Colorado Code § 42-4-611

Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities - distress flag
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(1) Any
paraplegic person or person with a disability when in motor vehicle distress is authorized to
display by the side of such person's disabled vehicle a white flag of approximately seven and
one-half inches in width and thirteen inches in length, with the letter "D" thereon in red color
with an irregular one-half inch red border. Said flag shall be of reflective material so as to be
readily discernible under darkened conditions, and said reflective material must be submitted to
and approved by the department of transportation before the same is used.
(2) Any person desiring to use such display shall make application to the department,
and the department may in its discretion issue to such person with a disability upon application a
card that sets forth the applicant's name, address, and date of birth, the physical apparatus needed
to operate a motor vehicle, if any, and any other pertinent facts that the department deems
desirable, and in its discretion the department may issue a permit for the use of and issue to such
person a display flag. Each such flag shall be numbered, and in the event of loss or destruction, a
duplicate may be issued upon the payment of the sum of one dollar by such applicant. The
department shall maintain a list of such applicants and persons to whom permits and flags have
been issued and furnish a copy thereof to the Colorado state patrol upon request.
(3) Any person who is not a paraplegic person or a person with a disability who uses
such flag as a signal or for any other purpose commits a class A traffic infraction.

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