(a)  Every person convicted of moving violations on four (4) separate and distinct occasions within an eighteen (18) month period may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), and shall be ordered to attend sixty (60) hours of driver retraining, shall be ordered to perform sixty (60) hours of public community service, and the person’s operator license in this state may be suspended up to one year or revoked by the court for a period of up to two (2) years. Prior to the suspension or revocation of a person’s license to operate within the state, the court shall make specific findings of fact and determine if the person’s continued operation of a motor vehicle would pose a substantial traffic safety hazard.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 31-27-24

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power for use on the public streets, roads, and highways;

    (2)  "Odometer" means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation;

    (3)  "Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or business trust including, but not limited to, private individuals and motor vehicle dealers, both wholesale and retail, whether the private individual or dealer is a dealer in the ordinary course of business or not;

    (4)  "Repair and replacement" means to restore to a sound working condition by replacing the instrument or any part thereof or by correcting what is inoperative;

    (5)  "Transfer" means to acquire ownership by purchase, gift, bequest, or any other means. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-23.2-2

  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  At the expiration of the time of revocation as set by the court pursuant to subsection (a) above, the person may petition that court for restoration of his or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state. The license privilege shall not thereafter be reinstated until evidence satisfactory to the court, following a hearing, establishes that no grounds exist which would authorize refusal to issue a license and until the person gives proof of financial responsibility pursuant to chapter 32 of this title.

(c)  For the purposes of this section only, the term “moving violations” shall mean any violation of the following sections of the general laws:

(1)  31-13-4. Obedience to devices.

(2)  31-14-1. Reasonable and prudent speeds.

(3)  31-14-2. Prima facie limits.

(4)  31-14-3. Conditions requiring reduced speeds.

(5)  31-15-5. Overtaking on the right.

(6)  31-15-11. Laned roadways.

(7)  31-15-12. Interval between vehicles.

(8)  31-15-16. Use of emergency break-down lane for travel.

(9)  31-17-4. Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection.

(10)  31-20-9. Obedience to stop signs.

(11)  31-27.1-3. “Aggressive driving” defined.

History of Section.
P.L. 2010, ch. 242, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 253, § 2.