Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-619 (2026)
Distances to be maintained between traveling vehicles; inapplicability to operators of nonlead vehicles in a platoon under certain circumstances; requirement for operation of platoon
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.
- (2) The driver of any motor truck or motor truck drawing another vehicle when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district shall not follow within three hundred (300) feet of another motor truck or motor truck drawing another vehicle. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prevent overtaking and passing nor shall the same apply upon any lane specially designated for use by motor trucks.
- (3)
- (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection, subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to the operator of a nonlead vehicle in a platoon, as defined in Section 63-3-103(k), as long as the platoon is operating on a limited access divided highway with more than one (1) lane in each direction and the platoon consists of not more than two (2) motor vehicles.
- (b) A platoon may be operated in this state only after an operator files a plan for approval of general platoon operations with the Department of Transportation. If that department approves the submission, it shall forward the plan to the Department of Public Safety for approval. The plan shall be reviewed and either approved or disapproved by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety within thirty (30) days after it is filed. If approved by both departments, the operator shall be allowed to operate the platoon five (5) working days after plan approval. The Motor Carrier Division of the Department of Public Safety shall develop the acceptable standards required for each portion of the plan.
Codes, 1942, § 8188; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1962, ch. 525, eff. 4/25/1962.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 443, HB 1003,§ 21, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 445, HB 1343,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2019.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: Stephen Nolan v. State of Mississippi, 182 So. 3d 484 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016).
Stephen Nolan v. State of Mississippi, 182 So. 3d 484 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-619(1). ¶ 30. “[T]he void-for-vague■ness doctrine requires that a penal statute define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can-understand what conduct is prohibited and- in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and…”
White v. Miller, 513 So. 2d 600 (Miss. 1987). “1987), that instructions on a driver's duty to drive at a speed sufficiently slow to enable him to stop within his range of vision "should not be interpreted or applied to impose on a driver an absolute duty to avoid a collision.”
Woods v. Nichols, 416 So. 2d 659 (Miss. 1982). “[Same as our statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-619 (1)(1972)].[1] .”
Byrd v. FS Prestress, Inc., 464 So. 2d 63 (Miss. 1985). “D-6 [2] which stated restrictions on how close a "motor truck" could follow behind another as articulated in Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-619 (1972) was error because the instruction was an "abstract" statement of the law which was not applicable to the facts as developed in this…”
United States v. Lopez, 817 F. Supp. 2d 918 (S.D. Miss. 2011). “§ 63-3-619(1) ("The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.”); Miss.”
Wilson v. Nationwide Mut. Ins., 667 F. Supp. 349 (N.D. Miss. 1987). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-619 (1972). In the state drivers manual, the drivers are admonished to stay far enough behind a truck to enable them to clearly see the road ahead.”
United States v. Alvarado, 989 F. Supp. 2d 505 (S.D. Miss. 2013). “§ 63-3-619, “[t]he driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.” Wall testified that at the time he stopped…”
Patterson v. Vend Foods, Inc., 751 So. 2d 1083 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). “After thorough review, we find the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law in Mississippi regarding Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-619 (Rev.1994), and the trial court erred in not granting Patterson’s JNOV and new trial.”
Stephen Nolan v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-619 (1). ¶30. “[T]he void-for-vagueness doctrine requires that a penal statute define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and…”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-619(1) — 2 cases
Stephen Nolan v. State of Mississippi, 182 So. 3d 484 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-619(1). ¶ 30. “[T]he void-for-vague■ness doctrine requires that a penal statute define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can-understand what conduct is prohibited and- in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and…”
United States v. Lopez, 817 F. Supp. 2d 918 (S.D. Miss. 2011). “§ 63-3-619(1) ("The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.”); Miss.”
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