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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1409: Operation of motor vehicles on approach of funeral procession

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 27
  3. Chapter 51
  4. Subchapter 14

(a) A person driving a motor vehicle that is not a part of a funeral procession shall not: (1) Drive between the motor vehicles of a funeral procession while the motor vehicles are in motion; (2) Join a funeral procession for the purpose of securing the right-of-way allowed by § 27-49-113(c)(1) ; (3) Pass a funeral procession on a multiple-lane highway on the right side of the funeral procession unless the funeral procession is in the leftmost lane; or (4) Enter an intersection when a funeral procession is proceeding through a red official traffic control signal as permitted by § 27-49-113(c)(1) unless the driver of the motor vehicle enters the intersection without crossing the path of the funeral procession. (b) Upon conviction, a person who violates this section is guilty of a violation and may be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Added by Act 2017, No. 816,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017.

(a) A person driving a motor vehicle that is not a part of a funeral procession shall not: (1) Drive between the motor vehicles of a funeral procession while the motor vehicles are in motion; (2) Join a funeral procession for the purpose of securing the right-of-way allowed by § 27-49-113(c)(1) ; (3) Pass a funeral procession on a multiple-lane highway on the right side of the funeral procession unless the funeral procession is in the leftmost lane; or (4) Enter an intersection when a funeral procession is proceeding through a red official traffic control signal as permitted by § 27-49-113(c)(1) unless the driver of the motor vehicle enters the intersection without crossing the path of the funeral procession.

(1) Drive between the motor vehicles of a funeral procession while the motor vehicles are in motion;

(2) Join a funeral procession for the purpose of securing the right-of-way allowed by § 27-49-113(c)(1) ;

(3) Pass a funeral procession on a multiple-lane highway on the right side of the funeral procession unless the funeral procession is in the leftmost lane; or

(4) Enter an intersection when a funeral procession is proceeding through a red official traffic control signal as permitted by § 27-49-113(c)(1) unless the driver of the motor vehicle enters the intersection without crossing the path of the funeral procession.

(b) Upon conviction, a person who violates this section is guilty of a violation and may be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

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