BLET State Exam Legal Unit Questions Answered |Verified

BLET State Exam Legal Unit Questions Answered |Verified

Motor Vehicle Laws Block

What is an infraction? {{Ans- an infraction is a non criminal violation of law, not punishable by imprisonment but only by a monetary penalty. An officer may not arrest a person for an infraction but may only issue a citation or obtain a criminal summons.

What is the non-resident violator compact? (NRVC) {{Ans- The agreement says that if a driver from one member state is stopped in another member state, for an offense that does not require mandatory revocation of the person's drivers license, the law enforcement officer will not arrest the non member but will issue the nonresident a citation and allow the non resident to proceed on his/her own way.

What is a motor vehicle? {{Ans- A motor vehicle is every vehicle which is self propelled and every vehicle designed to run opon the highways  which is pulled by a self propelled vehicle. (does not include mopeds)Also, vehicles designed to run upon the highways that are pulled by motor vehicles are themselves motor vehicles.

What is a moped? {{Ans- A moped is a vehicle with two or three wheels, no external shifting device, and a motor (which does not exceed 50 cubic centimeter piston displacement) that cannot propel the vehicle at more than 30mph on a level surface.

What is a vehicle? {{Ans- A vehicle is every device in, opon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon fixed rails or tracks. BICYCLES ARE VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHAPTER. Mobile scooters are not vehicles. Many traffic laws apply to all vehicles but driver license law only applies to motor vehicles.

Define highway or street... {{Ans- Highway or street is defined as the entire width between property or right of way lines of every place of whatever nature, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purposes of vehicular traffic.A sidewalk, ditch or even shoulder of the ditch is considered part of the highway for the purposes of motor vehicle statutes. Driving a motor vehicle on sidewalks is prohibited.