Watch: CDOT’s short explainer on three traffic laws Colorado drivers get wrong, including the winter traction law
The Colorado Department of Transportation’s new video series breaks down commonly misunderstood traffic laws. Episode 1 covers the hands-free law, the expressed consent law and the traction law for winter driving.
Snow season on the Front Range starts sooner than most of us are ready for, and so does the traction law. The Colorado Department of Transportation released a short video series in August that breaks down commonly misunderstood traffic laws, meant, in the agency’s words, as a simple reference for drivers looking to brush up on the rules of the road. Episode 1, on driver safety, covers three: the hands-free law, the expressed consent law and the traction law for winter driving.
Video: ‘Driver Safety Laws – Road Laws Series (Episode 1),’ Colorado Department of Transportation. Embedded from CDOT’s YouTube channel; Colorado Local has no connection to the agency.
Two more episodes
CDOT’s release links two more: Episode 2 on lane laws (keep right except to pass, the move-over law and motorcycle lane filtering) and Episode 3 on bikes, pedestrians and intersections (passing cyclists, cyclists at stop signs and red lights, crosswalks and roundabouts). If a crash does happen, our guide to what Colorado requires after a car crash covers the reporting rules and deadlines.
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