Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-503

Current through Chapter 123 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 42-4-503 - Projecting loads on passenger vehicles - penalty

Except with regard to the operation of a motorcycle, autocycle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter, a person shall not operate a passenger-type vehicle on any highway with any load carried on the vehicle extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of the vehicle nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side of the vehicle. A person who violates this section commits a class B traffic infraction.

C.R.S. § 42-4-503

Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 20, eff. 1/1/2023.

Amended by 2019 Ch. 271, § 8, eff. 5/23/2019.

L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2327, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 1277, p. 1277, § 51, effective October 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1221), ch. 2561, p. 2561, § 8, effective May 23.

This section is similar to former § 42-4-403 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-503 was relocated to § 42-4-602 .

2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).