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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road.
- 63-3-1 - Short title.
- 63-3-3 - Construction of chapter.
- 63-3-5 - Application of provisions of chapter relating to operation of vehicles.
- 63-3-7 - Compilation, printing and distribution of provisions of chapter.
- 63-3-9 - Teaching of provisions of chapter in public schools.
- 63-3-11 - Right to recover damages in civil suit unaffected by provisions of chapter.
- 63-3-101 - Applicability of definitions.
- 63-3-103 - Vehicles.
- 63-3-105 - Tractors.
- 63-3-107 - Trailers.
- 63-3-109 - Railroads.
- 63-3-111 - Tires.
- 63-3-113 - Explosives and flammable liquids.
- 63-3-115 - Department of public safety.
- 63-3-117 - Local authorities.
- 63-3-119 - Police officers.
- 63-3-121 - Individuals.
- 63-3-123 - Traffic.
- 63-3-125 - Streets, roads, and highways.
- 63-3-127 - Crosswalks.
- 63-3-129 - Intersections.
- 63-3-131 - Safety zones.
- 63-3-133 - Traffic signals or devices.
- 63-3-135 - Right-of-way.
- 63-3-137 - Stopping, standing, and parking.
- 63-3-139 - Districts.
- 63-3-201 - Offenses and penalties generally.
- 63-3-203 - Failure or refusal to comply with order or direction of police officer.
- 63-3-205 - Applicability of chapter to various public officers and employees.
- 63-3-207 - Applicability of chapter to persons riding bicycles or animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.
- 63-3-208 - Use of electric personal assistive mobility devices allowed on highways and sidewalks; restrictions.
- 63-3-209 - Uniformity of application of chapter throughout state; local traffic regulation generally.
- 63-3-211 - Enactment of traffic regulations by local authorities.
- 63-3-212 - Localities prohibited from enacting ordinances restricting cell phone use in motor vehicles.
- 63-3-213 - Effect of chapter upon rights of owners of certain real property.
- 63-3-301 - Adoption of uniform system of traffic-control devices.
- 63-3-303 - Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon state and county highways; placement of devices upon such highways by local authorities.
- 63-3-305 - Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon highways under local jurisdiction.
- 63-3-307 - Reflectors on bridges in state highway system.
- 63-3-309 - Traffic-control signal colors and rules.
- 63-3-311 - Flashing signal colors and rules.
- 63-3-313 - Disobedience of official traffic-control devices.
- 63-3-315 - Obedience of official traffic-control devices by emergency vehicles.
- 63-3-317 - Unauthorized signs, signals, markings and devices.
- 63-3-319 - Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals.
- 63-3-321 - Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; offenses.
- 63-3-323 - Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; definitions.
- 63-3-325 - Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; penalties.
- 63-3-401 - Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in personal injury or death; offenses and penalties.
- 63-3-403 - Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in property damage to attended vehicle; offenses and penalties.
- 63-3-405 - Duty of driver involved in accident resulting in injury or death or property damage to give information and render aid; liability for rendering assistance.
- 63-3-407 - Duties of driver involved in accident involving unattended vehicle.
- 63-3-409 - Duties of driver striking fixtures upon or adjacent to highway.
- 63-3-411 - Duties of drivers involved in accidents involving injury or death or property damage of $500 or more to report accidents; supplemental reports; investigations and reports by law enforcement officers.
- 63-3-413 - Reporting of accident by occupant of vehicle when driver incapable of reporting.
- 63-3-415 - Accident report forms.
- 63-3-417 - Disclosure of information in accident reports; fraudulently obtaining information contained in report; penalties.
- 63-3-419 - Reporting by hospitals and medical examiners of deaths from motor vehicle accidents.
- 63-3-421 - Tabulation and analysis of accident reports.
- 63-3-423 - Requirement of accident reports by municipal corporations; confidentiality of reports.
- 63-3-501 - Maximum speed limits on state, interstate and controlled access highways; maximum speed limit on toll roads.
- 63-3-503 - Modification of maximum speed limits by state highway commission; maximum penalties for violations.
- 63-3-505 - Conditions under which speed must be decreased.
- 63-3-507 - Details of complaint and summons or notice to appear alleging speeding violation.
- 63-3-509 - Minimum speed limits.
- 63-3-511 - Modification of speed limits by local authorities; establishment of speed limits upon roads of correctional facilities; modification of local limits to conform to lower limits established by state highway commission.
- 63-3-513 - Special speed limitation on bridges and elevated structures; proof of violations.
- 63-3-515 - Speed limits near schools and churches, upon levees and causeways, and in other designated special zones.
- 63-3-516 - Speed limits within highway work zones; penalties for violations.
- 63-3-517 - Applicability of speed restrictions to emergency vehicles; duties of drivers of emergency vehicles.
- 63-3-519 - Use of radar speed detection equipment; authorization and limitations.
- 63-3-521 - Use of radar speed detection equipment; penalties for violations.
- 63-3-601 - Vehicles to be driven on right half of roadway; exceptions.
- 63-3-603 - Driving on roadways laned for traffic.
- 63-3-605 - Driving upon one-way roadways and around rotary traffic islands.
- 63-3-607 - Passing by vehicles proceeding in opposite directions.
- 63-3-609 - Overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in same direction.
- 63-3-611 - Overtaking and passing vehicles on left side of roadway.
- 63-3-613 - Overtaking and passing upon right of another vehicle.
- 63-3-615 - Meeting or overtaking school bus.
- 63-3-617 - Driving in center of highway; refusal to turn to right to allow overtaking vehicle to pass.
- 63-3-619 - Distances to be maintained between traveling vehicles.
- 63-3-621 - Distance to be maintained between vehicle and traveling or parked fire apparatus.
- 63-3-701 - Starting of stopped, standing, or parked vehicle.
- 63-3-703 - Turning at intersections.
- 63-3-705 - Turning on curves or crests of grades.
- 63-3-707 - Requirements as to signalling of turns or stops.
- 63-3-709 - Manner of signalling generally.
- 63-3-711 - Hand and arm signals.
- 63-3-801 - Vehicle approaching intersection; vehicles entering intersection at same time.
- 63-3-803 - Vehicle turning left at intersection.
- 63-3-805 - Vehicle entering through highway.
- 63-3-807 - Vehicle entering or crossing highway from private road or driveway.
- 63-3-809 - Procedure upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles; duty of driver of emergency vehicle.
- 63-3-901 - Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
- 63-3-903 - Stopping, standing or parking upon highway outside of business or residence districts.
- 63-3-905 - Authority of police officers to remove or provide for removal of illegally stopped vehicles.
- 63-3-907 - Parking parallel with right-hand curb.
- 63-3-909 - Parking of unattended motor vehicles.
- 63-3-911 - Opening door of stopped motor vehicle.
- 63-3-913 - Designation of areas of private property as restricted for emergency vehicle access; parking in or blocking restricted access areas.
- 63-3-1001 - Designation of stop intersections; design and placement of stop signs.
- 63-3-1003 - Designation of yield right-of-way entrances; conduct of driver at yield-right-of-way intersection; proof of failure to yield right-of-way.
- 63-3-1005 - Stops before emerging from alley, driveway or building.
- 63-3-1007 - Stops at railroad grade crossings in obedience to signal indicating approach of train; effect of noncompliance upon right of recovery in civil action.
- 63-3-1009 - Stops at designated particularly dangerous railroad grade crossings.
- 63-3-1011 - Stops at railroad grade crossings by vehicles carrying passengers for hire or explosive substances and school buses.
- 63-3-1013 - Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing.
- 63-3-1101 - Pedestrians subject to traffic-control signals at intersections; privileges and restrictions at other locations.
- 63-3-1103 - Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks lacking traffic control signals; duty of vehicle approaching vehicle stopped for pedestrian.
- 63-3-1105 - Pedestrians crossing roadways at locations other than crosswalks.
- 63-3-1107 - Pedestrians to use right half of crosswalks.
- 63-3-1109 - Solicitation of rides by pedestrians.
- 63-3-1111 - Rights of blind and otherwise incapacitated pedestrians crossing at or near intersections or crosswalks; effect of failure to employ cane or guide dog; regulation of use of canes.
- 63-3-1112 - Duty of driver to avoid collision with pedestrian or person propelling human-powered vehicle; warning signal.
- 63-3-1113 - Driving through safety zone.
- 63-3-1201 - Reckless driving.
- 63-3-1203 - Operation of vehicle under circumstances which interfere with driver's view or control over driving mechanism; interference with driver's view or control by passenger.
- 63-3-1205 - Driving through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways.
- 63-3-1207 - Coasting upon down grade.
- 63-3-1209 - Crossing unprotected fire hose.
- 63-3-1211 - Throwing, etc., of glass or other injurious material on highway; removal of glass or other injurious material by person removing wrecked or damaged vehicle from highway.
- 63-3-1213 - Careless driving.
- 63-3-1215 - Drag racing on public roads prohibited; penalties.
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