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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 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 13 AAC 02.497 - Funerals and other processions; permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No driver of a
				  vehicle may drive between or position his vehicle between any vehicles
				  comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion.
				  This provision does not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by
				  traffic-control signals or a police officer, fireman, or authorized
				  flagman.
(b) Each driver in a
				  funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the
				  roadway as practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is
				  practicable and safe.
(c) No
				  funeral, procession, or parade containing 200 or more persons or 50 or more
				  vehicles may occupy, march or proceed along a street or other way or area
				  normally open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel except in
				  accordance with a permit issued by the state or local authority having
				  jurisdiction over the street or other way or area, and other statutes,
				  regulations, or ordinances which may apply. This permit requirement does not
				  apply to the armed forces of the United States, the military forces of this
				  state and the forces of the police and fire departments of a political
				  subdivision having local jurisdiction.
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 02.505 - Animals on highways and other areas

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner or
				  attendant of livestock or domestic animals may not allow the animals to be on a
				  highway. This section does not prohibit the movement of livestock across or
				  along a highway from one section of property to another if the livestock are
				  tended and the movement can be made safely.
(b) A pasture, range, barnyard or other
				  livestock area adjacent to a highway must be fenced to prevent livestock from
				  wandering onto the highway, unless the livestock are in a grazing district and
				  are tended as provided in
				  AS
				  03.35.010.
(c) Every person riding an animal or driving
				  an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway has all of the rights and is subject to
				  all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle in this chapter, except
				  those provisions which by their very nature have no application.
(d) No person may drive a motor vehicle on a
				  highway or vehicular way or area, so as to intentionally annoy, injure or kill
				  an animal, except that the owner of livestock or his agents may use motor
				  vehicles in the management and control of their livestock. This subsection does
				  not apply to activity expressly authorized by the Department of Fish and Game,
				  or activity expressly authorized by a federal agency on lands in their
				  respective jurisdictions.
(e) The
				  driver of a motor vehicle shall exercise care to avoid causing a person to lose
				  control of a domestic animal being ridden, herded, tended or otherwise
				  controlled by that person.
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 02.515 - Coasting prohibited

Current through May 31, 2024
The driver of a motor vehicle, when traveling upon a
					 highway, may not drive the vehicle with its gears or transmission in neutral,
					 with its clutch disengaged, or otherwise cause the vehicle to
					 coast.
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 02.517 - Authorized and other emergency vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The driver of
				  an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, when in
				  pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of a statute, regulation or
				  ordinance, when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, or in
				  the performance of his official duties may disregard a statute, regulation or
				  ordinance governing the operation, stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle,
				  except as provided in this section.
(b) The driver of an authorized emergency
				  vehicle when responding to an emergency must use an audible signal meeting the
				  requirements of
				  13 AAC 04.210(d)
				  and visual signals meeting the requirements of
				  13 AAC 04.090, except that an
				  authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not display a
				  red light visible from in front of the vehicle and except as provided in (c) of
				  this section.
(c) A driver of an
				  authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing in disregard
				  of a regulation or ordinance prohibiting the parking, stopping or standing may
				  not use an audible signal.
(d) The
				  driver of an off-highway vehicle may operate the vehicle upon a highway or
				  railroad right-of-way when the vehicle is serving as an authorized emergency
				  vehicle.
(e) A person driving a
				  vehicle displaying a flashing blue light meeting the requirements of
				  13 AAC 04.100 when responding to,
				  but not upon returning from, an emergency, may, if not otherwise prohibited by
				  a municipality, without undue danger to the safety of other persons or property
(1) park or stand the vehicle in violation of
				  a traffic regulation or ordinance or near the scene of the fire to which he
				  responded;
(2) except as provided
				  in (f) of this section, exceed the maximum speed limit if he does not
				  unreasonably endanger life or property, slows at each intersection, and
				  exercises care under the circumstances; and
(3) disregard regulations or ordinances
				  governing direction, movement or turning in a specified direction if he does so
				  at a speed less than the maximum speed limit for that location.
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 02.520 - Following authorized emergency vehicle; interference at scene of accident; crossing fire hose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A driver of a vehicle, other than one on
				  official business with respect to the emergency to which an emergency vehicle
				  is responding, may not follow an authorized emergency vehicle traveling in
				  response to an emergency and displaying visual or audible signals, as required
				  by sec. 517 of this chapter, closer than 500 feet. A driver may not stop, stand
				  or park his vehicle within 500 feet of fire apparatus stopped in answer to a
				  fire alarm.
(b) No person may stop
				  or park a vehicle in the vicinity of an accident or other emergency so as to
				  interfere with the movement of emergency vehicles or injured persons, or create
				  additional hazards to the safety of persons by blocking the visibility of
				  flares or other emergency signaling devices.
(c) No person may drive a vehicle over an
				  unprotected fire hose when laid down on a street, private road, driveway or
				  other location when it is being used in response to an emergency call, unless
				  authorized, or directed to do so by a fireman.
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 02.530 - Littering, depositing materials, and dragging objects prohibited

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  throw, deposit or allow to be thrown or deposited upon a highway or vehicular
				  way or area litter, garbage, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, oil or any other
				  substance. A person who throws, deposits, or allows to be thrown or deposited
				  such substances shall immediately remove or cause to be removed those
				  substances. A person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall
				  remove any glass or other substance dropped upon the highway from that
				  vehicle.
(b) No person may divert
				  or drain water to, or upon a highway, nor may a person push or otherwise
				  deposit snow or ice onto a highway in a manner or in quantities which may
				  constitute a hazard to snow removal equipment or other traffic.
(c) Repealed 6/28/79.
(d) No person may haul or drag any material
				  or object along or over a highway or vehicular way or area in a manner that
				  allows or causes a portion of the material or object to rest upon or come in
				  contact with the surface of the highway or vehicular way or area if the
				  material or object is likely to damage or damages the surface or creates a
				  hazard to other vehicles or pedestrians.
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 02.532 - Railroad trains not to block roadways

Current through May 31, 2024
Except as otherwise provided by federal laws or
					 regulations, no person may operate a train or railroad crossing gate or signal
					 device in a manner which prevents vehicular use of a roadway for a period of
					 time in excess of five consecutive minutes except
(1) when necessary to comply with signals
				  affecting the safety of the movement of trains;
(2) when necessary to avoid striking an
				  object or person on the track;
(3)
				  when the train is disabled;
(4)
				  when the train is in motion; or
(5)
				  when there is no vehicular traffic waiting to use the crossing.
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 02.545 - Drivers to exercise care

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  drink an intoxicating beverage while driving a vehicle.
(b) Every driver of a vehicle shall exercise
				  care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian, an animal or another
				  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 12 - General Provisions › 13 AAC 02.560 - Application of traffic regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
The traffic regulations apply exclusively to the equipping,
					 condition, movement or operation of a vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle,
					 motor-driven cycle, person or animal upon a highway or a state-operated and
					 maintained ferry facility except where a limited application or a different
					 place is specifically referred to in a section.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 1 - Traffic-Control Devices › 13 AAC 03.005 - Obedience to and required traffic-control devices

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A pedestrian
				  and a driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall obey the instructions of an
				  applicable official traffic-control device placed and displayed in accordance
				  with the provisions of AS 28, 13 AAC, or an ordinance, unless otherwise
				  directed by a police officer or other authorized person directing traffic, or
				  as provided for in
				  13 AAC 02.517 and
				  13 AAC 02.520 for emergency
				  vehicles.
(b) A provision of this
				  chapter that requires an official traffic-control device may not be enforced
				  against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation,
				  an official traffic-control device is not operable or is not in a position that
				  is sufficiently visible and legible so as to be observed by a reasonably
				  observant person.
(c) When an
				  official traffic-control device is placed in a position and displayed under the
				  requirements of this chapter, the device is presumed to have been placed and
				  displayed by an official act or direction of lawful authority, and is presumed
				  to comply with the requirements and provisions of this chapter unless the
				  contrary is established by competent evidence.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 1 - Traffic-Control Devices › 13 AAC 03.010 - Traffic-control signal legend

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When traffic is
				  controlled by an official traffic-control signal displaying colored lights or
				  lighted arrows, only green, red, and yellow may be used except for a special
				  pedestrian signal carrying a word legend. The lights and arrows apply to a
				  driver of a commercial motor vehicle and a pedestrian as follows:
(1) green signal
(A) vehicular traffic facing a circular green
				  signal may proceed through or turn right or left, unless a sign at the location
				  prohibits the turn; vehicular traffic, including a commercial motor vehicle
				  turning right or left, must yield the right-of-way to another vehicle or to a
				  pedestrian lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the
				  time the signal is exhibited;
(B)
				  vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal may cautiously enter the
				  intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow, or other movement
				  permitted by other signals or signs, shown at the same time; vehicular traffic
				  must yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian within an adjacent crosswalk and to
				  other traffic lawfully using the intersection; display of a green arrow signal
				  indicates that the movement indicated by the arrow is not impeded by oncoming
				  traffic;
(C) unless otherwise
				  directed by a pedestrian-control signal, as provided in
				  13 AAC 02.015, a pedestrian facing
				  a green signal, except when the green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed
				  across the roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.050 - Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions and special situations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon
				  a roadway of sufficient width, a vehicle must be driven upon the right half of
				  the roadway, except as follows:
(1) when
				  overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or
				  when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into an alley, private
				  road, or driveway;
(2) when
				  traveling upon a roadway that is
(A) marked or
				  divided in accordance with
				  13 AAC 02.025,
				  13 AAC 03.085, or
				  13 AAC 03.095; or
(B) restricted to one-way traffic;
				  or
(3) when an
				  obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of
				  the highway; a driver must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles traveling in
				  the opposite direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.055 - Passing on right

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (c) of this
				  section, the driver of a commercial motor vehicle may overtake and pass on the
				  right of another vehicle only under conditions permitting the movement in
				  safety, and
(1) when the vehicle overtaken is
				  making, or is about to make, a left turn from a lane to the left of the
				  overtaking vehicle, or is stopped or disabled; or
(2) when the vehicles are traveling upon an
				  unobstructed roadway of sufficient width for two or more lines of vehicles,
				  moving lawfully in the direction of the overtaking vehicle.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.060 - Limitations on driving left of center

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vehicle may
				  not be driven on the left side of a roadway when:
(1) approaching or upon the crest of a grade
				  or a curve in a highway where the driver's view is obstructed for a distance
				  that creates a hazard if another vehicle is approaching from the opposite
				  direction;
(2) within 100 feet of
				  or traversing an intersection or railroad grade crossing; or
(3) the driver's view is obstructed upon
				  approaching within 100 feet of a bridge, viaduct, or tunnel.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.065 - Overtaking a vehicle on the left; limitations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in
				  13 AAC 03.055, the driver of a
				  commercial motor vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same
				  direction shall pass at a safe distance to the left of the vehicle being
				  overtaken, and may not return to the right side of the roadway, until safely
				  clear of the vehicle being overtaken. Upon audible signal, the driver of the
				  vehicle being overtaken shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking
				  vehicle. If the driver of the overtaking vehicle must perform the passing
				  maneuver in a lane reserved for oncoming traffic, the driver of the vehicle
				  being overtaken may not increase the speed of the vehicle until the overtaking
				  commercial motor vehicle has passed and driven back to the right side of the
				  roadway.
(b) A commercial motor
				  vehicle may not be driven to the left side of the center of a roadway when
				  overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless
				  authorized by this chapter and unless the left side of the roadway is clearly
				  visible and free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit
				  the overtaking and passing to be completed without interfering with the flow of
				  traffic approaching from the opposite direction or with a vehicle overtaken.
				  The overtaking commercial motor vehicle must return to an authorized lane of
				  travel as soon as practicable and, if the passing movement involves the use of
				  a lane authorized for a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, before
				  coming within 200 feet of an approaching vehicle.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.070 - Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions

Current through May 31, 2024
Drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are proceeding in
					 opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and, if the roadway is
					 wide enough for only one line of traffic in each direction, each driver, to the
					 extent possible, shall give to the other at least one-half of the
					 roadway.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.080 - One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the
				  Department of Transportation and Public Facilities or a municipality, with
				  respect to highways under their jurisdictions, designates a highway, roadway,
				  part of a roadway, or specific lanes for one-way traffic, it must erect
				  traffic-control devices informing the driver of the one-way traffic lane or
				  lanes.
(b) Upon a roadway
				  designated for one-way traffic, a commercial motor vehicle must be driven only
				  in the direction designated by the traffic-control device.
(c) A commercial motor vehicle passing around
				  a rotary traffic island shall be driven to the right of the island.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.085 - Driving on roadways laned for traffic

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A commercial
				  motor vehicle must be driven as nearly as practicable within a single lane, and
				  may not be moved from that lane until the driver has first determined that the
				  movement can be made safely.
(b)
				  Upon a roadway that is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way
				  movement of traffic, a commercial motor vehicle may not be driven in the center
				  lane, except
(1) when overtaking and passing
				  another vehicle traveling in the same direction when the center lane is clear
				  of traffic for a safe distance;
(2)
				  in preparation for making or completing a left turn; or
(3) when the center lane is allocated
				  exclusively to traffic moving in the direction that the vehicle is
				  proceeding.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.090 - Following too closely

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle
				  may not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent,
				  considering the speed of the vehicles, the traffic upon the roadway, and the
				  condition of the roadway.
(b) When
				  a commercial motor vehicle is towing another vehicle, traveling upon a roadway
				  outside a business or residence district, and following another commercial
				  motor vehicle that is also towing a vehicle the driver shall, when conditions
				  permit, leave sufficient space between the driver's vehicle and the vehicle
				  being towed in front of the driver's vehicle so that an overtaking vehicle may
				  enter and occupy the space between the towing vehicles without danger. This
				  subsection does not prevent a commercial motor vehicle towing another vehicle
				  from overtaking and passing another vehicle.
(c) A commercial motor vehicle traveling in a
				  caravan or motorcade upon a roadway outside a business or residence district,
				  must be operated so as to allow sufficient space between each vehicle or
				  combination of vehicles to enable another vehicle to enter and occupy the space
				  without danger. This subsection does not apply to a funeral
				  procession.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.095 - Use of divided and controlled-access highways - Restrictions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When traveling
				  on a highway that has been divided into two or more roadways by an intervening
				  space, physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section constructed to
				  impede vehicular traffic, a commercial motor vehicle must be driven on the
				  right-hand roadway unless directed or permitted to use the lefthand roadway by
				  an official traffic-control device, police officer, fireman, or authorized
				  flagman. A commercial motor vehicle may not be driven over, across, or within
				  the dividing space, barrier, or section, except
(1) through an opening or at an established
				  crossover or intersection; or
(2)
				  when specifically directed to do so by state or local authority.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 2 - Use of Roadway › 13 AAC 03.107 - Driving on mountain highways

Current through May 31, 2024
The driver of a commercial motor vehicle traveling on a
					 mountain roadway, through a canyon, or on other terrain in which the roadway is
					 narrow and winding, or where visibility is restricted, shall drive the
					 commercial motor vehicle as near the right-hand edge of the roadway as is
					 reasonably practicable. If the driver believes it is necessary to assure safe
					 operation, the driver may give an audible warning with a horn when approaching
					 the crest of a grade or a curve where the view is obstructed for 200 feet or
					 more along the roadway as measured from the front of the driver's commercial
					 motor vehicle.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 3 - Pedestrian Rights and Duties › 13 AAC 03.155 - Pedestrian right-of-way in safety zones

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in
				  13 AAC 02.195, when a
				  traffic-control signal is not in place or not in operation, the driver of a
				  commercial motor vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian who is on
				  a side-walk, in a vehicular way or area, or who is crossing a roadway within a
				  crosswalk and who is on the same half of the roadway upon which the commercial
				  motor vehicle is traveling or is approaching so closely from the opposite half
				  of the roadway as to be in danger.
(b) A pedestrian may not leave a curb or
				  other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a commercial motor
				  vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(c) When a motor vehicle is stopped at a
				  marked crosswalk or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a
				  pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of a commercial motor vehicle
				  approaching from the rear may not overtake and pass the stopped
				  vehicle.
(d) A pedestrian shall
				  move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of the crosswalk.
(e) A commercial motor vehicle may not be
				  driven through or within a safety zone.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 03.275 - Basic rule and maximum limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not drive a commercial motor vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and
				  prudent considering the traffic, roadway, and weather conditions.
(b) Except when another speed limit is posted
				  in accordance with
				  13 AAC 03.280 or when a special
				  hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with (a) of this
				  section, the following limits are the maximum lawful speeds throughout the
				  state, and a person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle at a speed in
				  excess of these maximum limits:
(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 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 03.280 - Alteration of limits by state and municipalities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the
				  Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, with assistance from the
				  department or a municipality in accordance with
				  AS
				  28.01.010, determines upon the basis of an
				  engineering and traffic investigation that a maximum speed prescribed for a
				  commercial motor vehicle in
				  13 AAC 03.275(b)
				  is greater or lesser than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to
				  exist at an intersection, an arterial street, or at any other place or part of
				  the state or municipal highway system, the department or municipality with
				  jurisdiction may determine a reasonable and safe maximum limit at the location.
				  The maximum speed limit is effective when signs identifying the maximum limit
				  are erected.
(b) An 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 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 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 03.295 - Minimum speed regulation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not drive a commercial 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 a statute, regulation, or ordinance.
(b) If the Department of Transportation and
				  Public Facilities, or a municipality, in their respective jurisdictions,
				  determines under
				  13 AAC 03.280 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 to
				  exceed 55 miles per hour, for that highway or part of a highway below which a
				  person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle, except when necessary as
				  provided for in (a) of this section. The minimum speed 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 03 - Commercial Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road › Article 4 - Speed Restrictions › 13 AAC 03.325 - Special speed limitations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				  Reserved.
(b) A person may not
				  drive a commercial motor vehicle that is towing a mobile home at a speed
				  greater than 45 miles per hour.
(c)
				  A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle equipped with lighted
				  headlights described in
				  13 AAC 04.020(g)
				  at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.
(d) A person may not drive a commercial motor
				  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. A speed zone extends 300 feet in either
				  direction from a marked school playground crosswalk.
(e) A person driving a commercial motor
				  vehicle that is passing a school bus displaying alternately flashing yellow
				  lights in accordance with
				  13 AAC 04.097(b)
				  may not exceed a speed of 20 miles per hour.
(f) A person may not drive a commercial motor
				  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, with a gross weight, or of a size
				  that is greater than the maximum speed, weight, or size identified by an
				  official traffic-control device.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.001 - Scope and effect of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  6/28/79.
(b) Nothing in this
				  chapter may be construed to prohibit equipment required by the United States
				  Department of Transportation or the use of a part or accessory on a vehicle not
				  inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. A federal motor vehicle
				  safety standard which conflicts with a provision of this chapter supercedes the
				  provision in this chapter with respect to a vehicle which must comply with the
				  federal standard.
(c) The
				  provisions of this chapter which require equipment on vehicles do not apply to
				  implements of husbandry, special mobile equipment, motor-driven cycles,
				  bicycles, or snowmobiles or other off-highway vehicles, except as specifically
				  provided in this chapter.
(d) The
				  requirements of secs. 35 - 40 of this chapter do not apply to a vehicle of the
				  armed forces, except as specifically provided in secs. 25 - 35 of this chapter.
				  In this chapter, "vehicle of the armed forces," means a combat vehicle or other
				  vehicle participating in a combat training exercise where the use of lights or
				  reflectors may be against combat principles, while operated in the immediate
				  exercise area; it does not include a passenger vehicle, bus, truck, truck
				  tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, tow car or other vehicle using a
				  highway in support of a military base or installation to transport persons,
				  commodities or equipment, unless actually participating in a combat training
				  exercise as provided in this section.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.002 - Unlawful to drive unsafe vehicle or violate chapter

Current through May 31, 2024
No person may violate this chapter, drive or move or cause
					 or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on a highway or other vehicular way
					 or area, a vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition,
					 or is not equipped as required in this chapter or which is otherwise equipped
					 in violation of this chapter. If an unsafe vehicle must, for any reason, be
					 operated on a highway or vehicular way or area, the driver, owner, dealer or
					 repair business having knowledge of the condition must notify the
					 department.
Authority:
AS
						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.003 - Minimum equipment required on vehicle for sale, rent, lease, or loan

Current through May 31, 2024
No person may sell or offer for sale, rent, lease, or loan,
					 a vehicle unless it is equipped with the devices and equipment required by this
					 chapter or other law for operation on a highway or vehicular way or area, and
					 is in a safe condition and in good working order.
This section is based on
						13 AAC 04.305 and
						310.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.004 - Sale or use of equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  sell or offer for sale or use a vehicle, equipment or device which does not
				  meet the requirements of this chapter or other law. The provisions of this
				  section do not apply to equipment that complies with requirements in effect
				  before the effective date of this section and in use when this chapter takes
				  effect, or to replacement parts of that equipment.
(b) Any equipment described in this chapter
				  or any package containing the equipment must, if practicable, bear the
				  manufacturer's trade mark or brand name, unless the equipment complies with
				  identification requirements of the United States Department of Transportation
				  or other federal agencies.
(c) No
				  person engaged in the business of selling bicycles at retail may sell a bicycle
				  unless the bicycle has an identifying number permanently stamped or cast on its
				  frame.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.005 - Disconnection or alteration of equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a vehicle
				  intended to be operated on a public roadway, no person may disconnect or alter,
				  except as is necessary in the repair or replacement of parts, equipment
				  required by this chapter, unless the equipment is by nature designed and
				  intended for disconnection or alteration;
(b) No person may operate a motor vehicle
				  upon a public roadway which violates the following limitations or prohibitions:
(1) a motor vehicle may not be modified or
				  altered from the original design so that any portion of the vehicle, other than
				  the wheels, has less clearance from the surface of a level roadway than the
				  clearance between the roadway and the lower most portion of any rim of any
				  wheel in contact with the roadway;
(2) a motor vehicle may not be modified to
				  position the lowest portion of the body floor more than three inches above the
				  top of the frame, or to result in a maximum frame height or body floor height
				  greater than 24 inches for a vehicle of up to 4,500 pounds GVWR, 26 inches for
				  4,501 - 7,500 pounds GVWR, or 28 inches for 7,501 - 10,000 pounds
				  GVWR.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.006 - When inspection required; roadside inspection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A police
				  officer or other person authorized by the department, having reasonable cause
				  to believe that a vehicle is unsafe, not equipped as required in this chapter
				  or in AS 28, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, may
				  require the driver of the vehicle to stop and submit the vehicle to an
				  inspection and tests as may be appropriate.
(b) A driver of a vehicle shall stop and
				  submit the vehicle to a roadside inspection when a member of the Alaska State
				  Troopers, uniformed police officer, or a person otherwise authorized by the
				  department is conducting tests and inspections of vehicles and when a sign is
				  displayed requiring a stop, or when a uniformed officer is present and signals
				  the driver to stop. The signs requiring a stop for inspection may specify the
				  particular class or type of vehicle required to stop and, when so designated, a
				  driver of another class or type of vehicle need not stop.
(c) The owner or driver of a vehicle may not
				  refuse to submit a vehicle to an inspection or test authorized or required
				  under this chapter.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.007 - Unsafe or defectively equipped vehicle

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A police
				  officer may issue a citation to the driver or owner of a vehicle which is not
				  in safe mechanical condition or properly equipped as required in this chapter
				  or in AS 28. A citation issued under this section must specify the section of
				  this chapter or AS 28 which has been violated, the repair or adjustment to be
				  made, and require the driver or owner to appear in court after a period of at
				  least five days, holidays and weekends excluded, from the date of the
				  violation.
(b) The citation issued
				  under (a) of this section requires the driver or owner of the vehicle specified
				  in the citation to repair the vehicle so that it is in safe condition and its
				  equipment is in proper repair and adjustment. The citation also requires the
				  owner or driver to secure a certificate of inspection and approval before any
				  further driving or movement on a highway or vehicular way or area, except as
				  provided in (c) of this section.
(c) No person may drive or move a vehicle
				  after being directed under this section to have it repaired or adjusted, except
				  as may be necessary to return the vehicle to the residence or place of business
				  of the owner or driver of the vehicle or to a garage, until the vehicle and its
				  equipment have been repaired or adjusted as required by the citation. If repair
				  or adjustment of a vehicle or its equipment is found necessary upon inspection,
				  the owner or driver of the vehicle may obtain the repair or adjustment at a
				  place of his choosing, within a 100-mile radius of the place where the citation
				  issued under (a) of this section was issued, or otherwise at the nearest place
				  of repair.
(d) If a vehicle is, in
				  the reasonable judgment of the person issuing the citation, in a condition that
				  further driving or movement would be hazardous, the person issuing the citation
				  may require that the vehicle not be driven or moved under its own power, or
				  that it be driven to the nearest garage or other place of safety. This section
				  does not preclude the impounding of a vehicle as provided in AS 28 if, in the
				  opinion of the person authorized to perform inspections under this chapter, the
				  vehicle is so defective or unsafe as to create a hazard if driven or moved upon
				  a highway or vehicular way or area.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.008 - Disposition of equipment citation

Current through May 31, 2024
A driver or owner of a vehicle cited under
					 13 AAC 04.007, other than a
					 commercial motor vehicle as defined in AS 28.32.900, may, at any time before
					 the specified date for court appearance, appear at an Alaska State Trooper
					 office, the office of the police agency that conducted the inspection, or an
					 official inspection station, and present evidence of having made the required
					 repairs or adjustments, or present the vehicle for reinspection. If the
					 defective part or item is found to be in good repair and adjustment, and the
					 vehicle otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter and AS 28, the
					 inspection officer or official shall void the citation and notify the court of
					 the action taken.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
AS 28.32.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 1 - Scope and Effect of Regulations - Standards and Inspections › 13 AAC 04.009 - Prohibited practices

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may repair or adjust a vehicle
				  unless the repair or adjustment is in accord with acceptable or customary
				  repair practices, applicable provisions of this chapter and AS 28, or other
				  law.
(b) No person may willfully
				  conceal or misrepresent the identity or condition of a vehicle, make a false or
				  misleading statement or present false evidence in connection with the
				  inspection, repair, or adjustment of a vehicle.
(c) No police officer or other person
				  authorized to perform inspections under this chapter may direct or recommend
				  that a repair or adjustment of a vehicle or its equipment be made by a
				  particular person, or perform repair or adjustment at a roadside inspection
				  area for compensation. A person may not solicit, at a roadside inspection area
				  or upon an adjacent highway, any repair or adjustment business for
				  compensation.
Authority:
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						28.05.011
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 2 - Lighting Equipment › 13 AAC 04.010 - When lights are required

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Every vehicle
				  traveling on a highway or other vehicular way or area within the state must
				  illuminate lights
(1) between one half hour
				  after sunset and one half hour before sunrise; or
(2) at any other time when, because of
				  insufficient light or other atmospheric conditions, persons or vehicles on the
				  highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1000 feet.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 13 - Public Safety › Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers › Chapter 04 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Vehicle Equipment and Inspection › Article 2 - Lighting Equipment › 13 AAC 04.015 - Visibility distance and mounted height of lights

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When a section
				  of this chapter provides that the distance from which lights and reflectors
				  must render objects visible or be visible, the requirement applies during the
				  times provided in sec. 10 of this chapter for a vehicle without load when upon
				  a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions,
				  unless a different time or condition is expressly stated. Lights must be
				  maintained in good working order and kept clear of any obstruction which may
				  reduce visibility, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
(b) Repealed 6/28/79.
(c) When a provision of this chapter
				  addresses the mounted height of lights or reflectors, the measurement specified
				  is from the center of the light or reflector to the level ground upon which the
				  vehicle stands when the vehicle is without a load.
(d) Lights required under this chapter must
				  be maintained in good working order, securely mounted to prevent misdirection
				  of light beams, and kept clear of any obstruction which might reduce
				  visibility, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
Authority:
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						28.05.011