such animal-driven vehicle during the hours between sunset and one-half hour before sunrise shall have at least one light flashing at all times the vehicle is on any highway of this state. Such light or lights shall be amber in the front and red in the back and shall be placed on the left side of the vehicle at a height of no more than six feet from the ground and shall be visible from the front and the back of the vehicle at a distance of at least five hundred feet. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
3. Any person operating an animal-driven vehicle during the hours between sunset and one-half hour before sunrise may, in lieu of the requirements of subsection 2 of this section, use lamps or lanterns complying with the rules promulgated by the director of the department of public safety.
4. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2004, shall be invalid and void.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8388, A.L. 1988 S.B. 686, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2004 S.B. 956, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.130 - Safety glass defined.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
307.130. Safety glass defined. —
The term
"safety glass"
, as used in sections 307.130 to 307.160, shall be construed as meaning glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from external sources or by glass when the glass is cracked or broken.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8391)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.135 - Director not to license vehicle without safety glass.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
307.135. Director not to license vehicle without safety glass. —
It shall be the duty of the director of revenue to refuse to issue a license for any motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1936, unless such motor vehicle is equipped as provided in sections 307.130 to 307.160, with such types of safety glass as have been heretofore approved by the secretary of state or may hereafter be approved by the state highway patrol.
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(L. 1945 p. 1194 § 8392b)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.140 - Safety glass on vehicles for hire and school buses.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
307.140. Safety glass on vehicles for hire and school buses. —
It shall be unlawful after January 1, 1936, to operate on any public highway or street, in this state, a motor vehicle registered in the state of Missouri, manufactured or assembled after said date, designed or used for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire, or designed or used for the purpose of carrying school children, unless such vehicle be equipped in all doors, windows and windshields with safety glass.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8389)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.145 - Sale of vehicles without safety glass prohibited.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
307.145. Sale of vehicles without safety glass prohibited. —
It shall be unlawful after January 1, 1936, to sell in the state of Missouri, any motor vehicle, manufactured or assembled after said date, and designed for the purpose of carrying passengers, unless such vehicle be equipped in all doors, windows, rear windows and windshields with safety glass.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8390)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.150 - List of approved glass.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
307.150. List of approved glass. —
The state highway patrol shall maintain a list of approved types of glass which conform to the requirement of section 307.130 and shall furnish a copy of such list to the director of revenue and thereafter shall keep the director of revenue informed as to any changes in or additions to such list.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8392, A.L. 1945 p. 1194)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.155 - Violation a misdemeanor.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
307.155. Violation a misdemeanor. —
Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 307.130 to 307.160 shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars for each offense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8393, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.160 - Revocation of permit by public service commission.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
307.160. Revocation of permit by public service commission. —
In addition to the penalty provided by section 307.155 in case of the violation of sections 307.130 to 307.160 by any common carrier or person operating under a permit or a certificate of public convenience or necessity issued by the Missouri public service commission, or other authorized body or person, said permit shall be revoked, or, in the discretion of the commission, suspended until the provisions of sections 307.130 to 307.160 are satisfactorily complied with.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8394)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.165 - Seat safety belts standard equipment, when — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
307.165. Seat safety belts standard equipment, when — penalty. —
1. No four-wheeled passenger motor vehicle other than motorbuses manufactured or assembled after June 30, 1964, and designated as a 1965 or later year model, shall be sold or registered in this state unless it is equipped with at least two sets of seat safety belts for the front seat of the motor vehicle. As used in this section the term
"set of seat safety belts"
means a combination of belts, buckle and brackets meeting SAE J-4 or higher standards. The state highway patrol shall maintain a list of seat safety belts which meet SAE J-4 or higher standards and shall furnish a copy of the list to the director of revenue and keep the director informed as to any changes or additions to the list.
2. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and be punished as provided by law.
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(L. 1963 p. 423 § 304.555)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.171 - Studded tires, prohibited when — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.171. Studded tires, prohibited when — penalty. —
1. No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any road or highway of this state between the first day of April and the first day of November while the motor vehicle is equipped with tires containing metal or carbide studs.
2. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of an infraction.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 515 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.172 - Altering passenger motor vehicle by raising front or rear of vehicle prohibited, when — bumpers front and rear required, when, exemptions — violations not to pass inspection — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 3 histories
307.172. Altering passenger motor vehicle by raising front or rear of vehicle prohibited, when — bumpers front and rear required, when, exemptions — violations not to pass inspection — penalty. —
1. No person shall operate any passenger motor vehicle upon the public streets or highways of this state, the body of which has been altered in such a manner that the front or rear of the vehicle is raised at such an angle as to obstruct the vision of the operator of the street or highway in front or to the rear of the vehicle.
2. Every motor vehicle which is licensed in this state and operated upon the public streets or highways of this state shall be equipped with front and rear bumpers if such vehicle was equipped with bumpers as standard equipment. This subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles designed or modified primarily for off-highway purposes while such vehicles are in tow or to motorcycles or motor-driven cycles, or to motor vehicles registered as historic motor vehicles when the original design of such vehicles did not include bumpers nor shall the provisions of this subsection prohibit the use of drop bumpers. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall adopt rules and regulations relating to bumper standards. Maximum bumper heights of both the front and rear bumpers of motor vehicles shall be determined by weight category of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) measured from a level surface to the highest point of the bottom of the bumper when the vehicle is unloaded and the tires are inflated to the manufacturer's recommended pressure. Maximum bumper heights are as follows:
Maximum front bumper height
Maximum rear bumper height
Motor vehicles except commercial motor vehicles
22 inches
22 inches
Commercial motor vehicles (GVWR)
4,500 lbs and under
24 inches
26 inches
4,501 lbs through 7,500 lbs
27 inches
29 inches
7,501 lbs through 9,000 lbs
28 inches
30 inches
9,001 lbs through 11,500 lbs
29 inches
31 inches
3. A motor vehicle in violation of this section shall not be approved during any motor vehicle safety inspection required pursuant to sections 307.350 to 307.390.
4. Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 140 § 1, A.L. 1986 H.B. 867, A.L. 1987 H.B. 78, A.L. 2004 H.B. 996 and H.B. 1142 and H.B. 1201 and H.B. 1489, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.177 - Transporting hazardous materials, equipment required — federal physical requirements not applicable, when — violations, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories
307.177. Transporting hazardous materials, equipment required — federal physical requirements not applicable, when — violations, penalty. —
1. It is unlawful for any person to operate any bus, truck, truck-tractor and trailer combination, or other commercial motor vehicle and trailer upon any highway of this state, whether intrastate transportation or interstate transportation, unless such transportation is conducted in accordance with the hazardous material regulations established by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as such regulations have been and may periodically be amended.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section to the contrary, Part 391, Subpart E, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the physical requirements of drivers shall not be applicable to drivers in intrastate commerce, provided such drivers were licensed by this state as chauffeurs to operate commercial motor vehicles on May 13, 1988.
3. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section may result in the commercial motor vehicle and trailer and driver of such vehicle and trailer being placed out of service. Criteria used for placing drivers and vehicles out of service are the North American Uniform Out-of-Service Criteria adopted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the United States Department of Transportation, as such criteria have been and may periodically be amended.
4. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 539 § 307.171, A.L. 1988 S.B. 423, A.L. 1991 H.B. 251, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712, A.L. 2003 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.180 - Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
307.180. Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined. —
As used in sections 307.180 to 307.193:
(1) The word
"bicycle"
shall mean every vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, or two parallel wheels and one or two forward or rear wheels, all of which are more than fourteen inches in diameter, except scooters and similar devices;
(2) The term
"motorized bicycle"
shall mean any two- or three-wheeled device having an automatic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than fifty cubic centimeters, which produces less than three gross brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per hour on level ground, but excluding an electric bicycle, as defined in section 301.010. A motorized bicycle shall be considered a motor vehicle for purposes of any homeowners' or renters' insurance policy.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 79 § 1, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 1988 H.B. 990, A.L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 372, A.L. 2021 S.B. 176)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.183 - Brakes required.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
307.183. Brakes required. —
Every bicycle and motorized bicycle shall be equipped with a brake or brakes which will enable its driver to stop the bicycle or motorized bicycle within twenty-five feet from a speed of ten miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 79 § 2, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051)
Effective 6-20-80
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.185 - Lights and reflectors, when required — standards to be met.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
307.185. Lights and reflectors, when required — standards to be met. —
Every bicycle and motorized bicycle when in use on a street or highway during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise shall be equipped with the following:
(1) A front-facing lamp on the front or carried by the rider which shall emit a white light visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway at five hundred feet;
(2) A rear-facing red reflector, at least two square inches in reflective surface area, or a rear-facing red lamp, on the rear which shall be visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lower beams of vehicle headlights at six hundred feet;
(3) Reflective material and/or lights on any part of the bicyclist's pedals, crank arms, shoes or lower leg, visible from the front and the rear at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams of vehicle headlights at two hundred feet; and
(4) Reflective material and/or lights visible on each side of the bicycle or bicyclist and visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams of vehicle headlights at three hundred feet. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to motorized bicycles which comply with National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration regulations relating to reflectors on motorized bicycles.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 79 § 3, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 1995 S.B. 471)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.188 - Rights and duties of bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle riders.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
307.188. Rights and duties of bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle riders. —
Every person riding a bicycle, electric bicycle, or motorized bicycle upon a street or highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle as provided by chapter 304, except as to special regulations in sections 307.180 to 307.193 and except as to those provisions of chapter 304 which by their nature can have no application.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 79 § 4, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 2021 S.B. 176)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.190 - Riding to right, required for bicycles and motorized bicycles.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
307.190. Riding to right, required for bicycles and motorized bicycles. —
Every person operating a bicycle or motorized bicycle at less than the posted speed or slower than the flow of traffic upon a street or highway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as safe, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction, except when making a left turn, when avoiding hazardous conditions, when the lane is too narrow to share with another vehicle, or when on a one-way street. Bicyclists may ride abreast when not impeding other vehicles.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 79 § 5, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 1995 S.B. 471)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.191 - Bicycle to operate on the shoulder adjacent to roadway, when — roadway defined.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
307.191. Bicycle to operate on the shoulder adjacent to roadway, when — roadway defined. —
1. A person operating a bicycle at less than the posted speed or slower than the flow of traffic upon a street or highway may operate as described in section 307.190 or may operate on the shoulder adjacent to the roadway.
2. A bicycle operated on a roadway, or on the shoulder adjacent to a roadway, shall be operated in the same direction as vehicles are required to be driven upon the roadway.
3. For purposes of this section and section 307.190,
"roadway"
is defined as and means that portion of a street or highway ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 372)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.192 - Bicycle required to give hand or mechanical signals.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
307.192. Bicycle required to give hand or mechanical signals. —
The operator of a bicycle shall signal as required in section 304.019, except that a signal by the hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed in the control or operation of or to control or operate the bicycle. An operator of a bicycle intending to turn the bicycle to the right shall signal as indicated in section 304.019 or by extending such operator's right arm in a horizontal position so that the same may be seen in front of and in the rear of the bicycle.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 372)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.193 - Penalty for violation.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
307.193. Penalty for violation. —
Any person seventeen years of age or older who violates any provision of sections 307.180 to 307.194 is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. Such an infraction does not constitute a crime and conviction shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. If any person under seventeen years of age violates any provision of sections 307.180 to 307.194 in the presence of a peace officer possessing the duty and power of arrest for violation of the general criminal laws of the state or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities of the state, said officer may impound the bicycle or motorized bicycle involved for a period not to exceed five days upon issuance of a receipt to the child riding it or to its owner.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 79 § 6, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 2021 S.B. 176)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.195 - License required — operation on interstate highway prohibited — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
307.195. License required — operation on interstate highway prohibited — violation, penalty. —
1. No person shall operate a motorized bicycle on any highway or street in this state unless the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle.
2. No motorized bicycle may be operated on any public thoroughfare located within this state which has been designated as part of the federal interstate highway system.
3. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.196 - Equipment required.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
307.196. Equipment required. —
No person shall operate a motorized bicycle on any street or highway in this state unless it is equipped in accordance with the minimum requirements for construction and equipment of MOPEDS, Regulation VESC-17, approved July, 1977, as promulgated by the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, this state being a party thereto as provided in section 307.250, and the regulation is hereby approved as provided in section 307.260, and the regulation shall be published in the code of state regulations.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051 § 4)
Effective 6-20-80
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.198 - All-terrain vehicles, equipment required — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
307.198. All-terrain vehicles, equipment required — penalty. —
1. Every all-terrain vehicle, except those used in competitive events, shall have the following equipment:
(1) A lighted headlamp and tail lamp which shall be in operation at any time in which an all-terrain vehicle is being used on any street or highway in this state pursuant to section 304.013;
(2) An equilateral triangular emblem, to be mounted on the rear of such vehicle at least two feet above the roadway when such vehicle is operated upon any street or highway pursuant to section 300.348 or 304.013. The emblem shall be constructed of substantial material with a fluorescent yellow-orange finish and a reflective, red border at least one inch in width. Each side of the emblem shall measure at least ten inches;
(3) A braking system maintained in good operating condition;
(4) An adequate muffler system in good working condition, and a United States Forest Service qualified spark arrester.
2. A violation of this section shall be an infraction.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 990, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.205 - Defined — requirements for operation.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
307.205. Defined — requirements for operation. —
1. For the purposes of sections 307.205 to 307.211,
"electric personal assistive mobility device"
(EPAMD) shall mean a self-balancing, two nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system with an average power of seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds, is less than twenty miles per hour.
2. An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated upon a street, highway, sidewalk, and bicycle path. Every person operating such a device shall be granted all of the rights and be subject to all of the duties applicable to a pedestrian pursuant to chapter 304.
3. Persons under sixteen years of age shall not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device, except for an operator with a mobility-related disability.
4. An electric personal assistive mobility device shall be operated only on roadways with a speed limit of forty-five miles per hour or less. This shall not prohibit the use of such device when crossing roadways with speed limits in excess of forty-five miles per hour.
5. A city or town shall have the authority to impose additional regulations on the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device within its city or town limits.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.207 - Equipment required.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
307.207. Equipment required. —
Every electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD) when in use on a roadway during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise shall be equipped with the following:
(1) A front-facing lamp on the front or carried by the rider which shall emit a white light visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway at five hundred feet;
(2) A rear-facing red reflector, at least two square inches in reflective surface area, or a rear-facing red lamp, on the rear which shall be visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lower beams of vehicle headlights at six hundred feet.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.209 - Roadway operation, requirements.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
307.209. Roadway operation, requirements. —
Every person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD) at less than the posted speed or slower than the flow of traffic upon a street or highway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as safe, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction, except when making a left turn, when avoiding hazardous conditions, when the lane is too narrow to share with another vehicle, or when on a one-way street.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.211 - Violations, penalties.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
307.211. Violations, penalties. —
Any person seventeen years of age or older who violates any provision of sections 307.205 to 307.211 is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. Such an infraction does not constitute a crime and conviction shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. If any person under seventeen years of age violates any provision of sections 307.205 to 307.211 in the presence of a peace officer possessing the duty and power of arrest for violation of the general criminal laws of the state or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities of the state, said officer may impound the electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD) involved for a period not to exceed five days upon issuance of a receipt to the child riding it or to its owner.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.255 - Legislative findings.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
307.255. Legislative findings. —
The general assembly finds that:
(1) The public safety necessitates the continuous development, modernization and implementation of standards and requirements of law relating to vehicle equipment, in accordance with expert knowledge and opinion;
(2) The public safety further requires that such standards and requirements be uniform from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, except to the extent that specific and compelling evidence supports variation;
(3) The director of revenue, acting upon recommendation of the vehicle equipment safety commission and pursuant to the vehicle equipment safety compact provides a just, equitable and orderly means of promoting the public safety in the manner and within the scope contemplated by sections 307.250 to 307.295.
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(L. 1965 p. 495 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.260 - Rules not effective until approved by legislature.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
307.260. Rules not effective until approved by legislature. —
Pursuant to article V(e) of the vehicle equipment safety compact, it is the intention of this state and it is hereby provided that no rule, regulation or code issued by the vehicle equipment safety commission in accordance with article V of the compact shall take effect until approved by an act of the legislature.
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(L. 1965 p. 495 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.265 - Director of revenue to be state's commissioner.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
307.265. Director of revenue to be state's commissioner. —
The commissioner of this state on the vehicle equipment safety commission shall be the director of revenue who shall serve during his continuance as such officer. The commissioner of this state appointed pursuant to this section may designate an alternate from among the officers and employees of his agency to serve in his place and stead on the vehicle equipment safety commission. Subject to the provisions of the compact and bylaws of the vehicle equipment safety commission, the authority and responsibilities of such alternate shall be as determined by the commissioner designating such alternate.
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(L. 1965 p. 495 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.270 - State employees retirement system may agree with commission on coverage of employees.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
307.270. State employees retirement system may agree with commission on coverage of employees. —
The Missouri state employees retirement system may make an agreement with the vehicle equipment safety commission for the coverage of said commission's employees pursuant to article III(f) of the compact. Any such agreement, as nearly as may be, shall provide for arrangements similar to those available to the employees of this state and shall be subject to amendment or termination in accordance with its terms.
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(L. 1965 p. 495 § 5)