2016 Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 5 - Controlled Access Facilities
§ 65-5-19. Penalties for unlawful use

MS Code § 65-5-19 (2016) What's This?

It is unlawful for any person (1) to drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities; (2) to make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb section, separation, or line; (3) to drive any vehicle except in the proper lane provided for the purpose and in the proper direction and to the right of the central dividing curb, separation section, or line; (4) to drive any vehicle into the controlled-access facility from a local service road except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb or dividing section or dividing line which separates such service road from the controlled-access facility proper. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon arrest and conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($ 5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($ 100.00), or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than five days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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