- Fail to report an accident to the
Colorado Motor Vehicle division according to
the Financial Responsibility Law.
- Give false information on your driver license application.
- Fail to settle a judgment against you as a result of an accident while
operating a vehicle.
- Lend your license to someone else or misuse it in any way.
- Alter or deface your license.
- Fail to appear for a re-examination requested by the Motor Vehicle
Division.
- Are convicted of manslaughter as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
- Fail to pay a fine for a Colorado driving law traffic violation or a
traffic violation from any other state.
- Fail to register, in Colorado, all vehicles owned within 30 days of
becoming a resident.
- Are convicted of defacing public or private property.
- Fail to pay ordered child support.
- Fail to provide valid evidence of insurance when requested by a law
enforcement officer.
According to Colorado driving law, if you are
convicted of driving while under restraint,
your driving privilege will be suspended again
effective for ONE YEAR from the date you would
have been reinstated.
Colorado Traffic violation School
Dismissals-Laws
Some of the driving laws in Colorado:
Speed Limits
The blanket law for Colorado is "reasonable and
prudent", meaning don't go faster than is safe
for conditions. In addition to that, limits for
certain areas, unless otherwise posted, are:
- Winding, narrow mountain highways
and blind curves: 20 mph
- Central business districts: 25 mph
- Residential areas: 30 mph
- Open mountain highways: 40 mph
- Rural highways, including two lanes and four-lane divided: 55 mph, and
up to 65 mph where posted
- Rural Interstates: 65 mph, and up to 75 mph where posted
- Home-rule cities can also adopt a blanket speed limit for the whole
town, such as 25 mph, and it will be that
unless otherwise posted.
- Minimum speeds are required so that drivers are going fast enough such
that they are not impeding or blocking the
"normal and reasonable" flow of traffic.
- Colorado also has a "move right" law, saying that on a divided highway
with a 65mph or higher speed limit, the left
lane can only be used for passing when traffic
is light enough.
Remember that no matter how good the conditions
may be, if one is going faster than what is
posted, it's considered a violation. It can
also be a violation to be going the speed limit
when that is too fast for conditions (such as
screaming along at 75 in a blizzard or heavy
traffic). Fines for speeding can also be
doubled or subject to a minimum fine along
zones posted as such. Cities can adopt
ordinances to double or have minimum fines in
certain areas, such as school zones. Statewide,
fines are double in construction zones when
posted as such.
