Sec. 14-237. Driving on divided highways.

When any highway has been divided into two roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing section, each vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway and no vehicle shall be driven over or across any such dividing space, barrier or section, except through an opening or at a crossover or intersection established by public authority. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

(1955, S. 1389d; P.A. 75-577, S. 80, 126.)

History: P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction.

Notation

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.

See Sec. 14-295 re assessment of double or treble damages.

To require affirmative proof of an intent to commit the act prohibited would import into statute a requirement never contemplated by the legislature; where the course of a motor vehicle is contrary to statute, it is usually a permissible inference that the operator of the vehicle was the responsible agent in causing it to take that course. 150 C. 35. Cited. 161 C. 204; 191 C. 266; 206 C. 608; 234 C. 660.

Cited. 1 CA 517; 4 CA 451.

An esplanade dividing northbound and southbound roadways is sufficient “intervening space”; knowledge or intention forms no element of the offense; the act alone, irrespective of its motive, constitutes the crime. 23 CS 197. Cited. 38 CS 675.