WYOMING TRAFFIC LAWS (MOTOR
VEHICLES TITLE 31, CHAPTER 5)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
31-1-101. ANSWER -Short Title.
This act may be cited as the "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways".
31-5-102. ANSWER -Definitions.
31-5-103. ANSWER -Applicability Of Provisions To Vehicles Being Operated Upon
Highways.
(a) The provisions of this act relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the
operation of vehicles upon highways except:
(i) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section;
(ii) The provisions of W.S. 31-5-225, 31-5-229, 31-5-233 and 31-5-1101 through 31-5-1112
apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state.
31-5-104. ANSWER -Obedience to authorized persons directing traffic.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any
police officer, authorized flagman, or fireman with authority to direct, control or regulate
traffic.
31-5-105. ANSWER -Applicability of provisions to drivers of public vehicles.
(a) The provisions of this act applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall
apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned and operated by the United States, this state, or
,any county, city, town, special district or any other political subdivision of the state, except
as provided in this section and subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this act
with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.
(b) Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this act except those contained in
W.S. 31-5-225, 31-5-229, 31-5-233 and 31-5-236 do not apply to persons, motor vehicles
and equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall apply to the
persons and vehicles when traveling to or from work.
31-5-106. ANSWER -Authorized emergency vehicles
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the driver of an authorized
emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or
suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire
alarm, may:
(i) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this act;
(ii) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be
necessary for safe operation;
(iii) Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or property;
(iv) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement, high occupancy vehicle lanes
or turning in specified directions.
31-5-107. ANSWER -Persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway is
granted all the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle
by this act except those provisions of this act which by their very nature can have no
application.
31-5-108. ANSWER -Local regulations.
The provisions of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all
political subdivisions and municipalities therein. Local authorities may, however, adopt by
ordinance, traffic regulations for all streets within their city limits and highways under their
corporate jurisdiction and shall have the express authority to enforce the traffic regulations
so adopted, by action in their respective local municipal courts.
, 31-5-109. ANSWER -General powers of local authorities.
(a) This act does not prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under
their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
(i) Regulating or prohibiting stopping, standing or parking;
(ii) Regulating traffic by means of police officers, authorized flagmen or official traffic-
control signals;
(iii) Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
(iv) Designating particular highways or roadways for use by traffic moving in one (1)
direction as authorized by W.S. 31-5-208;
(v) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 68, § 2.
(vi) Designating any highway as a through highway or designating any intersection or
junction of roadways as a stop or yield intersection or junction;
(vii) Regulating the operation of bicycles and electric bicycles and requiring the registration
and licensing of bicycles and electric bicycles, including the requirement of a registration
fee;
(viii) Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles;
(ix) Altering or establishing speed limits as authorized by this act;
(x) Requiring written accident reports as authorized by W.S. 31-5-1106;
(xi) Designating no-passing zones as authorized in W.S. 31-5-207;
(xii) Prohibiting or regulating the use of controlled-access roadways by any class or kind of
traffic as authorized in W.S. 31-5-213;
(xiii) Prohibiting or regulating the use of heavily traveled streets by any class or kind of
traffic found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic;
(xiv) Establishing minimum speed limits as authorized by W.S. 31-5-304(b);
(xv) Designating and regulating traffic on play streets;
(xvi) Regulating persons propelling push carts;
(xvii) Regulating persons upon skates, coasters, sleds, motorized skateboards and other toy
vehicl
31-5-110. ANSWER -Limitations upon powers of local authorities; exceptions as to
municipal authorities.
VEHICLES TITLE 31, CHAPTER 5)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
31-1-101. ANSWER -Short Title.
This act may be cited as the "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways".
31-5-102. ANSWER -Definitions.
31-5-103. ANSWER -Applicability Of Provisions To Vehicles Being Operated Upon
Highways.
(a) The provisions of this act relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the
operation of vehicles upon highways except:
(i) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section;
(ii) The provisions of W.S. 31-5-225, 31-5-229, 31-5-233 and 31-5-1101 through 31-5-1112
apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state.
31-5-104. ANSWER -Obedience to authorized persons directing traffic.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any
police officer, authorized flagman, or fireman with authority to direct, control or regulate
traffic.
31-5-105. ANSWER -Applicability of provisions to drivers of public vehicles.
(a) The provisions of this act applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall
apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned and operated by the United States, this state, or
,any county, city, town, special district or any other political subdivision of the state, except
as provided in this section and subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this act
with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.
(b) Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this act except those contained in
W.S. 31-5-225, 31-5-229, 31-5-233 and 31-5-236 do not apply to persons, motor vehicles
and equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall apply to the
persons and vehicles when traveling to or from work.
31-5-106. ANSWER -Authorized emergency vehicles
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the driver of an authorized
emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or
suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire
alarm, may:
(i) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this act;
(ii) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be
necessary for safe operation;
(iii) Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or property;
(iv) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement, high occupancy vehicle lanes
or turning in specified directions.
31-5-107. ANSWER -Persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway is
granted all the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle
by this act except those provisions of this act which by their very nature can have no
application.
31-5-108. ANSWER -Local regulations.
The provisions of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all
political subdivisions and municipalities therein. Local authorities may, however, adopt by
ordinance, traffic regulations for all streets within their city limits and highways under their
corporate jurisdiction and shall have the express authority to enforce the traffic regulations
so adopted, by action in their respective local municipal courts.
, 31-5-109. ANSWER -General powers of local authorities.
(a) This act does not prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under
their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
(i) Regulating or prohibiting stopping, standing or parking;
(ii) Regulating traffic by means of police officers, authorized flagmen or official traffic-
control signals;
(iii) Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
(iv) Designating particular highways or roadways for use by traffic moving in one (1)
direction as authorized by W.S. 31-5-208;
(v) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 68, § 2.
(vi) Designating any highway as a through highway or designating any intersection or
junction of roadways as a stop or yield intersection or junction;
(vii) Regulating the operation of bicycles and electric bicycles and requiring the registration
and licensing of bicycles and electric bicycles, including the requirement of a registration
fee;
(viii) Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles;
(ix) Altering or establishing speed limits as authorized by this act;
(x) Requiring written accident reports as authorized by W.S. 31-5-1106;
(xi) Designating no-passing zones as authorized in W.S. 31-5-207;
(xii) Prohibiting or regulating the use of controlled-access roadways by any class or kind of
traffic as authorized in W.S. 31-5-213;
(xiii) Prohibiting or regulating the use of heavily traveled streets by any class or kind of
traffic found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic;
(xiv) Establishing minimum speed limits as authorized by W.S. 31-5-304(b);
(xv) Designating and regulating traffic on play streets;
(xvi) Regulating persons propelling push carts;
(xvii) Regulating persons upon skates, coasters, sleds, motorized skateboards and other toy
vehicl
31-5-110. ANSWER -Limitations upon powers of local authorities; exceptions as to
municipal authorities.
