Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1759a.Inspection by highway patrol upon reasonable cause;
notice of defects; penalties.
(a) Uniformed members of the highway patrol, at any time upon reasonable
cause to believe that a vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by
law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, may require
the driver of such vehicle to stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection
and such test with reference thereto as may be appropriate.
(b) In the event a vehicle is found to be in unsafe condition or any
required
part or equipment is not present or in proper repair and adjustment, the
member of the highway patrol shall give a written notice of such defect to
the driver.
(c) In the event any such vehicle is, in the reasonable judgment of the
member of the highway patrol, in such condition that further operation would
be hazardous, such member of the highway patrol may require, in addition,
that the vehicle not be operated under its own power or that it be driven
to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(d) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
History: L. 1976, ch. 52, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 4;
L. 1991, ch. 42, § 2; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1759a.Inspection by highway patrol upon reasonable cause;
notice of defects; penalties.
(a) Uniformed members of the highway patrol, at any time upon reasonable
cause to believe that a vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by
law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, may require
the driver of such vehicle to stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection
and such test with reference thereto as may be appropriate.
(b) In the event a vehicle is found to be in unsafe condition or any
required
part or equipment is not present or in proper repair and adjustment, the
member of the highway patrol shall give a written notice of such defect to
the driver.
(c) In the event any such vehicle is, in the reasonable judgment of the
member of the highway patrol, in such condition that further operation would
be hazardous, such member of the highway patrol may require, in addition,
that the vehicle not be operated under its own power or that it be driven
to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(d) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
History: L. 1976, ch. 52, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 4;
L. 1991, ch. 42, § 2; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1759a.Inspection by highway patrol upon reasonable cause;
notice of defects; penalties.
(a) Uniformed members of the highway patrol, at any time upon reasonable
cause to believe that a vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by
law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, may require
the driver of such vehicle to stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection
and such test with reference thereto as may be appropriate.
(b) In the event a vehicle is found to be in unsafe condition or any
required
part or equipment is not present or in proper repair and adjustment, the
member of the highway patrol shall give a written notice of such defect to
the driver.
(c) In the event any such vehicle is, in the reasonable judgment of the
member of the highway patrol, in such condition that further operation would
be hazardous, such member of the highway patrol may require, in addition,
that the vehicle not be operated under its own power or that it be driven
to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(d) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
History: L. 1976, ch. 52, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 4;
L. 1991, ch. 42, § 2; July 1.