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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Pedestrian Rights and Duties › 13 AAC 02.180 - Pedestrians soliciting rides or business

Current through May 31, 2024
No person may solicit a ride in a manner which distracts a
					 driver's attention, nor may a pedestrian upon a highway solicit employment,
					 business, or contributions from the occupant of a vehicle.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Pedestrian Rights and Duties › 13 AAC 02.190 - Blind pedestrian devices and right-of-way

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Every driver of
				  a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a blind pedestrian carrying a visible
				  white cane or accompanied by a guide dog.
(b) A person who is not legally blind may not
				  use a white cane or a guide dog for the purpose of securing the right-of-way
				  provided by this section.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Pedestrian Rights and Duties › 13 AAC 02.195 - Pedestrians yield to authorized emergency vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A pedestrian
				  shall yield the right-of-way upon the approach of an authorized emergency
				  vehicle making use of an audible signal as provided in
				  13 AAC 04.210(d),
				  or a visual signal as provided in
				  13 AAC 04.090 or upon the approach
				  of a vehicle making use of a flashing blue light as provided in
				  13 AAC 04.100.
(b) This section does not relieve the driver
				  of an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle displaying a flashing blue
				  light from the duty to exercise care to avoid colliding with a
				  pedestrian.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 5 - Turning, Starting, and Signals on Turning - Starting and Stopping › 13 AAC 02.200 - Required position and method of turning

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
Right
				  Turns.
Except as provided in (c) of this section, both the approach for
				  a right turn, and a right turn, must be made as close as practicable to the
				  right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(b)
Left Turns.
(1) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn
				  left shall approach and make the turn from the extreme left-hand lane lawfully
				  available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of the vehicle. Unless
				  conditions prevail which necessitate other action to assure safety, a vehicle
				  turning to the left must proceed into the extreme left-hand lane lawfully
				  available to traffic moving in the same direction as the vehicle on the roadway
				  being entered.
(2) Where a special
				  lane for making left turns by drivers proceeding in opposite directions has
				  been indicated by official traffic-control devices a
(A) left turn may not be made from any other
				  lane;
(B) vehicle may not be driven
				  in the lane except when preparing for or making a left turn from or into a
				  roadway or when preparing for or making a U-turn when permitted by
				  law.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 5 - Turning, Starting, and Signals on Turning - Starting and Stopping › 13 AAC 02.205 - Limitations on turning

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The driver of a vehicle may not turn a
				  vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless the turn can be made
				  safely and without interfering with other traffic.
(b) No vehicle may be turned so as to proceed
				  in the opposite direction in a business district, upon a curve, or upon
				  approach to or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be seen by
				  the driver of another vehicle approaching from either direction within 500
				  feet.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 5 - Turning, Starting, and Signals on Turning - Starting and Stopping › 13 AAC 02.210 - Starting parked vehicle

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  move onto a roadway a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked until the
				  movement can be made with reasonable safety.
(b) Repealed 6/28/79.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 5 - Turning, Starting, and Signals on Turning - Starting and Stopping › 13 AAC 02.215 - Turning movements and required signals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  turn a vehicle or move right or left upon, onto, or off a roadway without
				  giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in this section and it
				  otherwise appears reasonably safe to make the movement.
(b) A signal of intention to turn or move
				  right or left when required must be given continuously during the last 100 feet
				  traveled by the vehicle before turning, except as provided in
				  13 AAC 02.400(f),
				  and must be discontinued as soon as practicable after completing the
				  turn.
(c) No person may stop or
				  suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate
				  signal in the manner provided in this section to the driver of a vehicle
				  immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give the signal.
(d) The signals required under (f) of this
				  section may be used only to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes, or
				  start from a parked position, and may not be flashed on one side only on a
				  disabled vehicle, flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to drivers of other
				  vehicles approaching from the rear, or be flashed on one side only of a parked
				  vehicle except as may be necessary for compliance with this section.
(e) Repealed 6/28/79.
(f) A stop or turn signal when required shall
				  be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lights, except that a
				  driver of a motor vehicle equipped with signal lights as required in
				  13 AAC 04.037 shall give the
				  required signals by signal lights. All required signals given by hand and arm
				  must be given from the left side of the vehicle and must indicate as follows:
(1) left turn - left hand and arm extended
				  horizontally;
(2) right turn - left
				  hand and arm extended upward; and
(3) stop or decreased speed - left hand and
				  arm extended downward.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 5 - Turning, Starting, and Signals on Turning - Starting and Stopping › 13 AAC 02.220 - Signal by hand and arm or signal lamps (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 6 - Special Stops Required › 13 AAC 02.240 - Obedience to signal indicating approach of train

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When a person
				  driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under circumstances
				  described in this section, the driver of the vehicle shall stop within 50 feet,
				  but not less than 15 feet, from the nearest rail of the railroad, and may not
				  proceed until he can do so safely. This stop is required when
(1) a clearly visible electric or mechanical
				  signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad
				  train;
(2) a crossing gate is
				  lowered or is being lowered, or when a flagman gives either a signal to stop or
				  a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;
(3) a railroad train approaching within
				  approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from
				  that distance and the railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to the
				  crossing, is an immediate hazard to crossing traffic; or
(4) an approaching railroad train is visible
				  and is in hazardous proximity to a crossing.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 6 - Special Stops Required › 13 AAC 02.250 - Mandatory vehicle stops at railroad crossings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for the
				  driver of any motor vehicle, other than a passenger car, a taxi cab, and a
				  limousine, a vehicle carrying passengers for hire, a school bus, or a vehicle
				  carrying an explosive substance or a flammable liquid as a cargo or a part of a
				  cargo or a residue of a cargo must stop the vehicle within the distance
				  required in
				  13 AAC 02.240(a)
				  before crossing a railroad grade. While stopped, the driver must listen and
				  look in both directions along the track for an approaching train and for a
				  signal indicating the approach of a train, and may not proceed until the driver
				  can do so safely. The driver of a school bus approaching a railroad grade
				  crossing shall activate the vehicle's amber lights for a distance not less than
				  300 feet before stopping at a railroad grade crossing. After stopping, the
				  amber lights must be deactivated. Upon proceeding when safe, the driver of a
				  vehicle must cross only in that gear of the vehicle that will not require
				  changing gears while traversing the crossing, and the driver may not shift
				  gears while crossing.
(b) This
				  section does not apply at
(1) a railroad
				  grade crossing at which traffic is directed to proceed by a police officer, an
				  authorized flagman, or an official traffic-control device.
(2) repealed 4/20/82.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 6 - Special Stops Required › 13 AAC 02.255 - Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  drive or move a crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or
				  equipment or device having a normal operating speed of 10 or less miles per
				  hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch per foot
				  of the distance between any two adjacent axles or in any event of less than
				  nine inches measured from the surface of a roadway, across a railroad grade
				  crossing without first complying with this section.
(b) Notice of an intended crossing must be
				  given to a station agent of the railroad, and reasonable time must be given to
				  the railroad to provide proper protection at the crossing.
(c) Before making a crossing, the person
				  operating or moving a vehicle or equipment must stop the vehicle or equipment
				  and proceed as required in
				  13 AAC 02.240 and
				  13 AAC 02.250(a).
				  No crossing may be made when warning is given of the immediate approach of a
				  railroad train or car. If a flagman is provided by the railroad, movement over
				  the crossing must be under his direction.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 6 - Special Stops Required › 13 AAC 02.257 - Emerging from alley, driveway, or building

Current through May 31, 2024
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building,
					 private road, or driveway shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving
					 onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alley, building
					 entrance, road, or driveway. If there is no sidewalk area, the driver shall
					 stop at a point nearest the street to be entered where he has a view of
					 approaching traffic on the street. If the driver's vision is restricted by
					 buildings, parked vehicles, weather, or other conditions, he shall give warning
					 with the horn of the vehicle after stopping and before
					 proceeding.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 6 - Special Stops Required › 13 AAC 02.265 - Stop when traffic may be obstructed

Current through May 31, 2024
No driver may enter an intersection or crosswalk, or drive
					 onto a railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other
					 side of the intersection, crosswalk or railroad grade crossing to accommodate
					 the vehicle he is driving without obstructing the passage of other vehicles,
					 pedestrians, or railroad trains, notwithstanding a traffic-control signal
					 indication to proceed.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 7 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 02.275 - Basic rule and maximum limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent considering
				  the traffic, roadway, and weather conditions.
(b) Except when a special hazard exists that
				  requires a lower speed for compliance with (a) of this section, the limits
				  specified in this subsection are the maximum lawful speeds throughout the
				  state, and no person may drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of these maximum
				  limits, unless otherwise posted:
(1) 15 miles
				  per hour in an alley;
(2) 20 miles
				  per hour in a business district;
(3) 25 miles per hour in a residential
				  district; or
(4) 55 miles per hour
				  on any other roadway.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 7 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 02.280 - Alteration of limits by state and municipalities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When the
				  Department of Transportation and Public Facilities with the assistance of the
				  department, or a municipality, in their respective jurisdictions and consistent
				  with AS
				  28.01.010, determines upon the basis of an
				  engineering and traffic investigation that a maximum speed prescribed in
				  13 AAC 02.275 is greater or lesser
				  than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at an
				  intersection, or an arterial street, or at any other place or part of the state
				  or municipal highway system, the respective authority may determine a
				  reasonable and safe maximum limit at the location. The maximum speed limit is
				  effective when signs giving notice of the maximum limit are erected.
(b) Alteration of a speed limit under (a) of
				  this section may
(1) decrease the limit at an
				  intersection or other place where a full stop is necessary;
(2) increase the limit outside of an urban
				  district;
(3) increase the limit
				  inside an urban district on controlled access highways;
(4) decrease the limit within an urban
				  district to less than 20 miles per hour, except as otherwise provided under
				  AS
				  28.01.010(b); or
(5) decrease the limit outside an urban
				  district.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 7 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 02.295 - Minimum speed regulation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  drive a motor vehicle so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement
				  of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in
				  compliance with statutes, regulations, or ordinances.
(b) When the Department of Transportation and
				  Public Facilities, or a municipality, in their respective jurisdictions,
				  determines under sec. 280 of this chapter that slow speeds on a highway or part
				  of a highway unreasonably impede the normal movement of traffic, the respective
				  authority may determine a minimum speed limit not in excess of 55 miles per
				  hour for that highway or part of a highway below which no person may drive a
				  vehicle, except when necessary as prescribed in (a) of this section. The limit
				  is effective when posted on fixed or variable signs.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 7 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 02.325 - Special speed limitations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  drive a motor-driven cycle when lights are required to be turned on as
				  prescribed under
				  13 AAC 04.010 at a speed greater
				  than allowed by the intensity of the headlights as provided by
				  13 AAC 04.320.
(b) No person may drive a vehicle which is
				  towing a mobile home at a speed greater than 45 miles per hour.
(c) No person may drive a vehicle equipped
				  with lighted headlights described in
				  13 AAC 04.020(g)
				  at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions
				  specified in
				  13 AAC 04.010.
(d) No person may drive a vehicle at a speed
				  in excess of 20 miles per hour when passing a marked public school or
				  playground crosswalk that is posted with an official school, school crossing or
				  speed-control sign. The speed zone at the crosswalk extends 300 feet in either
				  direction from the marked crosswalk.
(e) No person may drive a vehicle passing a
				  school bus displaying alternately flashing yellow lights as provided in
				  13 AAC 04.097(b)
				  at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.
(f) No person may drive a vehicle or a
				  combination of vehicles over a bridge or other elevated structure or through a
				  tunnel or underpass constituting a part of a highway, ferry facility or city
				  street at a rate of speed or with a gross weight or of a size which is greater
				  than the maximum speed or maximum weight or size designated by an official
				  traffic-control device.
(g) No
				  person may drive an all-purpose vehicle on any public roadway where the
				  designated maximum speed is greater than 45 miles per hour.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 7 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 02.330 - Racing on highways

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may participate in a race
				  between motor vehicles upon a public highway, except as provided in
				  AS
				  05.90.001.
(b) As used in this section, "race" means the
				  use of one or more vehicles in attempting to outgain or outdistance another
				  vehicle or while comparing or contesting relative speeds or powers of
				  acceleration of the vehicles over a specified or unspecified distance or route,
				  whether or not the speed exceeds the maximum prescribed by law.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 8 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking › 13 AAC 02.345 - Officers authorized to remove vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a vehicle is
				  in violation of the provisions of secs. 340 - 372 of this chapter, or is left
				  on a roadway or under circumstances which obstruct the normal movement of
				  traffic, a police officer may move the vehicle, or require the driver or other
				  person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the
				  roadway or to a safe place on the roadway.
(b) A police officer may impound and remove
				  to a place of safety a vehicle which
(1) is
				  found in the state and which has been previously reported stolen or taken
				  without the owner's consent;
(2) is
				  found or operated on a highway or ferry facility without license plates or
				  other evidence of registration or which evidence is false with respect to that
				  vehicle;
(3) is found or presumed
				  to be abandoned as provided in
				  AS
				  28.11.020, except that a vehicle is not
				  considered abandoned if left standing or parked in excess of the time specified
				  in AS
				  28.11.020 when the owner or driver of the
				  vehicle has given notice to a municipal police department, if the vehicle is
				  located within a municipality, or to the nearest office of the Alaska State
				  Troopers, specifying the circumstances which require standing or parking in
				  excess of the time specified in
				  AS
				  28.11.020, and the provisions the owner or
				  driver is making to remove the vehicle; or
(4) is found to be in violation of
				  13 AAC 02.340(d) (1)(K) upon a state controlled or designated
				  parking area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 8 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking › 13 AAC 02.365 - Additional parking regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  otherwise provided by municipal ordinance, every vehicle stopped or parked upon
				  a roadway must be stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway
				  in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its wheels on the side of
				  the vehicle facing the nearest curb or edge of the roadway within 12 inches of
				  that curb or edge of roadway.
(b)
				  Repealed 6/28/79.
(c) Repealed
				  6/28/79.
(d) No person may obstruct
				  or block traffic on a roadway, except as specifically allowed by statutes,
				  regulations or ordinances.
(e) In
				  the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is
				  restricted to one direction upon the roadway, no person may stand or park a
				  vehicle upon the left-hand side of the one-way roadway unless posted signs
				  permit standing or parking in that location.
(f) No person may park a vehicle upon a
				  street, roadway, alley, or vehicular way or area, for the purpose of
(1) washing of the vehicle if the person
				  parking the vehicle is a dealer, or agent or employee of a garage, filling
				  station, or car wash;
(2)
				  repairing, or performing maintenance work on the vehicle, except repairs or
				  maintenance necessitated by an emergency;
(3) displaying the vehicle for sale or hire
				  in the regular course of the person's business as a dealer for sale or hire of
				  vehicles, except that a motor bus, sightseeing vehicle, airline service
				  vehicle, or taxicab may park in accordance with the provisions of sec. 372 of
				  this chapter;
(4) storing or
				  parking, without being attended by a driver, a vehicle to be used for hire to
				  another person; or
(5) commercial
				  advertising.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 8 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking › 13 AAC 02.367 - Loading zones

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Department of Transportation and
				  Public Facilities, or a municipality, in their respective jurisdictions, may
				  place and maintain signs, designating loading zones, under the provisions of
				  this section.
(b) No person may
				  designate or erect a sign indicating a loading zone, passenger loading zone or
				  a no-parking area unless he makes application to the proper authority for a
				  special permit for the zone. A copy of the permit may be required to be
				  displayed in the windshield or window of the vehicle lawfully using the zone
				  during times of loading. If appropriate, the applicant shall also apply for a
				  parking meter hood or for two signs indicating the area of the zone and stating
				  the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable. The
				  authority issuing the permit may collect from the applicant a reasonable fee
				  for the signs and may impose conditions on the use of the signs. Every permit
				  shall expire at the end of one year.
(c) It is unlawful for a person issued a
				  permit under (a) of this section or any other person to violate the terms or
				  conditions of the permit.
(d) No
				  person may stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time
				  other than for the expeditious loading and unloading of passengers or property
				  in a place marked as a loading or passenger loading zone during the hours when
				  the provisions applicable to the zone are in effect. A stop for loading or
				  unloading of passengers may not exceed three minutes; and a stop for loading or
				  unloading of property may not exceed 30 minutes. A stop may not interfere with
				  a vehicle waiting to enter or about to enter the zone for loading or unloading
				  of passengers or property as specified in a permit issued under this
				  section.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 8 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking › 13 AAC 02.372 - Public carrier stops

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Department of Transportation and
				  Public Facilities or a municipality, in their respective jurisdictions, may
				  establish bus stops or stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger
				  common-carrier motor vehicles on the public streets in places which are
				  convenient to the public. Every stand shall be designated by appropriate
				  signs.
(b) The driver of a bus
				  stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall stop the bus in a
				  position with the right front wheel of the vehicle not farther than 18 inches
				  from the edge of the roadway and the bus approximately parallel to the edge of
				  the roadway.
(c) The driver of a
				  taxicab may not stand or park his vehicle on a street at a place other than in
				  a designated taxicab stand, except the driver of a taxicab may stop temporarily
				  in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at a place for the
				  purpose of expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
(d) A person who is not driving a bus or
				  taxicab may not stop or stand in a designated bus stop or taxicab stand, except
				  that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop there while engaged
				  in loading or unloading passengers, if the stop does not interfere with a bus
				  or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter the zone.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.380 - Parental responsibility (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.385 - Applicability of regulations to bicycles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Every person
				  operating a bicycle upon a roadway has all the rights and is subject to all of
				  the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle as set out in this
				  chapter, in addition to special regulations in secs. 385 - 420 of this chapter,
				  except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature have no
				  application.
(b) No person may
				  violate the provisions of secs. 385 - 420 of this chapter. The parent or
				  guardian of a child may not authorize or knowingly permit a child to violate a
				  provision of this chapter.
(c) When
				  signs are erected indicating that no right, left or U-turn is permitted, no
				  person operating a bicycle may disobey the direction of the sign unless first
				  pulling to the extreme right or shoulder of the road, dismounting and making
				  the turn as a pedestrian.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.390 - Traffic laws and regulations apply to person riding bicycle (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.395 - Riding on bicycles and certain nonmotorized conveyances

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  6/28/79.
(b) No person operating a
				  bicycle upon a highway may carry a person other than the operator, unless the
				  bicycle is equipped with a seat for the passenger, except that an adult rider
				  may carry a child securely attached to his person in a backpack or
				  sling.
(c) No person operating a
				  bicycle or other nonmotorized conveyance may attach, hold on by hand or
				  otherwise secure the bicycle or conveyance or himself to another vehicle so as
				  to be towed or pulled.
(d) A person
				  operating a bicycle upon a highway shall maintain control of the bicycle and
				  shall at all times keep at least one hand upon the handlebars of the
				  bicycle.
(e) No person may operate
				  a unicycle, coaster, roller skates, or a similar device on a roadway.
(f) This section does not apply upon a
				  roadway closed to motorized vehicle traffic.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.400 - Riding bicycles on roadways and bicycle paths

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				  operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the
				  roadway as practicable, and shall give way to the right as far as practicable
				  to a motor vehicle proceeding in the same direction when the driver of the
				  motor vehicle gives audible signal.
(b) Persons riding bicycles on a roadway may
				  not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside
				  for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding bicycles two abreast may not
				  impede traffic and, in a laned roadway, shall ride within the farthest right
				  lane.
(c) When a shoulder of the
				  highway is maintained in good condition, an operator of a bicycle shall use the
				  shoulder of the roadway.
(d) A
				  person operating a bicycle on a trail, path, sidewalk, or sidewalk area shall
(1) exercise care to avoid colliding with
				  other persons or vehicles;
(2) give
				  an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian; and
(3) yield the right-of-way to any
				  pedestrian.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.405 - Carrying article (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.410 - Lamps and other equipment on bicycle (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.420 - Parking of bicycles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may park a bicycle on a street
				  or sidewalk in a manner which obstructs pedestrian traffic or the parking and
				  driving of motor vehicles.
(b) No
				  person may secure a bicycle to any of the following publicly owned facilities:
(1) fire hydrants;
(2) police and fire callboxes;
(3) electric traffic signal poles;
(4) stanchions or poles located within bus
				  zones or stands;
(5) stanchions or
				  poles located within 25 feet of an intersection; or
(6) trees under 10 inches in
				  diameter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.422 - Applicability of regulations to motorcycles

Current through May 31, 2024
A person driving a motorcycle, a motor-driven cycle, or a
					 motorized bicycle has the rights and is subject to the duties applicable to the
					 driver of a vehicle under this chapter, in addition to special provisions in
					 secs. 422 - 427 of this chapter, except as to those provisions of this chapter
					 which by their nature have no application.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.425 - Riding on motorcycles and motor-driven cycles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				  driving a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall ride on the permanent seat
				  attached to the motorcycle, astride the seat and facing forward.
(b) No person driving a motorcycle or
				  motor-driven cycle may carry another person, nor may another person ride on a
				  motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, unless the vehicle has a permanent seat
				  designed to carry more than one person and is firmly attached to the vehicle.
				  No passenger may ride in a position that will interfere with the driving or
				  control of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle or the view of the
				  driver.
(c) A person driving a
				  motorcycle or motor-driven cycle must keep both hands on the handlebars of the
				  vehicle.
(d) No person riding a
				  motorcycle or motor-driven cycle may attach himself or the vehicle to another
				  vehicle on the roadway, except as necessitated by an emergency or as designed
				  by the manufacturer of the motorcycle for the attachment of a sidecar or other
				  vehicle.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 9 - Special Rules for Bicycles, Nonmotorized Conveyances, Motorcycles, and Motor-Driven Cycles › 13 AAC 02.427 - Driving motorcycles and motor-driven cycles on roadways laned for traffic

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be driven upon a lane of a roadway, and
				  no motor vehicle may be driven so as to deprive a motorcycle or motor-driven
				  cycle of the full use of a lane. This provision does not apply to motorcycles
				  or motor-driven cycles driven two abreast in a single lane by consent of both
				  drivers; however, no motorcycles or motor-driven cycles may be driven more than
				  two abreast in a single lane.
(b)
				  No driver of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle may overtake and pass another
				  vehicle in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. A driver of a
				  motorcycle or motor-driven cycle may not drive between adjacent lanes or lines
				  of traffic, or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(c) The provisions of this section do not
				  apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties; however,
				  this exception does not relieve the driver of a police vehicle from the duty to
				  drive with regard for the safety of all persons.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 10 - Special Rules for Snowmobiles and Other Off-Highway Vehicles › 13 AAC 02.430 - Applicability of regulations; parental responsibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No parent or
				  guardian may authorize or knowingly permit a child to violate a provision of
				  secs. 430 - 455 of this chapter.
(b) Every person operating a snowmobile or
				  other off-highway vehicle upon a highway has the rights and is subject to the
				  duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except
				  as otherwise provided in secs. 430 - 455 of this chapter, and except as to
				  those provisions of this chapter which by their nature have no
				  application.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 10 - Special Rules for Snowmobiles and Other Off-Highway Vehicles › 13 AAC 02.440 - Traffic laws and regulations apply to operation of snow vehicle (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 10 - Special Rules for Snowmobiles and Other Off-Highway Vehicles › 13 AAC 02.445 - Riding on snowmobiles and other off-highway vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				  driving a snowmobile or other off-highway vehicle may ride only on a permanent
				  seat attached to the vehicle; no snowmobile or other off-highway vehicle, when
				  driven on a highway, may be used to carry persons other than the driver, unless
				  the vehicle is designed and equipped with a seat for a passenger.
(b) Repealed 6/28/79.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 10 - Special Rules for Snowmobiles and Other Off-Highway Vehicles › 13 AAC 02.455 - Operation on highways and other locations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A snowmobile or
				  an off-highway vehicle may be driven on a roadway or shoulder of a highway only
				  under the following circumstances:
(1) when
				  crossing a highway as provided in (f) of this section, or when traversing a
				  bridge or culvert on a highway, but then only by driving at the extreme
				  right-hand edge of the bridge or culvert and only when the traverse can be
				  completed with safety and without interfering with other traffic on the
				  highway;
(2) when use of the
				  highway by other motor vehicles is impossible because of snow or ice
				  accumulation or other natural conditions or when the highway is posted or
				  otherwise designated as being open to travel by off-highway vehicles;
(3) when highway driving is authorized by an
				  authority having jurisdiction over the highway, but only in accordance with
				  restrictions which may be imposed by that authority with regard to highway use;
				  or
(4) when driven on the
				  right-of-way of a highway which is not a controlled-access highway, outside the
				  roadway or shoulder, and no closer than three feet from the nearest edge of the
				  roadway; night driving may be only on the right-hand side of the highway and in
				  the same direction as the highway motor vehicle traffic in the nearest lane of
				  the roadway; no person may drive an off-highway vehicle within the area
				  dividing the roadways of a divided highway, except to cross the highway as
				  provided in (f) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 10 - Special Rules for Snowmobiles and Other Off-Highway Vehicles › 13 AAC 02.460 - Lamps and other equipment on snow vehicle (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 13 AAC 02.480 - Unattended motor vehicle

Current through May 31, 2024
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle may
					 permit it to stand unattended by an adult person without first stopping the
					 engine, placing the transmission in gear or in park position, locking the
					 ignition, removing the key from the ignition and, if there is not a reasonable
					 possibility of freezing, setting the brake. When standing upon a grade, a
					 driver shall turn the front wheels toward the curb or near the edge of the
					 highway in such a manner that if the unattended vehicle should roll from its
					 standing position, the movement will be in the direction toward the curb or
					 near the edge of the highway and away from the roadway.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 13 AAC 02.482 - Limited use of vehicular ways and areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No pedestrian,
				  rider of a bicycle, or driver of a vehicle may travel on a vehicular way or
				  area as defined in
				  13 AAC 40.010 when it is
				  designated for use by a different mode of travel than that used by the
				  pedestrian, rider of a bicycle, or driver of a vehicle.
(b) A driver of a nonmotorized vehicle
				  traveling upon a vehicular way or area shall, regardless of whether an official
				  traffic-control device is present, yield the right-of-way in the manner
				  specified in sec. 130(c) of this chapter to any traffic using a roadway,
				  driveway, or vehicular way or area on which motor vehicle traffic is
				  authorized.
(c) No driver of an
				  all-purpose vehicle may travel on a public roadway where that travel is
				  prohibited by a local law or ordinance enacted accordance with
				  AS
				  28.01.010.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 13 AAC 02.485 - Limitations on backing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The driver of a vehicle may not back the
				  vehicle unless the movement can be made with safety and without interfering
				  with other traffic.
(b) The driver
				  of a vehicle may not back the vehicle upon the roadway of a controlled-access
				  highway or its entrance and exit ramps, except as may be directed by a police
				  officer, a fireman, or an authorized flagman.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 13 AAC 02.487 - Driving on sidewalk

Current through May 31, 2024
No person may drive a vehicle on a sidewalk or sidewalk
					 area other than upon a permanent or temporary driveway, except as a
					 municipality allows the riding of bicycles on sidewalks outside of a business
					 district.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 13 AAC 02.495 - Riding in and on vehicles and towed objects; boarding and alighting; obstructing of driver's view or driving mechanism

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front or
				  driver's seat more persons or objects than the number for which the seat was
				  designed, so as to unreasonably obstruct the view of the driver to the front or
				  sides of the vehicle or so as to interfere with the driver's control over the
				  driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b) Repealed 6/28/79.
(c) No person may drive a vehicle when he has
				  in his embrace, or holds in his hands, another person or any object in a manner
				  which prevents the free and unhampered operation of the vehicle.
(d) No person may open the door of a motor
				  vehicle unless it is reasonably safe to do so, without interfering with the
				  movement of other traffic. No person may leave a door of a vehicle open on the
				  side of a parked vehicle so as to obstruct the movement of vehicular traffic.
				  No person may enter or leave a vehicle when the vehicle is in motion.
(e) No person may ride on an outside part of
				  a vehicle traveling upon a highway unless that part is specifically designed to
				  carry a passenger when the vehicle is in motion. No person may attach himself
				  or a conveyance or other device to a vehicle for the purpose of riding or being
				  towed.
(f) No person may occupy a
				  trailer or other object when it is being towed, unless the trailer or other
				  object is specifically designed to transport passengers while it is being
				  towed.
(g) Subsections (e) and (f)
				  of this section do not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle, to a vehicle
				  used in construction and maintenance work on, along, or above a highway when
				  the vehicle is actually engaged in the specified work, to a person riding in
				  the open bed of a truck if he is seated on the bed or floor of the vehicle or
				  upon a seat built below the level of the sideboards of the vehicle, or within
				  truck bodies in space intended for merchandise, or to a person riding in a
				  parade.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011