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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.029 - Operation of low-speed vehicles on highway, permitted when — exemptions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
304.029. Operation of low-speed vehicles on highway, permitted when — exemptions. —
1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a low-speed vehicle may be operated upon a highway in the state if it meets the requirements of this section. Every person operating a low-speed vehicle shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of any other motor vehicle except as to the special regulations in this section and except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application.
2. The operator of a low-speed vehicle shall observe all traffic laws and local ordinances regarding the rules of the road. A low-speed vehicle shall not be operated on a street or a highway with a posted speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour. The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit a low-speed vehicle from crossing a street or highway with a posted speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour.
3. A low-speed vehicle shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 307.350 to 307.402 for purposes of titling and registration. Low-speed vehicles shall comply with the standards in 49 CFR 571.500, as amended.
4. Every operator of a low-speed vehicle shall maintain financial responsibility on such low-speed vehicle as required by chapter 303 if the low-speed vehicle is to be operated upon the highways of this state.
5. Each person operating a low-speed vehicle on a highway in this state shall possess a valid driver's license issued pursuant to chapter 302.
6. For purposes of this section a "low-speed vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in 49 CFR, section 571.3, as amended.
7. All low-speed vehicles shall be manufactured in compliance with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration standards for low-speed vehicles in 49 CFR 571.500, as amended.
8. Nothing in this section shall prevent county or municipal governments from adopting more stringent local ordinances governing low-speed vehicle operation if the governing body of the county or municipality determines that such ordinances are necessary in the interest of public safety. The department of transportation may prohibit the operation of low-speed vehicles on any highway under its jurisdiction if it determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of public safety.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 996 and H.B. 1142 and H.B. 1201 and H.B. 1489 merged with S.B. 1233, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.030 - Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossing, when — exception, requirements.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
304.030. Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossing, when — exception, requirements. —
Every motor vehicle transporting passengers, for hire, every school bus, and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives, or poisonous or compressed inflammable gases, and every motor vehicle used for the transportation of inflammable or corrosive liquids in bulk, whether loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any railroad grade crossing, other than a crossing that is specifically exempted from the stopping requirement by order of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety of the department of economic development, be brought to a full stop within fifty feet, but not less than fifteen feet, from the nearest rail of such railroad grade crossing, and shall not proceed until due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear, except that such full stop shall not be required at a streetcar crossing within a business or residence district, nor at a railroad grade crossing protected by a watchman or traffic officer on duty or by a traffic control signal (not railroad flashing signal) giving positive indication to approaching vehicles to proceed, nor when the division of motor carrier and railroad safety has ordered the placement of an exempt sign at the crossing.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8399, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.031 - Traffic signal preemption system, use of, permitted when — violations, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
304.031. Traffic signal preemption system, use of, permitted when — violations, penalty. —
1. As used in this section,
"Traffic Signal Preemption System (TSPS)"
shall mean a traffic-control system designated for use by emergency vehicles, as defined in this section, to improve traffic movement by temporarily controlling signalized intersections.
2. The owner of a traffic control signal may authorize use of a TSPS by the following persons for the following purposes:
(1) An authorized operator in an authorized emergency vehicle, or an authorized person who is an employee or member of an agency or entity which operates emergency vehicles, who may activate a TSPS from a station where the entity's emergency vehicles are based to control a traffic signal near that station, in order to improve the safety and efficiency of emergency response operations;
(2) An authorized operator in a bus, in order to interrupt the cycle of the traffic control signal in such a way as to keep the green light showing for longer than it otherwise would;
(3) An authorized operator in a traffic signal maintenance vehicle, in order to facilitate traffic signal maintenance activities.
3. A TSPS used by an authorized person in an emergency vehicle or at a station where emergency vehicles are stationed shall preempt and override a device operated by any other person.
4. A traffic control signal operating device used as authorized under this section must operate in such a way that the device does not continue to control the signal once the vehicle containing the device has arrived at the intersection, regardless of whether the vehicle remains at the intersection. No motor vehicle driver shall be convicted of any traffic violation if there is evidence that TSPS has been used by a government official to improperly change the sequence of the traffic signals.
5. It shall be unlawful for any person not approved herein to use a TSPS to control traffic.
6. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class B misdemeanor.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.034 - Municipalities may regulate golf cart and motorized wheelchair usage on streets and highways.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
304.034. Municipalities may regulate golf cart and motorized wheelchair usage on streets and highways. —
1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governing body of any municipality may by resolution or ordinance allow persons to operate golf carts or motorized wheelchairs upon any street or highway under the governing body's jurisdiction. A golf cart or motorized wheelchair shall not be operated at any time on any state or federal highway, but may be operated upon such highway in order to cross a portion of the state highway system which intersects a municipal street. No golf cart or motorized wheelchair shall cross any highway at an intersection where the highway being crossed has a posted speed limit of more than forty-five miles per hour.
2. Golf carts operated on city streets shall be equipped with adequate brakes and shall meet any other safety requirements imposed by the governing body. Golf carts are not subject to the registration provisions of chapter 301.
3. As used in this section, a
"golf cart"
means a motor vehicle that is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes and that is not capable of exceeding speeds of twenty miles per hour.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 683)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.035 - Stop required at railroad grade crossing, when — commercial motor vehicles, speed at crossings — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories
304.035. Stop required at railroad grade crossing, when — commercial motor vehicles, speed at crossings — penalty. —
1. When any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing, the driver of the vehicle shall operate the vehicle in a manner so he will be able to stop, and he shall stop the vehicle not less than fifteen feet and not more than fifty feet from the nearest rail of the railroad track and shall not proceed until he can safely do so if:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device warns of the approach of a railroad train; or
(2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal or warning of the approach or passage of a railroad train; or
(3) An approaching railroad train is visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing; or
(4) Any other traffic sign, device or any other act, rule, regulation or statute requires a vehicle to stop at a railroad grade crossing.
2. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing when a train is approaching while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
3. No person shall drive a vehicle through a railroad crossing when there is not sufficient space to drive completely through the crossing.
4. No person shall drive a vehicle through a railroad crossing unless such vehicle has sufficient undercarriage clearance necessary to prevent the undercarriage of the vehicle from contacting the railroad crossing.
5. Every commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700 shall, upon approaching a railroad grade crossing, be driven at a rate of speed which will permit said commercial motor vehicle to be stopped before reaching the nearest rail of such crossing and shall not be driven upon or over such crossing until due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear. This section does not apply to vehicles which are required to stop at railroad crossings pursuant to section 304.030.
6. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 220 § 1, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676, A.L. 1992 S.B. 765, A.L. 2001 S.B. 244, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.040 - Failure to stop, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
304.040. Failure to stop, penalty. —
Any person violating the provisions of section 304.030 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8400)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.044 - Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.044. Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet — penalty. —
1. The following terms as used in this section shall mean:
(1)
"Bus"
, any vehicle or motor car designed and used for the purpose of carrying more than seven persons;
(2)
"Truck"
, any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer, or any combination thereof, propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed or used in the transportation of property upon the highways.
2. The driver of any truck or bus, when traveling upon a public highway of this state outside of a business or residential district, shall not follow within three hundred feet of another such vehicle; provided, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent the overtaking and passing, by any such truck or bus, of another similar vehicle.
3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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(L. 1951 p. 694 §§ 1 to 3, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
(1959) The purpose of § 304.044 is not only to provide sufficient space between vehicles to permit lighter vehicles to pass but it is also intended for the protection of forward trucks and those following as well as the drivers and passengers therein. Thus violations of the statute under the circumstances was the negligent proximate cause of an accident. Thebeau v. Thebeau (Mo.), 324 S.W.2d 674.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.070 - Violation of section 304.050, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote
304.070. Violation of section 304.050, penalty. —
1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsections 1, 3, and 7
*
of section 304.050 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In addition, the court may suspend the driver's license of any person who violates the provision of subsection 1 of section 304.050. If ordered by the court, the director shall suspend the driver's license for ninety days for a first offense of subsection 1 of section 304.050, and one hundred twenty days for a second or subsequent offense of subsection 1 of section 304.050. Any person who violates subsection 1 of section 304.050 where such violation results in the injury of any child shall be guilty of a class E felony. Any person who violates subsection 1 of section 304.050 where such violation causes the death of any child shall be guilty of a class D felony.
2. Any appeal of a suspension imposed under subsection 1 of this section shall be a direct appeal of the court order and subject to review by the presiding judge of the circuit court or another judge within the circuit other than the judge who issued the original order to suspend the driver's license. The director of revenue's entry of the court-ordered suspension on the driving record is not a decision subject to review pursuant to section 302.311. Any suspension of the driver's license ordered by the court under this section shall be in addition to any other suspension that may occur as a result of the conviction pursuant to other provisions of law.
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(L. 1949 p. 329 § 3, A.L. 1965 p. 486, A.L. 1985 H.B. 288, et al., A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2006 S.B. 872, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
*Statutory reference to subsection "6" changed to "7" in accordance with section 3.060 based on renumbering in section 304.050 by H.B. 661 and S.B. 53 & 60, 2021.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.075 - School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.075. School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor. —
1. Any motor vehicle which is not regularly being operated by a school district or under contract with a school district or by private schools for the transportation of school children shall not bear signs indicating that it is a school bus. When any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district uses it for purposes other than for the transportation of school children, the person shall cover the signs thereon in such manner that it will not appear on the highways as a school bus.
2. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1955 p. 625 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.076 - Head Start buses to bear signs.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.076. Head Start buses to bear signs. —
Notwithstanding anything in subsection 1 of section 304.075 to the contrary, effective August 28, 1996, any new bus to be used to transport children to or from a federal Head Start program shall bear signs indicating that it is a Head Start school bus. Any bus that was used to transport children to or from a Head Start program prior to August 28, 1996, that continues to transport children to or from a Head Start program after such date may bear signs indicating that it is a Head Start school bus.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1301 & 1298)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.079 - Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
Effective - 01 Jan 2005, see footnote
304.079. Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when. —
1. Designated disabled parking spaces may only be used when a disabled person, who has been issued disabled license plates or windshield hanging placards pursuant to the provisions of section 301.142 or by those states with which the director has entered into reciprocity agreements as provided in section 301.142, is then, or immediately preceding being parked, was an occupant of the motor vehicle bearing the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard or in cases where the motor vehicle bearing the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard is then being used to deliver or collect one or more of the disabled persons for whom the disabled license plate or windshield hanging placard was issued.
2. The driver, or any occupant, of a motor vehicle bearing disabled license plates or a windshield hanging placard which is parked or has been observed to have been parking in a duly designated disabled parking space shall, upon request from any law enforcement officer or other duly constituted peace officer upon identification as such, produce the disabled registration certificate issued to the disabled person or entity as provided for in section 301.142 or such other authorization to show that the driver or any occupant of the vehicle is lawfully entitled to use a designated disabled parking space. The driver or any occupant of the motor vehicle shall, in addition to the certificate, produce other identification with a photograph of the disabled person for whom the disabled plates or windshield hanging placard was issued.
3. If the driver, or an occupant, of a motor vehicle which is parked or has been observed to have parked in a designated disabled parking space is unable to, or cannot, produce the certificate as provided for in section 301.142 or other proper authorization showing that the vehicle is being used, or has been lawfully parking in a disabled parking space, the operator is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. However, no person shall be found guilty of violating this section if the operator produces such a certificate to the court that was valid at the time of the citation for a person who was using the vehicle.
4. The windshield hanging placard shall only be used when the vehicle is parked in a disabled parking space. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle with a windshield hanging placard hanging from the inside rearview mirror.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al. § 304.601)
Effective 1-01-05
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.080 - Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions — cane or dog not required to enforce rights, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.080. Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions — cane or dog not required to enforce rights, when. —
The driver of a vehicle approaching a person with a visual, aural or physical disability who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog shall yield to such pedestrian, and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian and any injury caused to the pedestrian's guide dog, hearing dog or service dog; provided that such a pedestrian not carrying such cane or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in section 209.150 shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons.
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(L. 1949 p. 250 § 1, A.L. 1977 S.B. 12, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1996 S.B. 582)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.110 - Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
304.110. Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty. —
Any person who violates any provision of sections 304.080 to 304.110, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment not exceeding ten days.
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(L. 1949 p. 250 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.125 - Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
304.125. Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception. —
No political subdivision or law enforcement agency shall have a policy requiring or encouraging an employee to issue a certain number of citations for traffic violations on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, or other quota basis. This section shall not apply to the issuance of warning citations.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 765)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.130 - Regulation of vehicular traffic — notice, hearings — approval — publication of notice (first class counties).

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
304.130. Regulation of vehicular traffic — notice, hearings — approval — publication of notice (first class counties). —
1. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health and general welfare and to protect life and property, the county commission in all counties of the first class is empowered to adopt, by order or ordinance, regulations to control vehicular traffic upon the public roads and highways in the unincorporated territory of such counties and to establish reasonable speed regulations in congested areas upon such public roads and highways in the unincorporated territory of such counties. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the general motor vehicle laws of this state.
2. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, before the adoption of such regulations, the county commission shall hold at least three public hearings thereon, fifteen days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in at least two newspapers having a general circulation within the county, and notice of such hearing shall also be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in four conspicuous places in the county; provided, however, that any regulations respecting stop signs, signal lights and speed limits on state or federal highways shall be approved by the state highways and transportation commission before the same shall become effective.
3. Regulations relating solely to increasing speed limits shall be exempt from the procedural requirements of subsection 2 of this section and shall take effect immediately upon approval of the county commission.
4. The regulations adopted shall be codified, printed and distributed for public use; provided, however, that adequate signs displaying the speed limit must be posted along the highways at the points along such highways where such speed limits begin and end.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 451 § 1, A.L. 2008 S.B. 930 & 947)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.140 - Penalty for violations.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.140. Penalty for violations. —
Any person violating any order or regulation adopted under section 304.130 shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of an infraction.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 451 § 2, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.151 - Driver's responsibility not to obstruct traffic — written warning, infraction, effective date.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.151. Driver's responsibility not to obstruct traffic — written warning, infraction, effective date. —
1. Except in the case of an accident resulting in the injury or death of any person, the driver of a vehicle which for any reason obstructs the regular flow of traffic on the roadway of any state highway shall make every reasonable effort to move the vehicle or have it moved so as not to block the regular flow of traffic.
2. Prior to January 1, 1999, any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be issued a written warning of the violation in order to inform such persons of the requirements of this section. Beginning January 1, 1999, any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 560)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.152 - Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
304.152. Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited. —
1. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, no law enforcement agency may establish a roadside checkpoint or roadblock pattern based upon a particular vehicle type, including the establishment of motorcycle-only checkpoints.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, a law enforcement agency may establish a roadside checkpoint pattern that only stops and checks commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 301.010.
3. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to restrict any other type of checkpoint or roadblock which is lawful and is established and operated in accordance with the provisions of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Missouri.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 282)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.159 - Municipality may prohibit storage of certain vehicles, exceptions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
304.159. Municipality may prohibit storage of certain vehicles, exceptions. —
Any city, town or village within this state may prohibit, by ordinance, the storage of inoperable vehicles or other vehicles deemed by such city, town or village to constitute a public safety hazard. Nothing in this section shall apply to a vehicle which is completely enclosed within a locked building or locked fenced area and not visible from adjacent public or private property, nor to any vehicle upon the property of a business licensed as salvage, swap, junk dealer, towing or storage facility so long as the business is operated in compliance with its business license and the property is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 19)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.160 - Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.160. Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty. —
1. Any person who has purposely, accidentally, or by reason of an accident, dropped any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, sharp stones, or other substances injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of vehicles, including motor vehicles, upon any highway shall immediately make all reasonable efforts to clear the highway of the substances.
2. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8401, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1961 p. 496, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7783
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.172 - Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories
304.172. Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions. —
The provisions of sections 304.170 to 304.240 relating to height, width, and length restrictions for motor vehicles shall not apply to any motor vehicle and its attached apparatus which is designed for use and used by a fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association or when being operated by a fire apparatus manufacturer or sales organization for the purpose of sale, demonstration, exhibit, or delivery to a fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 55, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.174 - Size and load restrictions not applicable to wreckers, tow trucks, rollbacks and car carriers, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
304.174. Size and load restrictions not applicable to wreckers, tow trucks, rollbacks and car carriers, when. —
The provisions of sections 304.170 to 304.240 relating to height, width, weight, length and load restrictions for motor vehicles shall not apply to any wrecker or tow truck performing a wrecker or towing service, as defined in section 301.010. If a disabled or wrecked vehicle cannot be moved by a wrecker or tow truck, a rollback or car carrier, as defined in section 301.010, may be used without regard to such height, width, weight, length and load restrictions, if it is a bona fide wrecker operator or owner.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1794)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.181 - Buses, axle weight limits.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
304.181. Buses, axle weight limits. —
The limitations on weight on axles established in section 304.180, do not apply to buses. No bus having a greater weight than twenty thousand pounds on one axle or thirty-four thousand pounds on any tandem axle shall be moved on or operated on any highway in this state. The terms "axle" and "tandem axle" as used in this section shall have the same meaning as is provided in section 304.180, for other vehicles.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 164 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.184 - Transportation of solid waste, weight restrictions for trucks and tractor-trailers.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
304.184. Transportation of solid waste, weight restrictions for trucks and tractor-trailers. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any truck, tractor-trailer or other combination engaged in transporting solid waste, as defined by section 260.200, between any city and a solid waste disposal area or solid waste processing facility approved by the department of natural resources or department of health and senior services, may operate with a weight not to exceed twenty-two thousand four hundred pounds on one axle or a weight not to exceed forty-four thousand eight hundred pounds on any tandem axle; but nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the operation of any motor vehicle on the interstate highway system in excess of the weight limits imposed by federal statute; and no such truck, tractor-trailer or other combination shall exceed the width and length limitations provided in section 304.190.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 225)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.210 - Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission — notice.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
304.210. Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission — notice. —
Whenever by reason of thawing of frost, or rains, or due to new construction the roads are in a soft condition, the maximum weights on all vehicles mentioned in section 304.180, including trucks, tractors, trailers and semitrailers and other vehicles therein mentioned may be limited by the state highways and transportation commission to such an amount and in such manner as will preserve the road under such conditions; and said commission shall give due notice thereof by posting notices at convenient and public places along said road or roads or parts thereof which are subject to said regulations and reduction of weights.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8407)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7789
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.220 - Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when — penalty for violation.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.220. Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when — penalty for violation. —
1. Whenever the county highway engineer of any county, or in any county in which there shall be no highway engineer, such other officer as the county commission may designate, shall find that any county road or bridge of such county is in such a condition that use thereof by vehicles of the weights specified in section 304.180, will endanger the road or bridge, or the users thereof, the county highway engineer may with the approval of the division engineer of the state transportation department whose division includes the area in question establish maximum weight limits for vehicles using such road or bridge in such amounts as will preserve the road or bridge and provide a reasonable margin of safety to the users thereof. Notice of any such weight limit established shall be given by posting signs at convenient and public places along any such road, and in conspicuous places at each end of any such bridge.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle of a weight in excess of the maximum limit established pursuant to the provisions of this section on or over any road or bridge upon which such maximum weight limits have been established unless the person shall have the express permission of the officer empowered to establish such limit.
3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and shall be liable in a civil action for any damages to the road or bridge.
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(L. 1943 p. 659 § 8407A, A.L. 1953 p. 595, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.235 - Commercial vehicles licensed for eighteen thousand pounds or less not to stop at weigh station or be otherwise identified — confidentiality rules do not apply to commercial vehicle enforcement officers, when — penalty for evading weigh station.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
304.235. Commercial vehicles licensed for eighteen thousand pounds or less not to stop at weigh station or be otherwise identified — confidentiality rules do not apply to commercial vehicle enforcement officers, when — penalty for evading weigh station. —
All commercial motor vehicles shall be required to stop at an official weigh station, or to be identified through automated means approved by this state and determined to be in compliance without the necessity of stopping, except those licensed for a gross weight of not more than eighteen thousand pounds shall not be required to stop or to be identified unless so directed by a peace officer or a commercial motor vehicle enforcement officer or inspector. The provisions of sections 32.057 and 32.091 which govern confidentiality and prohibit the release of information shall not apply to commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers or their licensees in the performance of their duties at weigh stations. Any person who does not stop at a weigh station or who otherwise improperly evades stopping at the weight station and who is later determined not to be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter governing weigh limits may be punished pursuant to section 304.570.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 327 § 1, A.L. 1977 H.B. 186, A.L. 1999 H.B. 646 merged with S.B. 19)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.240 - Violation of load law a misdemeanor — penalty — local log truck and local log truck tractor, violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 02 Jan 2023, 2 histories, see footnote
304.240. Violation of load law a misdemeanor — penalty — local log truck and local log truck tractor, violation, penalty. —
1. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association violating any of the provisions of sections 304.170 to 304.230 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars or by confinement in a county jail for not more than twelve months, or by both the fine and confinement; provided, however, that where load limits as defined in sections 304.180 to 304.220 have been violated, the fine shall be two cents for each pound of excess weight up to and including five hundred, and five cents for each pound of excess weight above five hundred and not exceeding one thousand, and ten cents for each pound in excess weight above one thousand; provided that, when any vehicle is being operated under a special permit as provided in section 304.200, the term
"excess weight"
means only weight in excess of the amount permitted in the permit as issued. The court may, in its discretion, cause to be impounded the motor vehicle operated by any person violating the provisions of this section until such time as the fine and cost assessed by the court under this section is paid.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, the fine for a load-limit violation under sections 304.180 to 304.220 involving a local log truck or a local log truck tractor, as such terms are defined in section 301.010, shall be as follows:
(1) If the weight exceeds the limit by one pound to four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine pounds, the fine shall be ten cents for each pound of excess weight;
(2) If the weight exceeds the limit by five thousand pounds to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine pounds, the fine shall be twenty cents for each pound of excess weight; and
(3) If the weight exceeds the limit by ten thousand pounds or more, the fine shall be fifty cents for each pound of excess weight.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8410, A.L. 1951 p. 706, A.L. 1967 p. 416, A.L. 2022 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7792
Effective 1-02-23
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.250 - Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.250. Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles — penalty. —
1. No metal-tired vehicle shall be operated over any of the improved highways of this state, except over highways constructed of gravel or claybound gravel, if such vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels any lug, flange, cleat, ridge, bolt or any projection of metal or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic surface of the tire, unless the highway is protected by putting down solid planks or other suitable material, or by attachments to the wheels so as to prevent such vehicles from damaging the highway, except that this prohibition shall not apply to tractors or traction engines equipped with what is known as caterpillar treads, when such caterpillar does not contain any projection of any kind likely to injure the surface of the road. Tractors, traction engines and similar vehicles may be operated which have upon their road wheels "V" shaped, diagonal or other cleats arranged in such manner as to be continuously in contact with the road surface if the gross weight on the wheels per inch of width of such cleats or road surface, when measured in the direction of the axle of the vehicle, does not exceed eight hundred pounds.
2. No tractor, tractor engine, or other metal-tired vehicle weighing more than four tons, including the weight of the vehicle and its load, shall drive onto, upon or over the edge of any improved highway without protecting such edge by putting down solid planks or other suitable material to prevent such vehicle from breaking off the edges of the pavement.
3. Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction and any person violating this section, whether operating pursuant to a permit or not, or who shall willfully or negligently damage a highway, shall be liable for the amount of such damage caused to any highway, bridge, culvert or sewer, and any vehicle causing such damage shall be subject to a lien for the full amount of such damage, which lien shall not be superior to any duly recorded or filed chattel mortgage or other lien previously attached to such vehicle; the amount of such damage may be recovered in any action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state, by the municipality, county or other civil subdivision or interested party.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8384, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7776
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.260 - Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 29 May 2009, see footnote
304.260. Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission. —
Farm tractors when using the highways in traveling from one field or farm to another, or to or from places of delivery or repair, or when participating in activities or events permitted under subsection 13
*
of section 304.170 are exempt from the provisions of the law relating to registration and display of number plates, but shall comply with all the other provisions hereof. The state highways and transportation commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe the type of road upon which such tractors may be used and may exclude the use of such tractors or the use of trucks of any particular weight from the use of certain designated roads or types of roads, by the posting of signs along or upon such roads or any part thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8384, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 2009 H.B. 93 & 216 merged with H.B. 683)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7776
Effective 5-29-09 (H.B. 93 & 216); 7-01-09 (H.B. 683)
*In 2017 statutory reference to subsection "12" changed to "13" in accordance with section 3.060.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.271 - Observance of traffic-control devices — presumptions — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.271. Observance of traffic-control devices — presumptions — penalty. —
1. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of the law, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the law.
2. No provision of the law for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
3. Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of the law, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
4. Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of the law and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 304.361, violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.285 - Red light violations by motorcycles or bicycles, affirmative defense, when.

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