(a)  Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the driver’s view to the rear of it from the driver’s position shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet (200?) to the rear of the vehicle.

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(b)  Every motor vehicle, the primary function of which is the carrying of passengers, shall be equipped with a rear-view mirror on the left front door or fender, so located as to reflect a view of the highway for at least two hundred feet (200?) to the rear of the vehicle.

(c)  Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 34, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 31-23-15; P.L. 1967, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 120.