Section 31-21-12. – Acquisition, maintenance, and operation of tow trucks by department of transportation.
§ 31-21-12. Acquisition, maintenance, and operation of tow trucks by department of transportation. The department of transportation is authorized to acquire, equip, maintain and operate not more than four (4) tow trucks, and to assign state employees to the trucks for the removal of disabled motor vehicles from state highways, state bridges, state causeways, or […]
Section 31-21-13. – Repealed.
§ 31-21-13. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 226, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 303, § 1.
Section 31-21-1. – Stopping on traveled portion of open highway prohibited.
§ 31-21-1. Stopping on traveled portion of open highway prohibited. Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle […]
Section 31-21-2. – Removal of vehicle parked on highway.
§ 31-21-2. Removal of vehicle parked on highway. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of § 31-21-1, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle, to a position off the paved or […]
Section 31-21-3. – Removal of vehicle obstructing traffic on bridge or in tunnel.
§ 31-21-3. Removal of vehicle obstructing traffic on bridge or in tunnel. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, disabled upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer is authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle to the […]
Section 31-21-4. – Places where parking or stopping prohibited.
§ 31-21-4. Places where parking or stopping prohibited. (a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) On a sidewalk; (2) In […]
Section 31-21-5. – Unauthorized movement of vehicle into prohibited area.
§ 31-21-5. Unauthorized movement of vehicle into prohibited area. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area or away from a curb to a distance that is unlawful. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-5.
Section 31-21-6. – Admission or discharge of passengers.
§ 31-21-6. Admission or discharge of passengers. The driver of any vehicle admitting or discharging passengers to or from his or her vehicle shall do so as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 32, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-21-6.
Section 31-21-7. – Parallel parking — Proximity to curb.
§ 31-21-7. Parallel parking — Proximity to curb. Except as otherwise provided in §§ 31-21-8 and 31-21-9, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within twelve inches (12″) of the right-hand curb. History of […]