Colorado POST Questions and Answers
1. What is the age requirement for safety belts?: Under 16, must be restrained
2. Which title of the CRS covers traffic?: Title 42
3. Title 42 includes: Title, Article, Part, Common Code, Points, Fine
4. Are traffic infractions arrestable offenses?: No
5. Are traffic violations arrestable offenses?: Yes
6. Can a person have a jury trial for traffic infractions or violations?: No. Judge
trial only
7. A municipal officer cannot write municipal tickets for...: DUI, Registration,
Licensing, Hit and Run. These violations go to county
8. Can officers issue a summons for a felony?: No. These must go to the district
attorney
9. What class is a basic driver's license?: R
10. How long do you have to notify the state of changes to your driver's license
(DL), such as change of address: 30 days
11. When do license plates expire?: End of the following month
12. Can a motorist block an intersection even if they have the green light?: No.
42-4-709 Stop when traffic obstructed No driver shall enter an intersection or a
marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient
space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or railroad grade crossing to
accommodate the vehicle the driver is operating without obstructing the passage
of other vehicles, pedestrians, or railroad trains, notwithstanding the indication of
any traffic control signal to proceed. Any person who violates any provision of this
section commits a class A traffic infraction.
13. While a fire apparatus is responding to a fire alarm, how far back must a
motorist follow: No closer than 500ft
14. Must motorists come to a complete stop at a stop sign?: Yes.
15. Can people alter, damage, or remove traffic signage?: No. Two charges may
be filed. Theft, and .... 42-4-607 Interference with official devices (1)(a) No person
shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down,
remove, or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device
or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any
other part thereof. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section,
any person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class B traffic
infraction
16. What two vehicles must stop at all railroad crossings?: School bus carrying
kids. Hazardous material vehicle with displayed placards.
17. A child must be in a rear-facing child seat if: (II) If the child is less than
one year of age and weighs less than twenty pounds, the child shall be properly
restrained in a rear-facing child restraint system in a rear seat of the vehicle
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18. A child may be in a forward-facing child seat if: (III) If the child is one year
of age or older, but less than four years of age, and weighs less than forty pounds,
but at least twenty pounds, the child shall be properly restrained in a rear-facing or
forward-facing child restraint system.
19. Must a motorist stop for a school bus with safety equipment illuminated in
on a two-way street?: No
20. What constitutes a muffler violation?: 42-4-225 Mufflers-Prevention of noise
(1) Every motor vehicle subject to registration and operated on a highway shall at
all times be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly
maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise, and no such muffler or
exhaust system shall be equipped with a cut-off, bypass, or similar device. No person
shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or
increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the
muffler originally installed on the vehicle, and such original muffler shall comply with
all of the requirements of this section.
21. What two conditions must a license plate light meet at night?: Must be
white. Must be visible from 50ft
22. When must you turn off your high beams when approaching a vehicle from
the rear?: 200ft
23. When must you turn off your high beams when approaching a vehicle from
head on?: 500ft
24. Should a vehicle move from a parking spot if unsafe?: A motorist must
ensure that it is clear and safe to move from a parking spot
25. When towing a vehicle with a rope or chain, what must be displayed?: A
white flag or cloth, 12" square
26. Preparation Triangle: Tactics, Shooting (and other skills), Mental and Physical
Condition
27. In tactics, it is important to: Anticipate the problem or hazard. Practice invisible
deployment
28. Six hazards of approach: Fill this in
29. Near/Far rule: You are safest right on suspects back, at a distance behind cover.
Middle ground is most dangerous
30. Police are generally poorly trained in their ability to control people: True
31. After shooting...: The tenancy of the human mind to dwell on unpleasant,
emotionally charged events in the wake of their occurrence is sometimes referred
to as afterburn
32. Shooting through walls is NOT done where there is a possibility of hitting
innocents: True
33. Contact officer: Conducts all business of the contact
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1. What is the age requirement for safety belts?: Under 16, must be restrained
2. Which title of the CRS covers traffic?: Title 42
3. Title 42 includes: Title, Article, Part, Common Code, Points, Fine
4. Are traffic infractions arrestable offenses?: No
5. Are traffic violations arrestable offenses?: Yes
6. Can a person have a jury trial for traffic infractions or violations?: No. Judge
trial only
7. A municipal officer cannot write municipal tickets for...: DUI, Registration,
Licensing, Hit and Run. These violations go to county
8. Can officers issue a summons for a felony?: No. These must go to the district
attorney
9. What class is a basic driver's license?: R
10. How long do you have to notify the state of changes to your driver's license
(DL), such as change of address: 30 days
11. When do license plates expire?: End of the following month
12. Can a motorist block an intersection even if they have the green light?: No.
42-4-709 Stop when traffic obstructed No driver shall enter an intersection or a
marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient
space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or railroad grade crossing to
accommodate the vehicle the driver is operating without obstructing the passage
of other vehicles, pedestrians, or railroad trains, notwithstanding the indication of
any traffic control signal to proceed. Any person who violates any provision of this
section commits a class A traffic infraction.
13. While a fire apparatus is responding to a fire alarm, how far back must a
motorist follow: No closer than 500ft
14. Must motorists come to a complete stop at a stop sign?: Yes.
15. Can people alter, damage, or remove traffic signage?: No. Two charges may
be filed. Theft, and .... 42-4-607 Interference with official devices (1)(a) No person
shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down,
remove, or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device
or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any
other part thereof. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section,
any person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class B traffic
infraction
16. What two vehicles must stop at all railroad crossings?: School bus carrying
kids. Hazardous material vehicle with displayed placards.
17. A child must be in a rear-facing child seat if: (II) If the child is less than
one year of age and weighs less than twenty pounds, the child shall be properly
restrained in a rear-facing child restraint system in a rear seat of the vehicle
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18. A child may be in a forward-facing child seat if: (III) If the child is one year
of age or older, but less than four years of age, and weighs less than forty pounds,
but at least twenty pounds, the child shall be properly restrained in a rear-facing or
forward-facing child restraint system.
19. Must a motorist stop for a school bus with safety equipment illuminated in
on a two-way street?: No
20. What constitutes a muffler violation?: 42-4-225 Mufflers-Prevention of noise
(1) Every motor vehicle subject to registration and operated on a highway shall at
all times be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly
maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise, and no such muffler or
exhaust system shall be equipped with a cut-off, bypass, or similar device. No person
shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or
increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the
muffler originally installed on the vehicle, and such original muffler shall comply with
all of the requirements of this section.
21. What two conditions must a license plate light meet at night?: Must be
white. Must be visible from 50ft
22. When must you turn off your high beams when approaching a vehicle from
the rear?: 200ft
23. When must you turn off your high beams when approaching a vehicle from
head on?: 500ft
24. Should a vehicle move from a parking spot if unsafe?: A motorist must
ensure that it is clear and safe to move from a parking spot
25. When towing a vehicle with a rope or chain, what must be displayed?: A
white flag or cloth, 12" square
26. Preparation Triangle: Tactics, Shooting (and other skills), Mental and Physical
Condition
27. In tactics, it is important to: Anticipate the problem or hazard. Practice invisible
deployment
28. Six hazards of approach: Fill this in
29. Near/Far rule: You are safest right on suspects back, at a distance behind cover.
Middle ground is most dangerous
30. Police are generally poorly trained in their ability to control people: True
31. After shooting...: The tenancy of the human mind to dwell on unpleasant,
emotionally charged events in the wake of their occurrence is sometimes referred
to as afterburn
32. Shooting through walls is NOT done where there is a possibility of hitting
innocents: True
33. Contact officer: Conducts all business of the contact
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