Statutes Flashcards
Drivers involved in crash with injuries must ______ for the other drivers involved and provide the required information for investigation? Failure to do so is a ________.
Render aid/or seek aid from qualified individuals
Non-Moving Violation
Upon striking an unoccupied vehicle the driver must do what? He must then go directly and notify the nearest police officer.
Provide the driver’s name, address and registration number for the vehicle and place it on the vehicle in a conspicuous place.
Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of a crash as required (medical incapacitation/transport, etc.) the owner of the vehicle involved in the crash shall, within how many days after the crash, make such report not made by the driver.
Within 10 days
As part of sentencing, suspects convicted of hit and run crashes may be required serve ______ hours or community service where?
120 hour in a Trauma Center
The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash resulting in _______ or _______ of any persons or damage to any vehicle or other property in an apparent amount ______ shall immediately by the quickest means notify police of the crash.
Injury or Death
At least $500
Any person in charge of a garage or repair shop to which any motor vehicle is brought which shows evidence of having been struck by a bullet shall make a report within how long after the motor vehicle is received and before any repairs are made to the vehicle.
within 24 hours
Any person convicted of racing shall have hi/her DL suspended how long?
First Offense?
Second Offense within 5 years?
Third Offense within 5 years?
- DL suspended for 1 year
- DL suspended 2 years
- DL suspended 4 years
Any vehicle used for racing, may be impounded for how long if the driver is the owner or co-owner of the vehicle.
30 business days
Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of what?
Reckless driving
Fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle is reckless driving and punishable upon a first conviction, by imprisonment for a period of how long and a fine of how much?
Second Conviction?
First - Jail not more than 90 days Fine of between $25 and $500 or Both Second - Jail not more than 6 months Fine between $50 and$1,000 or Both
DUI Penalty for first conviction?
Jail not more than 6 months, and a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000.
DUI Penalty for second conviction?
Jail not more than 9 months, and a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $2,000. Mandatory placement of ignition interlock device for 1 year.
DUI Penalty for third conviction within 10 years?
More than 10 years?
Felony of the 3rd degree. Mandatory placement of ignition interlock device for 2 years.
Jail not more than 5 years,
Fine between $2,000 and $5,000. Mandatory placement of ignition interlock device for on 2 years.
A person who is convicted of DUI manslaughter shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of how long?
4 years
Who can draw blood for the purpose of determining its alcoholic content or the presence of chemical substances or controlled substances therein in a DUI investigation?
Physician,
Certified Paramedic,
Registered Nurse or LPN,
other personnel authorized by a hospital to draw blood, Duly licensed clinical laboratory director, supervisor, technologist, or technician, acting at the request of a law enforcement officer
If a DUI blood draw was not requested by an officer but blood was drawn by proper medical professionals, can the results of the blood draw be admitted to court?
Yes
Blood/Breath-alcohol level of .05 or less presumes that a person is what?
Not under the influence of Alcohol to the extent his/her faculties are impaired
Blood/Breath-alcohol level between .05 and .08 can be used in conjunction with other competent evidence in determining whether or not what?
the person was under the influence of alcoholic beverages to the extent that his or her normal faculties were impaired.
What is considered prima facie evidence that a person is under the influence of alcohol to the extent his normal faculties were impaired.
Blood/Breath-alcohol level of .08 or higher
Any person who willfully flees or attempts to elude a law enforcement officer in an authorized law enforcement patrol vehicle, with agency insignia and other jurisdictional markings prominently displayed on the vehicle, with siren and lights activated, at high speed, or in any manner which demonstrates a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of what?
Aggravated Fleeing and Attempting to Elude
Suspects who are convicted of aggravated fleeing and attempting to elude which causes serious bodily injury or death to another person, including any law enforcement officer involved in the pursuit, shall serve a mandatory minimum sentence of how long? How long will his/her license be suspended?
3 years
over 1 year but less than 5 years
According to state statutes, what type of alcoholic beverage (when stored properly) is not considered to be an open container?
a resealed wine bottle
Refusal to submit to blood or breath test shall result in an operator’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle being suspended for a period of how long for the first offense? Second offense?
First - 1 year
Second - 18 months
Riders of bicycles who carry children under how many years or how many pounds must have them in an approved seat.
4 years old or 40 lbs
Bicycle riders under what age are required to wear a helmet?
16 years old
Bicycle operators after dark must have a white light visible from how far in front and a red light/reflector visible from how far in back?
Head light visible from 500 feet
Red tail light visible from 600 feet
No person (except LEO) shall drive, move or cause to be moved a vehicle on the roadway with a light or device displaying a red or blue light visible from where?
Directly in front of the vehicle
Every vehicle shall have a fixed upright windshield with no covering on it and working windshield wipers except what type of vehicle which are exempt
Old Military vehicles
Front window tint must have at least what percentage in the visible light range?
28%
Rear window tint must have at least what percentage in the visible light range?
15%
Multipurpose vehicles may tint with a percentage of visible light range of what?
6%
Child restraint devices must be used for children under what age? Children under 3 must be in what?
5 years old
a separate carrier or vehicle integrated child seat
4 & 5 can be in a booster seat
Who is responsible for the compliance of child restraint device laws?
the driver
Child restraint devices are not required in what type of vehicles?
Chauffeur-driven taxi, limousine, sedan, van, bus, motor coach, or other passenger vehicle if the operator and the motor vehicle are hired and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
A parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for a child younger than 6 years of age may not leave the child unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle under what conditions?
- For a period in excess of 15 minutes;
- For any period of time if the motor of the vehicle is running, the health of the child is in danger, or the child appears to be in distress.
Any law enforcement officer who observes a child left unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle may __________ to protect the minor child and to remove the child from the vehicle.
use whatever means are reasonably necessary
Who is required to wear a seat belt/child restraint device while a vehicle is being operated?
All passengers under 18 must be in seat belt or child restraint device.
Driver must be wearing seat belt.
Front Seat passengers must wear seat belt.
When do vehicle/motor home registrations expire?
midnight on the owner’s birthday
Vehicle registration expired less than 6 months, first offense is what type violation?
More than 6 months?
More than 6 months, second or subsequent offense?
Non-Moving Violation
Required court appearance
Second Degree Misdemeanor
Prior to issuing a driver license, the department shall require any person who has been convicted two or more times for DUI or of a substantially similar alcohol-related or drug-related offense outside this state within the preceding 5 years, or who has been convicted of three or more such offenses within the preceding 10 years to show proof of what?
Successful completion of or enrollment in a department-approved substance abuse education course.
When a minor (child under 16) is accidentally shot by another family member, no arrest will be made in the case for how long?
7 days after the shooting
Any time a valid driver’s license is not presented the officer must do what on any citations?
get a fingerprint
DWLS Habitual Offender is what degree offense?
Third Degree Felony
Can force be threatened or used against trespassers on property other than a dwelling or personal property?
Yes
Attaching tag not assigned is what degree offense?
Second degree Misdemeanor
If license is suspended under “Financial Responsibility” and the owner is the operator the officer shall impound the vehicle. The owner and all parties with a stake in the vehicle (lien holder, etc.) shall be notified how within how many days?
certified letter
within 7 days
When in committing battery intentionally or knowingly causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, uses a deadly weapon, or the victim was pregnant.
Aggravated Battery
No person shall cause or knowingly permit his or her child or ward under the age of _______ to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not licensed.
18 years
Any person who allows an unlicensed driver to operate his/her motor vehicle commits what degree offense?
Second degree Misdemeanor
If a person knowingly loans his/her vehicle to a person whose driver license is suspended and if that vehicle is involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury or death, the driver’s license of the person violating the section will be suspended how long?
1 year
A person is justified in using or threatening to use force, except deadly force, against another when the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against what?
The imminent use of unlawful force.
There is no duty to retreat
A person is presumed to have a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or another and may use force, including deadly force, against another if the suspect was in the process of what?
- Burglary to a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle, or
- The person had kidnapped or was attempting to kidnap an individual from inside the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle.
A person is justified in using or threatening to use deadly force if he reasonably believes that it is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of what?
A forcible felony
A person involved in the threat or use of deadly force accordingly does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his ground if not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he has a right to be.