Colorado § 42-4-611 Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities - distress flag

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-611 — Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities - distress flag

Colorado § 42-4-611

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-611 (2026).

Text

(1)Any paraplegic person or person with a disability when in motor vehicle distress is authorized to display by the side of such person's disabled vehicle a white flag of approximately seven and one-half inches in width and thirteen inches in length, with the letter D thereon in red color with an irregular one-half inch red border. Said flag shall be of reflective material so as to be readily discernible under darkened conditions, and said reflective material must be submitted to and approved by the department of transportation before the same is used.

(2)Any person desiring to use such display shall make application to the department, and the department may in its discretion issue to such person with a disability upon application a card that sets forth the applicant's name, a

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(1)
Any paraplegic person or person with a disability when in motor vehicle distress is
authorized to display by the side of such person's disabled vehicle a white flag of
approximately seven and one-half inches in width and thirteen inches in length, with
the letter D thereon in red color with an irregular one-half inch red border. Said
flag shall be of reflective material so as to be readily discernible under darkened
conditions, and said reflective material must be submitted to and approved by the
department of transportation before the same is used.

(2) Any person desiring to use such display shall make application to the
department, and the department may in its discretion issue to such person with a
disability upon application a card that sets forth the applicant's name, address, and
date of birth, the physical apparatus needed to operate a motor vehicle, if any, and
any other pertinent facts that the department deems desirable, and in its discretion
the department may issue a permit for the use of and issue to such person a display
flag. Each such flag shall be numbered, and in the event of loss or destruction, a
duplicate may be issued upon the payment of the sum of one dollar by such
applicant. The department shall maintain a list of such applicants and persons to
whom permits and flags have been issued and furnish a copy thereof to the
Colorado state patrol upon request.

(3) Any person who is not a paraplegic person or a person with a disability
who uses such flag as a signal or for any other purpose commits a class A traffic
infraction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2345, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 1643, � 29, effective June 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3305, � 729, effective March 1, 2022.