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2016 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION (300-307)
Chapter 304 Traffic Regulations
- Chapter Cross References
- Section 304.001 Definitions for chapter 304 and chapter 307.
- Section 304.005 Autocycle--defined--protective headgear not required, when--valid driver's license required to operate.
- Section 304.009 Speed limit--violation, penalty.
- Section 304.010 Definitions--maximum speed limits--cities, towns, villages, certain counties, may set speed limit, how set--slower speeds set, when--violations, penalty.
- Section 304.011 Slow speed, regulation of--agricultural implements, slower speeds, when, special permits required--penalties.
- Section 304.012 Motorists to exercise highest degree of care--violation, penalty.
- Section 304.013 All-terrain vehicles, prohibited on highways, rivers or streams of this state, exceptions, operational requirements--special permits--prohibited uses--penalty.
- Section 304.014 Rules of the road to be observed.
- Section 304.015 Drive on right of highway--traffic lanes--signs--violations, penalties.
- Section 304.016 Passing regulations--violations, penalties.
- Section 304.017 Distance at which vehicle must follow, penalty.
- Section 304.019 Hand and mechanical signals, violations, penalty.
- Section 304.022 Emergency vehicle defined--use of lights and sirens--right-of-way--stationary vehicles, procedure--penalty.
- Section 304.023 Passing stopped streetcars, penalty.
- Section 304.024 Crosswalks and parking regulations established--signs--violation, an infraction.
- Section 304.025 Highway and vehicle defined.
- Section 304.027 Spinal cord injury fund created, uses--surcharge imposed, when.
- Section 304.028 Brain injury fund created, moneys in fund, uses--surcharge imposed, when.
- Section 304.029 Operation of low-speed vehicles on highway, permitted when--exemptions.
- Section 304.030 Certain buses and trucks to stop at railroad crossing, when--exception, requirements.
- Section 304.031 Traffic signal preemption system, use of, permitted when--violations, penalty.
- Section 304.032 Utility vehicles, operation on highway and in streams or rivers prohibited--exceptions--passengers prohibited--violations, penalty.
- Section 304.033 Recreational off-highway vehicles, operation on highways prohibited, exceptions--operation within streams and rivers prohibited, exceptions--license required for operation, exception.
- Section 304.034 Municipalities may regulate golf cart and motorized wheelchair usage on streets and highways.
- Section 304.035 Stop required at railroad grade crossing, when--commercial motor vehicles, speed at crossings--penalty.
- Section 304.040 Failure to stop, penalty.
- Section 304.044 Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet--penalty.
- Section 304.050 School buses, drivers to stop for, when--signs required on buses--crossing control arm--bus driver responsibilities--driver identity rebuttable presumption, when (Jessica's Law).
- Section 304.060 School buses and other district vehicles, use to be regulated by board--field trips in common carriers, regulation authorized--violation by employee, effect--design of school buses, regulated by board--St. Louis County buses may use word "special".
- Section 304.070 Violation of section 304.050, penalty.
- Section 304.075 School bus signs to be removed, when--misdemeanor.
- Section 304.076 Head Start buses to bear signs.
- Section 304.079 Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when.
- Section 304.080 Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions--cane or dog not required to enforce rights, when.
- Section 304.110 Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty.
- Section 304.120 Municipal regulations--owner or lessor not liable for violations, when.
- Section 304.125 Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception.
- Section 304.130 Regulation of vehicular traffic--notice, hearings--approval--publication of notice (first class counties).
- Section 304.140 Penalty for violations.
- Section 304.151 Driver's responsibility not to obstruct traffic--written warning, infraction, effective date.
- Section 304.152 Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited.
- Section 304.153 Tow companies or tow lists, utilization of by law enforcement and state transportation employees--definitions--requirements--unauthorized towing, penalty--inapplicability.
- Section 304.154 Towing 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.
- Section 304.155 Abandoned 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.
- Section 304.156 Notice 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.
- Section 304.157 Vehicles left unattended or improperly parked on private property of another, procedure for removal and disposition--violation of certain required procedure, penalty.
- Section 304.158 Notice 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.
- Section 304.170 Regulations as to width, height and length of vehicles--tractor parades permitted.
- Section 304.172 Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions.
- Section 304.174 Size and load restrictions not applicable to wreckers, tow trucks, rollbacks and car carriers, when.
- Section 304.180 Regulations as to weight--axle load, tandem axle defined--idle reduction technology, increase in maximum gross weight permitted, amount--hauling livestock, milk, or grain, total gross weight permitted--requirements during disasters.
- Section 304.181 Buses, axle weight limits.
- Section 304.184 Transportation of solid waste, weight restrictions for trucks and tractor-trailers.
- Section 304.190 Height and weight regulations (cities of 75,000 or more)--commercial zone defined.
- Section 304.200 Special permits for oversize or overweight loads--rules for issuing--when valid.
- Section 304.210 Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission--notice.
- Section 304.220 Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when--penalty for violation.
- Section 304.230 Enforcement of load laws--commercial vehicle inspectors, powers.
- Section 304.232 Municipal law enforcement officers, state highway patrol to approve certification procedures--fees--requirements--random roadside inspections prohibited, when--rulemaking authority.
- Section 304.235 Commercial 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.
- Section 304.240 Violation of load law a misdemeanor--penalty.
- Section 304.250 Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles--penalty.
- Section 304.260 Tractors exempt--designation of truck routes by commission.
- Section 304.271 Observance of traffic-control devices--presumptions--penalty.
- Section 304.281 Rules for traffic where controlled by light signals--right turn on red light, when--violations, penalty.
- Section 304.285 Red light violations by motorcycles or bicycles, affirmative defense, when.
- Section 304.289 Timing of signals, minimum interval times to be established.
- Section 304.291 Rules for pedestrians controlled by special signs.
- Section 304.301 Rules for vehicular traffic controlled by flashing signals--violation, penalty.
- Section 304.311 Observance of lane--direction--control signals.
- Section 304.321 Unauthorized signal devices prohibited--trafficway not to be used for signs--nuisances declared.
- Section 304.331 Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited.
- Section 304.341 Turns at intersection--violation, penalty.
- Section 304.351 Right-of-way at intersection--signs at intersections--violation, penalty--additional penalties--definitions--order of suspension, contents, appeal.
- Section 304.361 Penalty for violation of sections 304.271 to 304.351.
- Section 304.580 Definitions.
- Section 304.582 Fines 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.
- Section 304.585 Endangerment 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.
- Section 304.590 Travel safe zone defined--doubling of fine for violation in--signage required.
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