R.S. 32:52 DRIVER MUST BE LICENSED
No person shall drive or operate any vehicle upon any highway within this state unless and until he has been
issued a license to do so as required by laws of this state nor shall any person permit or allow any other person
to drive or operate any vehicle owned or controlled by him upon highways of this state unless and until such other
person has been issued a license to so do as required by the laws of this state.
R.S. 32:53 PROPER EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ON VEHICLES
D. No person shall drive a vehicle upon highways within this state, or permit or allow any vehicle owned by him
or under his control to be driven on said highways, unless and until such vehicle bears an inspection tag showing
it to have been inspected and approved as required by the provisions of R.S. 32:1301 - 32:1310, if such vehicle
is required to be so inspected.
R.S. 32:63 ESTABLISHING OF SPEED ZONES
A. Whenever the department shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any
maximum speed set forth in this Chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found
to exist upon any highway of this state, or any part thereof, the department may determine and declare a reasonable
and safe maximum speed limit thereat, which, when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected, shall be
effective at all times or at such specific times as may be determined by the department.
R.S. 32:81 FOLLOWING VEHICLES
A. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent,
having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the other traffic upon and the condition of the highway.
R.S. 32:295.1 SAFETY BELT USE
A.(1) Each driver of a passenger car, van, or truck having a gross weight of ten thousand pounds or less,
commonly referred to as a pickup truck, in this state shall have a safety belt properly fastened about his
or her body at all times when the vehicle is in forward motion. The provisions of the Section shall not apply
to those cars, vans, or pickup trucks manufactured prior to January 1, 1981.
R.S. 32:301 WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE REQUIRED
Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter
respectively required for different classes of vehicles subject to exception with respect to parked vehicles at any
of the following times:
(1) At any time between sunset and sunrise.
(2) When, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway
are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred feet ahead.
(3) When moisture in the air or precipitation necessitates the continuous use of windshield wipers.
R.S. 14:98 OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED
A.(1) The crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated is the operating of any vehicle, aircraft, watercraft,
vessel, or other means of conveyance when:
(a) The operator is under the influence of alcoholic everages: or
(b) The operator's blood alcohol concentration is 0.10 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol
per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood: or
(c) The operator is under the influence of any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV,
or V as set forth in R.S. 40:964.
R.S.32:73.1 ROLLING ROADBLOCKS
A. For purposes of this Section, the term "multiple-lane highway shall have the meaning provided in R.S. 32:1(42),
but shall only include a multiple-lane highway outside the city limits with a posted speed limit of fifty-five miles per
hour or more.
B. A vehicle which remains in the passing lane of a multiple-lane highway as defined in Subsection A of this Section
traveling at the same speed as the vehicle in the right lane and impedes the flow of traffic shall be deemed a
"rolling roadblock" which shall be prohibited. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to vehicles stopped
at a traffic signal or traveling at a slower rate due to traffic congestion as long as the vehicle is not causing traffic
congestion.
C. Violations of this Section shall be punishable as provided in R.S. 32:57