TRAFFIC CODE
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ness or residence district that is emerging from an
alley, a driveway, or a building shall stop the
vehicle immediately before driving onto a side-
walk or into the sidewalk area extending across an
alleyway or a private driveway.
9-21-8-43. Obstruction of driver’s view or
operation.
Editor’s Note:
This statute was amended in
2014 by P.L.113-2014 (effective date July 1, 2014)
and by P.L.217-2014 (effective date January 1,
2015), with neither act referring to the other.
However, the amendments to this statute by these
two acts were identical, except for the effective
date. Therefore, only a single version of the
amended statute is set forth below.
(a) Aperson may not drive a vehicle when any
of the following conditions exist:
(1) The vehicle:
(A) Is loaded in a manner; or
(B) Has more than three (3) persons in
the front seat;
so as to obstruct the view of the person who
drives the vehicle to the front or sides of
the vehicle.
(2) The vehicle:
(A) Is loaded in a manner; or
(B) Has more than three (3) persons in
the front seat;
so as to interfere with the person’s control over the
driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b) A passenger in a vehicle may not do the
following:
(1) Ride in a position that interferes with
the view ahead or to the sides of the per-
son who drives the vehicle.
(2) Interfere with the person’s control over
the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
9-21-8-44. Coasting prohibited.
(a) A person who drives a motor vehicle may
not coast with the gears of the vehicle in neutral
when traveling upon a down grade.
(b) A person who drives a commercial motor
vehicle may not coast with the clutch disengaged
when traveling upon a down grade.
9-21-8-44.5. Use of compression release
engine brake in Porter County
prohibited.
(a) As used in this section, “compression
release engine brake” means a hydraulically oper-
ated device that converts a power producing diesel
engine into a power absorbing retarding mecha-
nism.
(b) A person who drives a motor vehicle
equipped with compression release engine brakes
on the Indiana toll road in a county having a pop-
ulation of more than one hundred fifty thousand
(150,000) but less than one hundred seventy thou-
sand (170,000) may not use the motor vehicle’s
compression release engine brakes instead of the
service brake system, except in the case of failure
of the service brake system.
9-21-8-45. Operation of farm wagon on
interstate highway; crossing state
highway
(a) A farm wagon may not be operated on an
interstate highway.
(b) In addition to the prohibition set forth in
subsection (a), a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-
13-2-60(a)(2)) may not be operated on a highway
designated as a part of the state highway system
under IC 8-23-4-2, except that a farm wagon may
cross a state highway, other than a limited access
highway, at right angles for the purpose of getting
from one (1) farm field to another when the oper-
ation can be done safely. The operator shall bring
the farm wagon to a complete stop before pro-
ceeding across the state highway and shall yield
the right-of-way to all traffic.
9-21-8-46. Operating implement of
agriculture on interstate highway.
A person may not drive or operate:
(1) an implement of agriculture designed
to be operated primarily in a farm field or
on farm premises; or
(2) a piece of special machinery;
upon any part of an interstate highway.
9-21-8-47. Vehicles to be operated to avoid
damage to highway or interfer-
ence with traffic.
The following vehicles must be moved or
operated so as to avoid any material damage to the
highway or unreasonable interference with other
highway traffic:
(1) Machinery or equipment used in high-
