TRAFFIC CODE
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way construction or maintenance by the
Indiana department of transportation, coun-
ties, or municipalities.
(2) Farm drainage machinery.
(3) Implements of agriculture.
(4) Firefighting apparatus owned or oper-
ated by a political subdivision or a volun-
teer fire department (as defined in IC
36-8-12-2).
(5) Farm vehicles loaded with farm prod-
ucts.
9-21-8-48. Leaky load.
A vehicle, except:
(1) A vehicle containing poultry or live-
stock being transported to market; or
(2) A highway maintenance vehicle
engaged in spreading sand or deicing
chemicals;
may not be driven or moved on a highway if the
vehicle’s contents are dripping, sifting, leaking, or
otherwise escaping from the vehicle.
9-21-8-49. Penalties.
Except as provided in sections 50, 51, 52, 54,
55, 56, and 58 of this chapter, a person who vio-
lates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
9-21-8-50. Reckless operation of tractor-
trailer combination.
A person who operates a tractor-trailer com-
bination in a reckless or deliberate attempt to:
(1) Endanger the safety or property of oth-
ers; or
(2) Block the proper flow of traffic;
commits a Class B misdemeanor.
9-21-8-51. Failure to dim headlights.
A person who:
(1) Operates a vehicle; and
(2) Fails to dim bright or blinding lights
when meeting another vehicle or pedes-
trian;
commits a Class B infraction.
9-21-8-52. Reckless driving [effective
January 1, 2015].
(a) A person who operates a vehicle and who
recklessly:
(1) drives at such an unreasonably high
rate of speed or at such an unreasonably
low rate of speed under the circumstances
as to:
(A)endanger the safety or the property
of others; or
(B)block the proper flow of traffic;
(2) passes another vehicle from the rear
while on a slope or on a curve where vision
is obstructed for a distance of less than
five hundred (500) feet ahead;
(3) drives in and out of a line of traffic,
except as otherwise permitted; or
(4) speeds up or refuses to give one-half
(1/2) of the roadway to a driver overtaking
and desiring to pass;
commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) A person who operates a vehicle and who
recklessly passes a school bus stopped on a road-
way when the arm signal device specified in IC
9-21-12-13 is in the device’s extended position
commits a Class B misdemeanor. However, the
offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it causes
bodily injury to a person.
(c) If an offense under subsection (a) or (b)
results in damage to the property of another per-
son or bodily injury to another person, the court
shall recommend the suspension of the current
driving license of the person, it is a Class C mis-
demeanor and the court may recommend the sus-
pension of the current driving license of the person
for a fixed period of not more than one (1) year.
9-21-8-53. Contents of summons, etc., for
speeding violations; use of speed
limits in civil actions.
(a) In every charge of violation of a speed
regulation under this article, the complaint or affi-
davit and the summons, warrant, or notice to
appear must specify the following:
(1) The speed at which the defendant is
alleged to have driven.
(2) The prima facie or fixed speed appli-
cable within the district or at the location.
(b) The provisions of this article declaring or
providing for fixed and prima facie speed limita-
tions may not be construed to relieve the plaintiff
in a civil action from the burden of proving neg-
ligence on the part of the defendant as the proxi-
mate cause of the damage alleged.
