| R.S.
32:52 DRIVER MUST BE LICENSED |
No person
shall drive or operate any vehicle upon any highway within this state
unless and until he has been issued a license to do so as required
by laws of this state nor shall any person permit or allow any other
person to drive or operate any vehicle owned or controlled by him
upon highways of this state unless and until such other person has
been issued a license to so do as required by the laws of this state. |
| R.S.
32:53 PROPER EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON VEHICLES |
D. No person
shall drive a vehicle upon highways within this state, or permit or
allow any vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven on
said highways, unless and until such vehicle bears an inspection tag
showing it to have been inspected and approved as required by the
provisions of R.S. 32:1301 - 32:1310, if such vehicle is required
to be so inspected. |
| R.S.
32:63 ESTABLISHING OF SPEED ZONES |
A. Whenever
the department shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation that any maximum speed set forth in this Chapter
is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions
found to exist upon any highway of this state, or any part thereof,
the department may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum
speed limit thereat, which, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof
are erected, shall be effective at all times or at such specific times
as may be determined by the department. |
| R.S.
32:81 FOLLOWING VEHICLES |
A. The driver
of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than
is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such
vehicle and the other traffic upon and the condition of the highway. |
| R.S.
32:295.1 SAFETY BELT USE |
A.(1) Each
driver of a passenger car, van, or truck having a gross weight of
ten thousand pounds or less, commonly referred to as a pickup truck,
in this state shall have a safety belt properly fastened about his
or her body at all times when the vehicle is in forward motion. The
provisions of the Section shall not apply to those cars, vans, or
pickup trucks manufactured prior to January 1, 1981. |
| R.S.
32:301 WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE REQUIRED |
Every vehicle
upon a highway within this state shall display lighted lamps and illuminating
devices as hereinafter respectively required for different classes
of vehicles subject to exception with respect to parked vehicles at
any of the following times:
(1) At any time between sunset and sunrise.
(2) When, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,
persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at
a distance of five hundred feet ahead.
(3) When moisture in the air or precipitation necessitates the continuous
use of windshield wipers. |
| R.S.
14:98 OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED |
A.(1) The
crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated is the operating of
any vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance
when:
(a) The operator is under the influence of alcoholic everages: or
(b) The operator's blood alcohol concentration is 0.10 percent or
more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters
of blood: or
(c) The operator is under the influence of any controlled dangerous
substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V as set forth in
R.S. 40:964. |
| R.S.32:73.1 ROLLING ROADBLOCKS |
A. For purposes of this Section, the term "multiple-lane highway shall have the meaning provided in R.S. 32:1(42), but shall only include a multiple-lane highway outside the city limits with a posted speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour or more.
B. A vehicle which remains in the passing lane of a multiple-lane highway as defined in Subsection A of this Section traveling at the same speed as the vehicle in the right lane and impedes the flow of traffic shall be deemed a "rolling roadblock" which shall be prohibited. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to vehicles stopped at a traffic signal or traveling at a slower rate due to traffic congestion as long as the vehicle is not causing traffic congestion.
C. Violations of this Section shall be punishable as provided in R.S. 32:57
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