Wyoming driving laws

“No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public street or highway while using a handheld electronic wireless communication device to write, send or read a text-based communication.”

“To write, read, select or enter a telephone number or name in an electronic wireless communications device for the purpose of making or receiving a telephone call; or”

“Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75.00).”

“No person shall drive or have actual physical control of any vehicle within this state if the person: (i) Has an alcohol concentration of eight onehundredths of one percent (0.08%) or more;”

“A person younger than twenty-one (21) years of age shall not operate or be in actual physical control of a vehicle in this state with an alcohol concentration of two onehundredths of one percent (0.02%) or more nor operate”

“commercial motor vehicle while the alcohol concentration of the person's blood, breath or other bodily substance is four one-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) or more;”

“If a person under arrest refuses upon the request of a peace officer to submit to a chemical test designated by the agency employing the peace officer as provided in subsection (a) of this section, none shall be given except in cases where serious bodily injury or death has resulted or upon issuance of a search warrant.”

“a person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.”

“the division shall suspend the license or nonresident operating privilege for: (i) Ninety (90) days for the first conviction;”

“Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle operated in this state shall wear, and each driver of a motor vehicle shall require that a passenger under twelve (12) years of age shall wear, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt when the motor vehicle is in motion on public streets and highways.”

“No motor vehicle shall be halted solely for a violation of this section.”

“no person shall operate a passenger vehicle in this state unless each child who is a passenger in that vehicle and who has not reached his ninth birthday is properly secured in a child safety restraint system in a seat of the vehicle other than the front seat,”

“The lap and shoulder belts of the vehicle will fit properly across the collarbone, chest and hips of the child and the belts do not pose a danger to the neck, face or abdominal area of the child in the event of a crash or sudden stop.”

“When driving on an interstate highway or other highway with two (2) or more lanes traveling in the direction of the emergency vehicle, shall merge into the lane farthest from the emergency vehicle or at least one (1) lane of traffic apart from the emergency vehicle, except when otherwise directed by a police officer;”

“When driving on a two (2) lane road with a posted speed limit of forty-five (45) miles per hour or greater, shall slow to a speed that is twenty (20) miles per hour less than the posted speed limit, except”

“When an authorized municipal, public utility or highway construction or maintenance vehicle is stopped or is moving at less than twenty (20) miles per hour on or within three (3) feet of a roadway”

“The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any stopped school bus shall stop before reaching the school bus”

“the driver shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the flashing red lights are no longer actuated.”

“need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to the highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.”

“Twenty (20) miles per hour when passing a school building, the grounds thereof, within any other area or space in the vicinity of a school designated by an official traffic control device as a school zone with a reduced speed limit or a school crossing if appropriate signs giving notice of a reduced speed limit are erected;”

“Thirty (30) miles per hour in any urban district and in any residence district or subdivision except on roads”

“seventy-five (75) miles per hour on interstate highways.”

“For all other locations for which a maximum speed limit is not specified under this subsection, sixty-five (65) miles per hour where the roadway is paved and fifty-five (55) miles per hour where the roadway is unpaved;”

“Notwithstanding paragraph (iii) of this subsection, eighty (80) miles per hour on interstate highways designated by the superintendent;”

“Seventy (70) miles per hour on state highways, as defined in W.S. 31-18-101(a)(xvii), that are not interstate highways,”

“The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of the accident to: (i) The local police department if the accident occurs within a municipality; or (ii) To the nearest office of the state highway patrol or to the office of the county sheriff.”

“Subsection (a) of this section shall only apply if the accident results in: (i) Injury to or death of any person; or (ii) Property damage to the extent the vehicle, excluding bicycles or any other vehicle moved solely by human power, is so disabled as to prevent its normal and safe operation.”

“Every police officer who investigates a motor vehicle accident shall forward a written report of the accident to the highway department within ten (10) days after his investigation”

“twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident”

“fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of property”

“shall operate or permit the operation of his motor vehicle without having in full force and effect a motor vehicle liability policy in amounts provided by W.S. 31-9-405(b)”

“Violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or both.”

“No minor shall operate or ride nor shall the operator permit a minor to ride upon a motorcycle unless he is wearing protective headgear securely fastened on his head, and of a type which complies with standards established by the superintendent.”

“Upon becoming eighteen (18) years of age, an individual reaches the age of majority”

“wear: an approved helmet, face or eye protection and”

“Any person at least fifteen (15) years of age may apply to the division for a motorcycle instruction permit.”

“may issue to the applicant an instruction permit that entitles the applicant to drive a motorcycle for a period of ninety (90) days without a passenger.”

“If the applicant also passes a driving test, the division may issue an instruction permit that entitles the applicant to drive a motorcycle for a period of one (1) year, without a passenger.”

“The motorcycle instruction permit for a person who is under seventeen (17) years of age shall be subject to restricted hours of operation”

“Shall only be upon a public highway between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. unless:”

“in the case of an applicant for an intermediate motorcycle permit an instruction permit pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or a similar permit from another jurisdiction and has completed practice driving of at least fifty (50) actual driving hours, including at least ten (10) hours of night driving,”

“A person with an intermediate motorcycle permit shall not operate the motorcycle with any passenger”

“The on-cycle skills test may be waived for those who present proof, in the form of a certification card, that they have completed an approved Motorcycle Safety Course. The certification card will be honored for no longer than two years.”

“No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.”

“The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass any vehicle in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken, except another motorcycle.”

“Two (2) motorcycles may be driven abreast in the same lane by consent of both motorcycle drivers.”