§ 1130. Permitting unlicensed or impaired person to operate (a) No person shall employ another person as an operator of a motor vehicle knowing that the other person is not licensed as provided in this title. (b) No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control […]
§ 1131. Warning signal The operator of a motor vehicle, whenever reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, shall give an audible warning with the horn of his or her vehicle but shall not otherwise use the horn when upon a highway. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973.)
§ 1132. Driving on sidewalk No person shall drive any motor vehicle on a sidewalk or on any area designated exclusively for pedestrian traffic, except while crossing a driveway. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device, at a speed not to exceed eight miles per hour, on […]
§ 1133. Eluding a police officer (a) No operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to bring his or her vehicle to a stop when signaled to do so by an enforcement officer: (1) displaying insignia identifying him or her as such; or (2) operating a law enforcement vehicle sounding a siren and displaying a […]
§ 1134. Motor vehicle operator; consumption or possession of alcohol or cannabis (a) A person shall not consume an alcoholic beverage or cannabis while operating a motor vehicle on a public highway. As used in this subsection, the prohibition on consumption of cannabis by the operator shall extend to the operator’s consumption of secondhand cannabis […]
§ 1134a. Motor vehicle passenger; consumption or possession of alcohol or cannabis (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a passenger in a motor vehicle shall not consume an alcoholic beverage or cannabis in the passenger area of any motor vehicle on a public highway. (b) A passenger in a motor vehicle […]
§ 1134b. Using tobacco or cannabis in a motor vehicle with child present (a) A person shall not possess a lighted tobacco product or use a tobacco substitute as defined in 7 V.S.A. § 1001 in a motor vehicle that is occupied by a child required to be properly restrained in a federally approved child […]
§ 1135. Trespass by motor vehicle (a) A person commits the offense of trespass by motor vehicle if the person, knowing that he or she is not privileged to do so: (1) operates a motor vehicle and obstructs a private driveway, barway, or gateway; or (2) operates a motor vehicle and travels over a private […]
