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Chapter 304

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 304

Traffic Regulations

304.001Definitions for chapter 304 and chapter 307 304.005Autocycle — defined—protective headgear not required — valid driver's license required to operate 304.009Speed limit — violation, penalty 304.010Definitions — maximum speed limits — cities, towns, villages, certain counties, may set speed limit, how set — slower speeds set, when — violations, penalty 304.011Slow speed, regulation of — agricultural implements, slower speeds, when, special permits required — penalties 304.012Motorists to exercise highest degree of care — violation, penalty 304.013All-terrain vehicles, prohibited on highways, rivers or streams of this state, exceptions, operational requirements — special permits — prohibited uses — penalty 304.014Rules of the road to be observed 304.015Drive on right of highway — traffic lanes — signs — violations, penalties 304.016Passing regulations — violations, penalties 304.017Distance at which vehicle must follow, penalty 304.019Hand and mechanical signals, violations, penalty 304.022Emergency and stationary vehicles — use of lights and sirens — right-of-way — procedure — penalty 304.023Passing stopped streetcars, penalty 304.024Crosswalks and parking regulations established — signs — violation, an infraction 304.025Highway and vehicle defined 304.027Spinal cord injury fund created, uses — surcharge imposed, when 304.028Brain injury fund created, moneys in fund, uses — surcharge imposed, when 304.029Operation of low-speed vehicles on highway, permitted when — exemptions 304.030Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossing, when — exception, requirements 304.031Traffic signal preemption system, use of, permitted when — violations, penalty 304.032Utility vehicles, operation on highway and in streams or rivers prohibited — exceptions — passengers prohibited — violations, penalty 304.033Recreational off-highway vehicles, operation on highways prohibited, exceptions — operation within streams and rivers prohibited, exceptions — license required for operation, exception 304.034Municipalities may regulate golf cart and motorized wheelchair usage on streets and highways 304.035Stop required at railroad grade crossing, when — commercial motor vehicles, speed at crossings — penalty 304.040Failure to stop, penalty 304.044Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet — penalty 304.050School buses, drivers to stop for, when — signs required on buses — crossing control arm — bus driver responsibilities — driver identity rebuttable presumption, when (Jessica's Law)304.060School buses and other district vehicles, use to be regulated by board — field trips in common carriers, regulation authorized — violation by employee, effect — St. Louis County buses may use word "special"304.070Violation of section 304.050, penalty 304.075School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor 304.076Head Start buses to bear signs 304.079Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when 304.080Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions — cane or dog not required to enforce rights, when 304.110Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty 304.120Municipal regulations — owner or lessor not liable for violations, when 304.125Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception 304.130Regulation of vehicular traffic — notice, hearings — approval — publication of notice (first class counties)304.140Penalty for violations 304.145Stunt driving prohibited — definitions — violations, penalties — probation and parole restrictions 304.151Driver's responsibility not to obstruct traffic — written warning, infraction, effective date 304.152Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited 304.153Tow companies or tow lists, utilization of by law enforcement and state transportation employees—definitions—requirements—unauthorized towing, penalty—inapplicability 304.154Towing truck company requirements—access to towed vehicles by insurance adjusters—notice to vehicle owner of transfer from storage lot or facility—display of tow company address, when 304.155Abandoned motor vehicles on public property, removal — hazards on land and water, removal, limited liability, when — towing of property report to highway or water patrol or crime inquiry and inspection report when, owner liable for costs — check for stolen vehicles procedure — reclaiming vehicle — lien for charges — record maintenance by towing companies — lienholder repossession, procedure 304.156Notice to towing company, owner or lienholder, when — storage charges, when authorized — search of vehicle for ownership documents — petition, determination of wrongful taking — possessory lien, new title, how issued — sale of abandoned property by municipality or county — towing company, new title when 304.157Vehicles left unattended or improperly parked on private property of another, procedure for removal and disposition — violation of certain required procedure, penalty 304.158Notice to owner of abandoned property — duty of real property owner — liability of towing company — recovery for damages to real property, when — liability of real property owner for towing charges, when — information to be displayed on wrecker — towing charges — storage facility charges, method of payment — authorization of real property owner to tow, violation, penalty — ordinances specifying charges — violations of towing laws, penalties 304.159Municipality may prohibit storage of certain vehicles, exceptions 304.160Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty 304.170Regulations as to width, height and length of vehicles — inapplicability, when — implements of husbandry defined — sludge disposal units 304.172Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions 304.174Size and load restrictions not applicable to wreckers, tow trucks, rollbacks and car carriers, when 304.180Regulations as to weight — axle load, tandem axle defined — transport of specific items, total gross weight permitted — requirements during disasters — specific vehicles, maximum weight 304.181Buses, axle weight limits 304.184Transportation of solid waste, weight restrictions for trucks and tractor-trailers 304.190Height and weight regulations (cities of 75,000 or more) — commercial zone defined 304.200Special permits for oversize or overweight loads — rules for issuing — when valid 304.210Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission — notice 304.220Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when — penalty for violation 304.230Enforcement of load laws — commercial vehicle inspectors, powers 304.232Municipal law enforcement officers, state highway patrol to approve certification procedures — fees — requirements — random roadside inspections prohibited, when — rulemaking authority 304.235Commercial vehicles licensed for eighteen thousand pounds or less not to stop at weigh station or be otherwise identified — confidentiality rules do not apply to commercial vehicle enforcement officers, when — penalty for evading weigh station 304.240Violation of load law a misdemeanor — penalty — local log truck and local log truck tractor, violation, penalty 304.250Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles — penalty 304.260Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission 304.271Observance of traffic-control devices — presumptions — penalty 304.281Rules for traffic where controlled by light signals — right turn on red light, when — violations, penalty 304.285Red light violations by motorcycles or bicycles, affirmative defense, when 304.289Timing of signals, minimum interval times to be established 304.291Rules for pedestrians controlled by special signs 304.301Rules for vehicular traffic controlled by flashing signals — violation, penalty 304.311Observance of lane — direction — control signals 304.321Unauthorized signal devices prohibited — trafficway not to be used for signs — nuisances declared 304.331Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited 304.341Turns at intersection — violation, penalty 304.351Right-of-way at intersection — signs at intersections — violation, penalty — additional penalties — definitions — order of suspension, contents, appeal 304.361Penalty for violation of sections 304.271 to 304.351 304.373Hazardous materials, requirements for transportation — violations, penalties 304.570Penalty for violations 304.580Definitions 304.582Fines for moving violations — fines for violations in work or construction zones — signs required for assessing fines — penalty for passing in work or construction zones — not applicable to court costs 304.585Endangerment of a highway worker defined — fine, points assessed — aggravated endangerment of a highway worker, fine, points assessed — offense not applicable in absence of workers in zone — no citation or conviction, when — revocation of driver's license, when 304.590Travel safe zone defined — doubling of fine for violation in — signage required 304.665Riding in open bed of truck prohibited, when, exceptions, penalty 304.670Collection and maintenance of certain information regarding traffic law enforcement, analyses to be conducted 304.678Distance to be maintained when overtaking a bicycle — violation, penalty 304.705Certain trucks not to drive in far left lane of certain interstate highways (St. Charles and Jefferson counties)304.725Veterans displaying special license plates or certain military medal recipients may park without charge in metered parking — windshield placard for veterans and certain military medal recipients — exceptions 304.822Electronic communication device, use of while driving prohibited, when — citation of law — definitions — school bus operations, prohibited acts — inapplicability, when — penalties for violations — search of device, right to decline — preemption 304.890Definitions 304.892Violations, penalties 304.894Offense of endangerment of an emergency responder, elements — penalties — revocation of driver's license, when 304.900Personal delivery devices, authority to operate — definitions — requirements — insurance — lighting equipment required, when — personally identifiable likeness, sale of prohibited