{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-41.3-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-41.3-3","heading":"Automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system authorized and defined.","body":"(a) The state department of transportation and the municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to operate “automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems.”\n(b) For the purposes of this chapter:\n(1) An “automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system” is an automated traffic-speed-enforcement system operated within one-quarter (¼) mile of any type of school in the state of Rhode Island;\n(2) An “automated traffic-speed-enforcement system” is defined as a system using one or more vehicle detectors in combination with photography to identify and provide a photographic image of vehicles which are exceeding the posted speed limit, or the speed limit designated by state law or regulation, for a given school zone, and may be in fixed or mobile configurations; and\n(3) A “school zone” is defined as anywhere within a one-quarter (¼) mile radius of any type of school in the state of Rhode Island.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 41.3 Automated School-Zone-Speed-Enforcement System Act of 2016"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-41.3/31-41.3-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:29Z","sha256":"91008daa3bf452f1f7859979ad0878733c0831ac53774541128317a559cfb24e","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-41.3-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-41.3-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}