Rhode Island driver handbook

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   Applicants must successfully complete the course and pass the exam, to apply for their Limited Learner Permit. If you are over the age of eighteen (18), you are not required to attend the classroom course, but you must take the computerized knowledge exam. How and where do I enroll in a driver education class? Contact the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) at 401-825-1214

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   for locations and the most up-to-date fee table. What are the conditions of a Learner’s Provisional License? A PERSON WITH A LEARNER PROVISIONAL LICENSE CANNOT DRIVE BY THEMSELVES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1:00 A.M. AND 5:00 A.M. With a limited provisional license in your possession, you can drive a motor vehicle under certain conditions: With supervision: 1. At any time. 2. A supervising driver

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   In both cases, everyone in the vehicle must be properly fastened by a safety belt or child restraint system at all times. This license expires on your eighteenth (18th) birthday. During the first twelve (12) months of a learner’s provisional license no more than one (1) passenger younger than twenty-one (21) years of age is allowed in the vehicle. Immediate family and household members

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   vehicle under certain conditions: With supervision: 1. At any time. 2. A supervising driver must be seated beside you while the vehicle is in motion. Without supervision in any of the following circumstances: 1. Between 5:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. 2. When driving to or from work. 3. When driving to or from any activity of a volunteer fire department, volunteer rescue squad, or

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   Rhode Island Driver’s Manual – www.dmv.ri.gov 20 • Use the wireless communication device only when necessary. Limit casual conversations to times when you are not operating a motor vehicle.

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   www.dmv.ri.gov 27 4. Penalty: The fine, after a violation is sustained, for a child riding in the front seat or for a child over age seven (7) years not in a child restraint system is $85.00. A violation for transporting a child not in a child restraint system mandates a court appearance. Booster Seat/Safety Seat/Safety Belt Use Law – R.I.G.L. 31-22-22: 1. Infants: ■

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   Rhode Island Driver’s Manual – www.dmv.ri.gov 30 4. When you reach the intersection, wait until the way is clear. Do not turn your wheels in your intended path of travel until you

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   Rhode Island Driver’s Manual – www.dmv.ri.gov 33 Where you may not park or stop:

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   Within 30 feet of a flashing red or yellow light, a stop sign, or a traffic light. 13. Within 20 feet of the driveway of a fire station or across the street within 75 feet of the driveway, where there are signs. 14. Any place where a sign says, ‘No Parking’. 15. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail or a railroad crossing unless

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    middle lane(s) is (are) for through traffic. The right lane is for slower moving traffic and for motorists entering and exiting the freeway. Safe Driving on the Highway The following are recommendations to be a safe highway driver: 1. Drive at or below posted speed limits. Rhode Island law sets speed limits as follows: 25 miles per hour (mph) in residential areas and 50-65

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    in or near the roadway. Share the Road with Bicyclists Rhode Island General Law (RIGL § 31-19-6 “Bicycles to right of road”) – Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standard vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction except where official traffic control

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    a passing cyclist. Every passenger of a stopped or parked vehicle should check their surroundings before opening the door of a vehicle. Operators of motor vehicles should practice ‘Dutch Reach’. This is the practice of opening the driver’s door with the right hand, turning your head, and looking out the side and rear windows. According to Rhode Island General Laws § 31-21-1, “Opening vehicle

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    including ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), by elevating or lowering the chassis or body by more than four inches (4”) from the original manufacturer’s specified height by use of so called ‘shackle lift kits’ for leaf springs or by use of lifts for coil springs, tires, or any other means or device. R.I.G.L. 31-45-1: Noise Limits: (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle,