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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-303 - Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon state and county highways; placement of devices upon such highways by local authorities

The commissioner of public safety and the state highway commission shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all state and county highways as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.
No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic-control device upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of public safety and the state highway commission except by the latter's permission.
Codes, 1942, § 8154; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-305 - Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon highways under local jurisdiction

Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or provisions of local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All such traffic-control devices hereafter erected shall conform to the state manual and specifications.
Local authorities in exercising those functions referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the direction and control of the state highway commission.
Codes, 1942, § 8155; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-307 - Reflectors on bridges in state highway system

The state highway commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to place amber reflectors on each end and on both sides of all bridges on all roads on the state highway system, which will permit a person to see such reflectors so that he might know that he is about to approach a bridge.
Codes, 1942, § 8154; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-311 - Flashing signal colors and rules

Whenever flashing red or yellow signals are used they shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
1.
Flashing red (stop signal).
When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
2.
Flashing yellow (caution signal).
When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.
Codes, 1942, § 8158; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-313 - Disobedience of official traffic-control devices

No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
Codes, 1942, § 8156; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-315 - Obedience of official traffic-control devices by emergency vehicles

The driver of any authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as necessary for safety but may proceed cautiously past such red or stop sign or signal. At other times drivers of authorized emergency vehicles shall stop in obedience to a stop sign or signal.
Codes, 1942, § 8148; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-317 - Unauthorized signs, signals, markings and devices

(1)
No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal. No person shall place or maintain and no public authority shall permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising, or any billboard or advertising sign of any kind or description, except that motorist services business signs and supports which are authorized by the state highway commission pursuant to Section
65-1-8
may be placed and maintained within state highway rights-of-way. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs provided that said signs are not erected closer than fifty (50) feet to the center line of state highways.
(2)
Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed after ten (10) days' notice to the owner thereof by registered letter or otherwise.
Codes, 1942, § 8159; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1983, ch. 395, § 2, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-319 - Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals

No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 8160; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-321 - Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; offenses

Any person who wilfully destroys, knocks down, removes, defaces, or alters any letters or figures on a detour or warning sign set upon a highway or road of this state, or who wilfully knocks down, removes, rearranges, destroys, defaces, or alters any letter or figures on a barricade or fence erected on any highway or road of this state, or who drives around or through any barricade or fence on any officially closed highway or road of this state, or who drives around such detour sign or barricade or fence, or who wilfully ignores or disregards a warning sign before such road has been officially opened to the public traffic by the Mississippi State Highway Department, or in appropriate cases by the county or municipal officer responsible for constructing or maintaining such roads, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This shall have no application to peace officers in the performance of their duties, nor to employees of the Mississippi State Highway Department, nor to employees of the contractor, nor to employees of the federal authorities when engaged in inspection of surveys, repairs, maintenance, or construction on or alongside such highways, within the right-of-way, nor to individuals domiciled or making their livelihood within the affected areas, nor to any person or group of persons who shall be authorized by the highway director, or appropriate county or municipal officer.
Codes, 1942, § 8160.6; Laws, 1972, ch. 397, § 2, eff. 4/27/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-323 - Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; definitions

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in Section
63-3-321
shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein:
(a)
"Detour sign" means any sign placed across or on a public road of the state, by the state, the county or municipal authorities or by their contractors, indicating that such road is closed or partially closed, which sign also indicates the direction of an alternate route to be followed to give access to certain points.
(b)
"Warning sign" means a sign indicating construction work in area.
(c)
"Barricade" means a barrier for obstructing the passage of motor vehicle traffic.
(d)
"Fence" means a barrier to prevent the intrusion of motor vehicle traffic.
(e)
"Officially closed" means a highway or road that has been officially closed by a governmental unit, the Mississippi State Highway Department, a city or a county.
(f)
"Officially opened" shall mean any highway that does not have signs or barriers stating that it is closed.
Codes, 1942, § 8160:5: Laws, 1972, ch. 397, § 1, eff. 4/27/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 7 - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS (§§ 63-3-301 — 63-3-325) › Section 63-3-325 - Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; penalties

Every person convicted of a violation of Section
63-3-321
shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The conviction of a violation of Section
63-3-321
shall not be competent evidence in any civil action.
Codes, 1942, § 8160.7: Laws, 1972, ch. 397, § 3, eff. 4/27/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-401 - Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in personal injury or death; offenses and penalties

(1)
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of Section
63-3-405
.
(2)
Every stop under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be made without obstructing traffic or endangering the life of any person more than is necessary.
(3)
Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, if any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident that results in injury to any person willfully fails to stop or to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, then such person, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(4)
If any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident that results in the death of another or the mutilation, disfigurement, permanent disability or the destruction of the tongue, eye, lip, nose or any other limb, organ or member of another willfully fails to stop or to comply with the requirements under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, then such person, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) years, or by fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(5)
The commissioner shall revoke the driver's license of any person convicted under this section.
Codes, 1942, § 8161; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1996, ch. 461, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 374, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 443, HB 1003,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-403 - Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in property damage to attended vehicle; offenses and penalties

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of such accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of Section
63-3-405
. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
Any person failing to stop or comply with said requirements under such circumstances shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1942, § 8162; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-405 - Duty of driver involved in accident resulting in injury or death or property damage to give information and render aid; liability for rendering assistance

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall, upon request and if available, exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with. Said driver shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying, or the making of arrangements for the carrying, of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such carrying is requested by the injured person. No such driver who, in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care, renders emergency care to any injured person at the scene of an accident or in transporting said injured person to a point where medical assistance can be reasonably expected, shall be liable for any civil damages to said injured person as a result of any acts committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omission in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such driver in rendering the emergency care to said injured person.
Codes, 1942, § 8163; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1979, ch. 376, § 2, eff. 7/1/1979.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 443, HB 1003,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-407 - Duties of driver involved in accident involving unattended vehicle

The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof. However, the provisions herein shall not apply where no material damage is done and where the owner of the unattended vehicle was guilty of negligence in leaving said vehicle parked as same was when so struck.
Codes, 1942, § 8164; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-409 - Duties of driver striking fixtures upon or adjacent to highway

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damages to fixtures legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in Section
63-3-411
.
Codes, 1942, § 8165; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-413 - Reporting of accident by occupant of vehicle when driver incapable of reporting

Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making a required accident report and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made said report.
Codes, 1942, § 8167; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 443, HB 1003,§ 20, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-415 - Accident report forms

(1)
The department shall prepare and furnish "statewide uniform traffic accident report" forms to other agencies, municipal police departments, county sheriffs and other suitable law enforcement agencies or individuals. The department may charge an amount not exceeding the actual costs incurred by the department in preparing and furnishing the forms. The Department of Public Safety also may make such forms available in electronic format, which shall be accessible by law enforcement departments and other agencies without charge.
(2)
Every accident report required by Section
63-3-411
from a law enforcement officer or individual shall be made on the statewide uniform traffic accident report form provided by the department.
(3)
In addition to the information required on the accident report forms provided for herein, the department shall include a place on such report forms for the phone numbers of the parties involved in the accident and any witnesses to such accident.
(4)
"Statewide uniform traffic accident report" forms shall not have printed upon them the name of any elected state official.
Codes, 1942, § 8168; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1984, ch. 485; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 36; Laws, 1990, ch. 441, § 2; Laws, 2002, ch. 446, § 2, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-419 - Reporting by hospitals and medical examiners of deaths from motor vehicle accidents

(1)
Every county medical examiner or county medical examiner investigator shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, report in writing to the department the death of any person within his jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the circumstances of such accident.
(2)
Every hospital shall notify the county medical examiner or county medical examiner investigator of the county in which the accident occurred of the death within the hospital of any person who dies as a result of injuries apparently sustained in an accident involving a motor vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 8169; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1976, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 37, eff. 7/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-421 - Tabulation and analysis of accident reports

The department shall receive accident reports required by this article, and shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents.
Codes, 1942, § 8171; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1976, ch. 446, § 3, eff. 7/1/1976.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-423 - Requirement of accident reports by municipal corporations; confidentiality of reports

Any incorporated city, town, village, or other municipality, may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident shall also file with a designated city department a report of such accident or a copy of any report required under this article to be filed with the department. Any such report shall be for the confidential use of the city department and shall be subject to the provisions of Section
63-3-417
.
Codes, 1942, § 8172; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 9 - ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS (§§ 63-3-401 — 63-3-425) › Section 63-3-425 - Duty of driver involved in accident without serious injury or death to move vehicle to designated accident investigation site if possible; violation

(1)
If a traffic accident occurs without serious injury or death on a main lane, ramp, shoulder, median, or adjacent area of a highway in this state and each vehicle involved can be normally and safely driven, each operator shall move the operator's vehicle as soon as possible to a designated accident investigation site, if available, a location on the frontage road, the nearest suitable cross-street, or other suitable location to complete the other requirements under the law and minimize interference with highway traffic.
(2)
Under this section, a vehicle can be normally and safely driven only if the operator is capable of safely operating the vehicle to move it and only if the vehicle:
(a)
Does not require towing; and
(b)
Can be operated under its own power and in its usual manner, without additional damage or hazard to the vehicle, other traffic, or the roadway.
(3)
For purposes of this section, "serious injury" means an injury that results in the need of an ambulance or other emergency medical transportation being called to the scene of the accident.
(4)
Beginning on July 1, 2021, a person who does not comply with the requirements of this section shall be punished in accordance with Section
63-9-11
.
(5)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall determine and erect appropriate signs in appropriate locations throughout the state to inform the public about the new state law provided for in this section.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 397, HB 811,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-501 - Maximum speed limits on state, interstate and controlled access highways; maximum speed limit on toll roads

Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall operate a vehicle on the highways of the state at a speed greater than sixty-five (65) miles per hour.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission may, in its discretion, by order duly entered on its minutes, increase the speed restrictions on any portion of the Interstate Highway System provided such speed restrictions are not increased to more than seventy (70) miles per hour. The commission may likewise increase the speed limit to seventy (70) miles per hour on controlled access highways with four (4) or more lanes.
A governmental entity that operates and maintains a toll road as authorized under Section
65-43-1
, or that contracts with some person or business to operate and maintain a toll road as authorized under Section
65-43-3
, may establish the maximum speed for motor vehicles operated on any such toll road; however, the maximum speed so established may not exceed eighty (80) miles per hour.
Codes, 1942, § 8176; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 318; Laws, 1996, ch 303, § 1; Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 44, § 3, eff. 6/2/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-502 - Penalties for conviction of driving motor vehicle or motorcycle on street or highway in a race

(1)
For the purposes of this section:
(a)
"Motor vehicle" has the meaning ascribed in Section
27-19-3
.
(b)
"Motorcycle" has the meaning ascribed in Section
27-19-3
.
(c)
"Street" or "highway" means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.
(2)
Any person driving a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon a street or highway in a race, upon conviction, shall be punished as follows:
(a)
A person convicted for the first offense of violating this subsection shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), imprisoned for not more than forty-eight (48) hours, or both.
(b)
For a second conviction of any person violating this subsection, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), shall be imprisoned not less than five (5) days nor more than one (1) year, and shall be sentenced to community service work for not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year.
(c)
(i)
For a third or subsequent conviction of any person violating this subsection, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be guilty of a felony and fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and shall serve not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections; however, for any such offense that does not result in serious injury or death to any person, the sentence of incarceration may be served in the county jail at the discretion of the circuit court judge.
(ii)
After a conviction under this subsection and upon receipt of the court abstract, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall suspend the driver's license and driving privileges of the person for not less than five (5) years.
(3)
A conviction and imposition of a sentence under this section does not prevent a conviction and imposition of a sentence under Section
63-7-103
.
Laws, 2010, ch. 457, § 2, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-503 - Modification of maximum speed limits by state highway commission; maximum penalties for violations

Whenever the state highway commission shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed set forth in Section
63-3-501
is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a highway, said commission shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit thereat which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of highway.
Whenever the state highway commission determines that speed limits set forth in Section
63-3-501
are different from those speeds set forth in applicable laws of the Federal Government, then said commission may declare a speed limit which is consistent with such laws and which shall be effective immediately upon adoption by the commission. Appropriate signs giving notice of the adopted speed limits shall be erected upon order of the commission.
The maximum fine and sentence to be imposed for a violation of excessive speed above the maximum limits set by the state highway commission pursuant to the authority granted by this section shall be one-half (1/2) the fine and sentence imposed by Section
63-9-11
if the excessive speed does not exceed the maximum limits imposed by Section
63-3-501
.
Codes, 1942, § 8176; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 314, eff. 2/28/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-505 - Conditions under which speed must be decreased

The driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic. All trucks, or truck-trailer combinations and passenger buses shall be required to reduce speed to forty-five miles per hour during inclement weather when visibility is bad.
Codes, 1942, § 8176; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1 eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-507 - Details of complaint and summons or notice to appear alleging speeding violation

In every charge of violation of Sections
63-3-501
through
63-3-505
, and subsection (2) of Section
63-3-509
the complaint as well as the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven as well as the speed applicable within the district or at the location.
Codes, 1942, § 8176; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-509 - Minimum speed limits

(1)
No motor vehicle shall be driven at a speed less than thirty miles per hour on federal designated highways where no hazard exists. An exception to this requirement shall be recognized when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, or when a vehicle or combination of vehicles is necessarily, or in compliance with law or police direction, proceeding at a reduced speed.
Police officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by directions to drivers. In the event of apparent wilful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with the direction of an officer in accordance herewith the continued slow operation by a driver shall be a misdemeanor.
(2)
In the event a speed limit of seventy miles per hour is established on any portion of the Interstate Highway System or on four-laned U.S. designated highways as is provided in Section
63-3-501
, a minimum speed of forty miles per hour shall be established for those vehicles having a maximum speed restriction of seventy miles per hour. Notice of said minimum speed shall be posted on such roads.
Codes, 1942, §§ 8176, 8178; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, §§ 1, 3; Laws, 1962, ch. 524; Laws, 1966, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 442, § 1, eff. 4/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-511 - Modification of speed limits by local authorities; establishment of speed limits upon roads of correctional facilities; modification of local limits to conform to lower limits established by state highway commission

Whenever local authorities, including boards of supervisors, within their respective jurisdictions, determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted under this article on any street, or any county road or any portion thereof, or at any intersection is greater than is reasonable or safe under conditions found to exist upon such street, or any county road or any portion thereof, or at such intersection, such local authorities shall determine and declare, by ordinance, a reasonable and safe speed limit, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected on such street, or any county road or any portion thereof, or at such intersection, or upon the approaches thereto. However, no speed limit shall be fixed by any such local authorities at less than fifteen (15) miles per hour.
The Commissioner of Corrections is authorized to establish by regulation reasonable and safe speed limits upon the roads of the correctional facilities under his jurisdiction which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. Speed limits may be based upon road or traffic conditions or upon security considerations.
Provided, however, that whenever the State Highway Commission shall, pursuant to Section
63-3-503
, lower the maximum speed limit in response to federal laws, regulations or guidelines for purposes of energy conservation, local authorities, including boards of supervisors, shall immediately lower maximum speed limits on local highways, not to exceed a maximum speed of fifty-five (55) miles per hour.
Codes, 1942, § 8177; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 2; Laws, 1956, ch. 397; Laws, 1960, ch. 208; Laws, 1974, ch. 321; Laws, 1986, ch. 485, § 2, eff. 4/15/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-513 - Special speed limitation on bridges and elevated structures; proof of violations

The state highway commission upon request from any local authority shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this article, the commission shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of one hundred feet before each end of such structure.
No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted as provided in this section.
Upon the trial of any person, charged with a violation of this section, proof of said determination of the maximum speed by said commission and the existence of said signs shall constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure.
Codes, 1942, § 8179; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-515 - Speed limits near schools and churches, upon levees and causeways, and in other designated special zones

The boards of supervisors of counties and the governing authorities of municipalities are hereby authorized to adopt by order or resolution and to enforce within their respective territorial boundaries the maximum legal rate of speed at which a motor vehicle may be run or operated along any public street, road, highway (except state-maintained highways), or portion thereof in the vicinity of schools and churches, upon levees and causeways and in other special zones which the board or governing authorities may designate. The rate of speed so established shall be determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study. The order or resolution setting such speed limits may provide that such limits are only effective during specified times of the day, days of the week and months of the year.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5776; 1930, § 5570; 1942, § 8060; Laws, 1916, ch. 116; Laws, 1986, ch. 353, eff. 7/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-517 - Applicability of speed restrictions to emergency vehicles; duties of drivers of emergency vehicles

The speed limitations set forth in this article shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles when responding to emergency calls and the drivers thereof sound audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. This section shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the street, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
Codes, 1942, § 8180; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-519 - Use of radar speed detection equipment; authorization and limitations; notification of road blockages or emergencies on certain federally designated limited-access highways

It shall be unlawful for any person or peace officer or law enforcement agency, except the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, to purchase or use or allow to be used any type of radar speed detection equipment upon any public street, road or highway of this state. However, such equipment may be used:
(a)
By municipal law enforcement officers within a municipality having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more according to the latest or a previous federal census upon the public streets of the municipality, but in no case where the latest federal census population for the municipality is less than one thousand five hundred (1,500);
(b)
By any college or university campus police force within the confines of any campus wherein more than two thousand (2,000) students are enrolled;
(c)
By municipal law enforcement officers in any municipality having a population in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000) according to the latest federal census on federally designated highways lying within the corporate limits.
(d)
By municipal law enforcement officers upon the public streets of any incorporated municipality (i) where the county seat is located in the municipality and (ii) where there is a public community college located in the municipality.
The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall be immediately notified by municipal law enforcement of any road blockages or emergencies occurring on any federally designated limited-access highways lying within the corporate limits.
Codes, 1942, § 8176.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 383, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 542, § 1, eff. 5/15/1968.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 398, HB 454,§ 1, eff. 3/22/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 307, HB 567,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 373, SB 2788,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 11 - RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED; USE OF RADAR (§§ 63-3-501 — 63-3-521) › Section 63-3-521 - Use of radar speed detection equipment; penalties for violations

Any person who violates section
63-3-519
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 8176.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 383, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 542, § 1, eff. 5/15/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 13 - DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY: OVERTAKING AND PASSING; FOLLOWING (§§ 63-3-601 — 63-3-621) › Section 63-3-601 - Vehicles to be driven on right half of roadway; exceptions

Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:
1.
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement;
2.
When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair;
3.
Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon; or
4.
Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic.
Codes, 1942, § 8181; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 13 - DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY: OVERTAKING AND PASSING; FOLLOWING (§§ 63-3-601 — 63-3-621) › Section 63-3-605 - Driving upon one-way roadways and around rotary traffic islands

(1)
Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated.
(2)
A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
Codes, 1942, § 8186; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 13 - DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY: OVERTAKING AND PASSING; FOLLOWING (§§ 63-3-601 — 63-3-621) › Section 63-3-607 - Passing by vehicles proceeding in opposite directions

Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right. Upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible.
Codes, 1942, § 8182: Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 3 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE ROAD (§§ 63-3-1 — 63-3-1331) › Article 13 - DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY: OVERTAKING AND PASSING; FOLLOWING (§§ 63-3-601 — 63-3-621) › Section 63-3-609 - Overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in same direction

The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions and special rules otherwise provided in this article:
(a)
The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.
(b)
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
Codes, 1942, § 8183; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.