(1) (a) The department shall establish a motorcycle endorsement program for driver's licenses, minor driver's licenses, and instruction permits issued pursuant to this article.
(b) The department shall require an applicant for a general motorcycle endorsement to demonstrate the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care and control in the operation of a motorcycle. The department shall also require an applicant for a limited three- wheel motorcycle endorsement to demonstrate the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care and control in the operation of a three-wheel motorcycle.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this subsection (1), a person shall not drive a two-wheel motorcycle on a roadway without a general motorcycle endorsement, but a person who possesses a general motorcycle endorsement may drive any motorcycle on the roadway.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (1)(e) of this section, a person with only a limited three-wheel motorcycle endorsement may drive a three-wheel motorcycle but shall not drive a two-wheel motorcycle on a roadway.
(e) A driver of an autocycle shall possess a valid driver's license or minor driver's license. The driver of an autocycle need not obtain a two- or three-wheel motorcycle endorsement.
(2) (a) An operator of a low-power scooter shall possess a valid driver's license or minor driver's license.
(b) No low-power scooter shall be operated on any interstate system as described in section 43-2-101 (2), C.R.S., except where a bicycle may be operated on such interstate system, on any limited-access road of the state highway system as described in section 43-2-101 (1), C.R.S., or on any sidewalk, unless such operation is specifically designated. Low-power scooters may be operated upon roadways, except as provided in this section, and in bicycle lanes included within such roadways.
(2.5) Repealed.
(3) A person who operates a motorcycle in violation of subsection (1) of this section commits the offense of driving a motor vehicle without the correct class of license in violation of section 42-2-101 (4) and shall be punished as provided in section 42-2-101 (10).
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2116, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1349, § 15, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 79, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1262, § 23, effective October 1. L. 2015: (1)(c) and (1)(d) amended and (1)(e) added, (HB 15- 1345), ch. 330, p. 1346, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2017: (1)(b), (1)(d), and IP(1)(e) amended and (2.5) added, (HB 17-1044), ch. 72, p. 229, § 2, effective March 23. L. 2022: (1)(b), (1)(d), and (1)(e) amended and (2.5) repealed, (HB 22-1043), ch. 361, p. 2580, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-2-102.5 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-2-103 was relocated to § 42-2-104.
Notes of Decisions
Colorado Dep't of Revenue, Motor Veh. Div. v. Smith, 640 P.2d 1143 (Colo. 1982).
· cites it 3× “Concluding that each respondent was driving in Colorado while his privilege was under suspension, the Colorado Motor Vehicle Division (Division) extended both suspension periods an additional year pursuant to section 42-2-103(3), C.R.S. 1973. Both respondents subsequently…”
People v. Maynes, 562 P.2d 756 (Colo. 1977).
· cites it 3× “1973, gives the juvenile court jurisdiction over a traffic offender under sixteen years of age whose case has been *114 transferred from county court, this provision obviously does not apply to respondent, who was sixteen years old and the holder of a valid Colorado driver’s…”
Conway v. Colorado Dep't of Revenue, Motor Veh. Div., 653 P.2d 411 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982).
· cites it 2× “Department of Revenue, supra, our Supreme Court held that for purposes of extending the suspension of a Colorado driver’s license pursuant to § 42-2-103(3), C.R.S. 1973, the initial suspension is not terminated until the driver has paid the restoration fee required by §…”
Ryan v. Charnes, 738 P.2d 1175 (Colo. 1987).
“§ 42-2-103(l)(b), 17 C.R.S. (1984). 3 . Section 42-1-102(11), 17 C.”
People v. Maynes, 562 P.2d 756 (Colo. 1977).
· cites it 3× “1973, gives the juvenile court jurisdiction over a traffic offender under sixteen years of age whose case has been *114 transferred from county court, this provision obviously does not apply to respondent, who was sixteen years old and the holder of a valid Colorado driver’s…”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-103(1) — 2 cases
People v. Maynes, 562 P.2d 756 (Colo. 1977).
“1973, gives the juvenile court jurisdiction over a traffic offender under sixteen years of age whose case has been *114 transferred from county court, this provision obviously does not apply to respondent, who was sixteen years old and the holder of a valid Colorado driver’s…”
People v. Maynes, 562 P.2d 756 (Colo. 1977).
“1973, gives the juvenile court jurisdiction over a traffic offender under sixteen years of age whose case has been *114 transferred from county court, this provision obviously does not apply to respondent, who was sixteen years old and the holder of a valid Colorado driver’s…”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-103(3) — 2 cases
Colorado Dep't of Revenue, Motor Veh. Div. v. Smith, 640 P.2d 1143 (Colo. 1982).
“Concluding that each respondent was driving in Colorado while his privilege was under suspension, the Colorado Motor Vehicle Division (Division) extended both suspension periods an additional year pursuant to section 42-2-103(3), C.R.S. 1973. Both respondents subsequently…”
Conway v. Colorado Dep't of Revenue, Motor Veh. Div., 653 P.2d 411 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982).
“Department of Revenue, supra, our Supreme Court held that for purposes of extending the suspension of a Colorado driver’s license pursuant to § 42-2-103(3), C.R.S. 1973, the initial suspension is not terminated until the driver has paid the restoration fee required by §…”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-103(3)(c) — 2 cases
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-2-103(l)(b) — 1 case
Ryan v. Charnes, 738 P.2d 1175 (Colo. 1987).
“§ 42-2-103(l)(b), 17 C.R.S. (1984). 3 . Section 42-1-102(11), 17 C.”
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