The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any emergency vehicle traveling in response to an
emergency call closer than five hundred (500) feet or drive into or
park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped
in answer to a fire alarm.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a Fire
Department when laid down on any street, private driveway or streetcar
track to be used at any fire or alarm of fire without the consent
of the Fire Department official in command.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising
a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion
and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in
this Title. This provision shall not apply at intersections where
traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or Police Officers.
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as
near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall
follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified
as such by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant
or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined
and designated by the Traffic Division.
No funeral, procession or parade containing two hundred (200)
or more persons or fifty (50) or more vehicles except the forces of
the United States Army or Navy, the military forces of this State
and the forces of the Police and Fire Departments shall occupy, march
or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued
by the Chief of Police and such other regulations as are set forth
herein which may apply.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except on a permanent or temporary driveway.
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such
movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering
with other traffic.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side
available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe
to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a
motor vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer
than necessary to load or unload passengers.
A. A person
operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular
seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other
person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such
motorcycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person, in which
event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if
designed for two (2) persons or upon another seat firmly attached
to the rear or side of the operator.
B. The
operator of a motorized bicycle shall ride only astride the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto and shall not permit more than one
(1) person to ride thereon at the same time, unless the motorized
bicycle is designed to carry more than one (1) person. Any motorized
bicycle designed to carry more than one (1) person must be equipped
with a passenger seat and footrests for the use of a passenger.
A. No
person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.
B. Whenever
any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall
yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal
before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
C. No
person shall ride a motorized bicycle upon a sidewalk.
[Ord. No. 3928, 7-20-2021
A. No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle, utility vehicle or an off-road/off-highway vehicle, as defined in City Code Section
300.010, upon the streets and highways of this City, except as set forth in Sections 304.013, RSMo., 304.032, RSMo., or 304.033, RSMo.
B. A violation
of this Section shall be a misdemeanor.
No person riding upon any bicycle, motorized bicycle, coaster,
roller skates, sled or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself/herself
to any vehicle upon a roadway. Neither shall the driver of a vehicle
knowingly pull a rider behind a vehicle.
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled
access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established
by public authority.
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator
of any railroad train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes; provided
that this Section shall not apply to a moving train or to one stopped
because of an emergency or for repairs necessary before it can proceed
safely.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety
zone.
[CC 1979 §76.060]
A. No
person shall operate any motor vehicle upon and over any portion of
any City park, City owned recreational facility or City owned property
except those portions of the City parks, City owned recreational facilities,
and City owned property that are paved, marked and provided for motor
vehicle traffic.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, employees, officers
and agents of the City of Sullivan, Missouri, may operate motor vehicles
upon and over the non-paved areas of the City parks, City owned recreational
facilities and City owned property when such acts are necessary in
the normal course of their employment and to make repairs and conduct
maintenance activities when required by the City officials responsible
for the care and maintenance of City parks, City recreation facilities
and City owned property.
2. As used in this Section, "motor vehicle" shall mean
any self propelled vehicle including, but not limited to, automobiles,
pickup trucks, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, motorbikes, motor scooters,
and four-wheel drive vehicles.
[CC 1979 §76.670; Ord. No. 1405 §§1 — 2, 5-14-1981]
Every person operating a motor vehicle on the streets, highways
and public roads of the City of Sullivan, Missouri, shall drive the
vehicle in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed so
as not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of
any person and shall exercise the highest degree of care.
A. The
driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way
to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway,
provided however, there is no form of traffic control at such intersection.
B. When
two (2) vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at
approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left
shall yield the right-of-way to the driver of the vehicle on the right.
This Subsection shall not apply to vehicles approaching each other
from opposite directions when the driver of one (1) of such vehicles
is attempting to or is making a left turn.
C. The
driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the
left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from
the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close
thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
D. The
driver of a vehicle intending to make a left turn into an alley, private
road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching
from the opposite direction when the making of such left turn would
create a traffic hazard.
E. The City may, on any section of road where construction or major maintenance operations are being effected, fix a speed limit in such areas by posting of appropriate signs, and the operation of a motor vehicle in excess of such speed limit in the area so posted shall be deemed prima facie evidence of careless and imprudent driving and a violation of Section
340.180.
A. Upon
all public roads or highways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall
be driven upon the right-half of the roadway, except as follows:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same
direction pursuant to the rules governing such movement;
2. When placing a vehicle in position for and when such vehicle is lawfully
making a left turn in compliance with the provisions of this Title;
3. When the right-half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under
construction or repair; or
4. Upon a roadway designated by local ordinance as a one-way street
and marked or signed for one-way traffic.
B. It
is unlawful to drive any vehicle upon any highway or road which has
been divided into two (2) or more roadways by means of a physical
barrier or by means of a dividing section or delineated by curbs,
lines or other markings on the roadway except to the right of such
barrier or dividing section or to make any left turn or semi-circular
or U-turn on any such divided highway, except at an intersection or
interchange or at any signed location designated by the State Highways
and Transportation Commission or the Department of Transportation.
The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to emergency vehicles,
law enforcement vehicles or to vehicles owned by the Commission or
the Department.
C. Whenever
any roadway has been divided into three (3) or more clearly marked
lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all other consistent
herewith shall apply:
1. A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within
a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver
has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.
2. Upon a roadway which is divided into three (3) lanes, a vehicle shall
not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing
another vehicle where the roadway ahead is clearly visible and such
center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in preparation
for a left turn, or where such center lane is at the time allocated
exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding
and is signposted to give notice of such allocation.
3. Upon all highways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal
speed of traffic thereon shall be driven in the right-hand lane for
traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb,
except as otherwise provided in Sections 304.014 to 304.026, RSMo.
4. Official signs may be erected by the Highways and Transportation
Commission or the Highway Patrol may place temporary signs directing
slow moving traffic to use a designated lane or allocating specified
lanes to traffic moving in the same direction and drivers of vehicles
shall obey the directions of every such sign.
5. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass
each other to the right and, except when a roadway has been divided
into traffic lanes, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half
(½) of the main traveled portion of the roadway whenever possible.
D. All
vehicles in motion upon a highway having two (2) or more lanes of
traffic proceeding in the same direction shall be driven in the right-hand
lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle or when preparing
to make a proper left turn or when otherwise directed by traffic markings,
signs or signals.
A. The
following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles
proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations and exceptions
hereinafter stated:
1. The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance
and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely
clear of the overtaken vehicle; and
2. Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the
driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor
of the overtaking vehicle and shall not increase the speed of such
driver's vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
B. The
driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another
vehicle only under the following conditions:
1. When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;
2. Upon a City street with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width
for two (2) or more lines of vehicles in each direction; or
3. Upon a one-way street.
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The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass another
vehicle upon the right only under the foregoing conditions when such
movement may be made in safety. In no event shall such movement be
made by driving off the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway.
The provisions of this Subsection shall not relieve the driver of
a slow-moving vehicle from the duty to drive as closely as practicable
to the right-hand edge of the roadway.
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C. Except
when a roadway has been divided into three (3) traffic lanes, no vehicle
shall be driven to the left side of the centerline of a highway or
public road in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is
free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit
such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering
with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite
direction or any vehicle overtaken.
D. No
vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway
under the following conditions:
1. When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve of the highway
where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create
a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite
direction.
2. When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred (100)
feet of any bridge, viaduct, tunnel or when approaching within one
hundred (100) feet of or at any intersection or railroad grade crossing.
[CC 1979 §76.600]
Any driver in rounding curves shall reduce speed and shall keep
his/her vehicle as far to the right on the highway as is reasonably
possible.
[CC 1979 §76.675; Ord. No. 1430 §76.675, 2-11-1982]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle
upon or across any sidewalk, driveway, parking lot, filling station,
or other commercial driveway or parking lot or other similar surface
located at any corner of any intersection within the City of Sullivan,
Missouri, for the purpose of evading the regulations and ordinances
governing the stopping or turning of motor vehicles at intersections.
A. Any person at least fifteen (15) years of age who, except for age or lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be qualified to obtain a license pursuant to Sections 302.010 to 302.340, RSMo., may apply for and the Director shall issue a temporary instruction permit entitling the applicant, while having such permit in the applicant's immediate possession, to drive a motor vehicle of the appropriate class upon the highways for a period of twelve (12) months, but any such person, except when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle, must be accompanied by a licensed operator for the type of motor vehicle being operated who is actually occupying a seat beside the driver for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the motor vehicle, who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and in the case of any driver under sixteen (16) years of age, the licensed operator occupying the seat beside the driver shall be a grandparent, parent, guardian, a driver training instructor holding a valid driver education endorsement on a teaching certificate issued by the department of elementary and secondary education or a qualified instructor of a private drivers' education program who has a valid driver's license. Beginning January 1, 2001, an applicant for a temporary instruction permit shall successfully complete a vision test and a test of the applicant's ability to understand highway signs which regulate, warn or direct traffic and practical knowledge of the traffic laws of this State, pursuant to Section 302.173, RSMo. In addition, beginning January 1, 2001, no permit shall be granted pursuant to this Subsection unless a parent or legal guardian gives written permission by signing the application and in so signing, state they, or their designee as set forth in Subsection
(B), will provide a minimum of twenty (20) hours of behind-the-wheel driving instruction. The twenty (20) hours of behind-the-wheel driving instruction that is completed pursuant to this Subsection may include any time that the holder of an instruction permit has spent operating a motor vehicle in a driver training program taught by a driver training instructor holding a valid driver education endorsement on a teaching certificate issued by the department of elementary and secondary education or by a qualified instructor of a private drivers' education program. If the applicant for a permit is enrolled in a federal residential job training program, the instructor, as defined in Subsection
(E), is authorized to sign the application stating that the applicant will receive the behind-the-wheel driving instruction required by this Section.
B. In
the event the parent, grandparent or guardian of the person under
sixteen (16) years of age has a physical disability which prohibits
or disqualifies said parent, grandparent or guardian from being a
qualified licensed operator pursuant to this section, said parent,
grandparent or guardian may designate a maximum of two (2) individuals
authorized to accompany the applicant for the purpose of giving instruction
in driving the motor vehicle. An authorized designee must be a licensed
operator for the type of motor vehicle being operated and have attained
twenty-one (21) years of age. At least one (1) of the designees must
occupy the seat beside the applicant while giving instruction in driving
the motor vehicle. The name of the authorized designees must be provided
to the Department of Revenue by the parent, grandparent or guardian
at the time of application for the temporary instruction permit. The
name of each authorized designee shall be printed on the temporary
instruction permit, however, the Director may delay the time at which
permits are printed bearing such names until the inventories of blank
permits and related forms existing on August 28, 1998, are exhausted.
C. The
Director, upon proper application on a form prescribed by the Director,
in his/her discretion, may issue a restricted instruction permit effective
for a school year or more restricted period to an applicant who is
enrolled in a high school driver training program taught by a driver
training instructor holding a valid driver education endorsement on
a teaching certificate issued by the State department of elementary
and secondary education even though the applicant has not reached
the age of sixteen (16) years but has passed the age of fifteen (15)
years. Such instruction permit shall entitle the applicant, when the
applicant has such permit in his/her immediate possession, to operate
a motor vehicle on the highways, but only when a driver training instructor
holding a valid driver education endorsement on a teaching certificate
issued by the State department of elementary and secondary education
is occupying a seat beside the driver.
D. The
Director, in his/her discretion, may issue a temporary driver's permit
to an applicant who is otherwise qualified for a license permitting
the applicant to operate a motor vehicle while the Director is completing
the Director's investigation and determination of all facts relative
to such applicant's rights to receive a license. Such permit must
be in the applicant's immediate possession while operating a motor
vehicle, and it shall be invalid when the applicant's license has
been issued or for good cause has been refused.
E. In the event that the applicant for a temporary instruction permit described in Subsection
(A) is a participant in a federal residential job training program, the permittee may operate a motor vehicle accompanied by a driver training instructor who holds a valid driver education endorsement issued by the department of elementary and secondary education and a valid driver's license.
F. A person
at least fifteen (15) years of age may operate a motor vehicle as
part of a driver training program taught by a driver training instructor
holding a valid driver education endorsement on a teaching certificate
issued by the department of elementary and secondary education or
a qualified instructor of a private drivers' education program.
G. Beginning January 1, 2003, the Director shall issue with every temporary instruction permit issued pursuant to Subsection
(A) a sticker or sign bearing the words "PERMIT DRIVER". The design and size of such sticker or sign shall be determined by the Director by regulation. Every applicant issued a temporary instruction permit and sticker on or after January 1, 2003, may display or affix the sticker or sign on the rear window of the motor vehicle. Such sticker or sign may be displayed on the rear window of the motor vehicle whenever the holder of the instruction permit operates a motor vehicle during his/her temporary permit licensure period.
H. The
Director may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Section.
A. The
driver of a vehicle upon a highway upon meeting or overtaking from
either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway for
the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children and whose
driver has in the manner prescribed by law given the signal to stop
shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus and shall not
proceed until such school bus resumes motion or until signaled by
its driver to proceed.
B. Every
bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon
the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing the words "School Bus" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in
height. Each bus shall have lettered on the rear in plain and distinct
type the following: "State Law: Stop While Bus is Loading
and Unloading". Each school bus subject to the provisions
of Sections 304.050 to 304.070, RSMo., shall be equipped with a mechanical
and electrical signaling device approved by the State Board of Education
which will display a signal plainly visible from the front and rear
and indicating intention to stop.
C. Every school bus operated to transport students in the public school system which has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, which has the engine mounted entirely in front of the windshield and the entrance door behind the front wheels, and which is used for the transportation of school children shall be equipped with a crossing control arm. The crossing control arm, when activated, shall extend a minimum of five (5) feet six (6) inches from the face of the front bumper. The crossing control arm shall be attached on the right side of the front bumper and shall be activated by the same controls which activate the mechanical and electrical signaling devices described in Subsection
(B) of this Section. This Subsection may be cited as "Jessica's Law" in commemoration of Jessica Leicht and all other Missouri school children who have been injured or killed during the operation of a school bus.
D. Except
as otherwise provided in this Section, the driver of a school bus
in the process of loading or unloading students upon a street or highway
shall activate the mechanical and electrical signaling devices, in
the manner prescribed by the State Board of Education, to communicate
to drivers of other vehicles that students are loading or unloading.
A public school district has the authority pursuant to Section 304.050,
RSMo., to adopt a policy which provides that the driver of a school
bus in the process of loading or unloading students upon a divided
highway of four (4) or more lanes may pull off of the main roadway
and load or unload students without activating the mechanical and
electrical signaling devices in a manner which gives the signal for
other drivers to stop and may use the amber signaling devices to alert
motorists that the school bus is slowing to a stop; provided that
the passengers are not required to cross any traffic lanes and also
provided that the emergency flashing signal lights are activated in
a manner which indicates that drivers should proceed with caution
and, in such case, the driver of a vehicle may proceed past the school
bus with due caution. No driver of a school bus shall take on or discharge
passengers at any location upon a highway consisting of four (4) or
more lanes of traffic, whether or not divided by a median or barrier,
in such manner as to require the passengers to cross more than two
(2) lanes of traffic; nor shall any passengers be taken on or discharged
while the vehicle is upon the road or highway proper unless the vehicle
so stopped is plainly visible for at least five hundred (500) feet
in each direction to drivers of other vehicles in the case of a highway
with no shoulder and a speed limit greater than sixty (60) miles per
hour and at least three hundred (300) feet in each direction to drivers
of other vehicles upon other highways, and on all highways, only for
such time as is actually necessary to take on and discharge passengers.
E. The
driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not
stop upon meeting or overtaking a school bus which is on a different
roadway, which is proceeding in the opposite direction on a highway
containing four (4) or more lanes of traffic, or which is stopped
in a loading zone constituting a part of, or adjacent to, a limited
or controlled access highway at a point where pedestrians are not
permitted to cross the roadway.
[CC 1979 §76.630]
A. No
person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of or turn a vehicle
from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and
until such movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only
after the giving of an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein.
1. An operator or driver when stopping or when checking the speed of
his/her vehicle, if the movement of other vehicles may reasonably
be affected by such checking of speed, shall extend his/her arm at
an angle below horizontal so that the same may be seen in the rear
of the vehicle;
2. An operator or driver intending to turn his/her vehicle to the right
shall extend his/her arm at an angle above horizontal so that the
same may be seen in front of and in the rear of his/her vehicle and
shall slow down and approach the intersecting highway as near as practicable
to the right side of the highway along which he/she is proceeding
before turning.
3. An operator or driver intending to turn his/her vehicle to the left
shall extend his/her arm in a horizontal position to that the same
may be seen in the rear of his/her vehicle and shall slow down and
approach the intersecting highway so that the left side of his/her
vehicle shall be as near as practicable to the centerline of the highway
along which he/she is proceeding before turning.
4. The signals herein required shall be given either by means of the
hand and arm or by a signal light or signal device in good mechanical
condition of a type approved by the State Highway Patrol; however,
when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal
would not be visible both to the front and rear of such vehicle, then
such signals shall be given by such light or device. A vehicle shall
be considered as so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal
would not be visible both to the front and rear when the distance
from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside
limit of the body, cab or load exceeds twenty-four (24) inches, or
when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post
to the rear limit of the body or load thereon exceeds fourteen (14)
feet, which limit of fourteen (14) feet shall apply to single vehicles
or combinations of vehicle. The provisions of this Subsection shall
not apply to any trailer which does not interfere with a clear view
of the hand signals of the operator or of the signaling device upon
the vehicle pulling said trailer; provided further, that the provisions
of this Section as far as mechanical devices on vehicles so constructed
that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front
and rear of such vehicle as above provided shall only be applicable
to new vehicles registered within this State after the first (1st)
day of January, 1954.
[CC 1979 §76.720]
Sections
310.110,
340.240,
340.250,
380.010,
380.020 and
380.140 shall apply to and be enforced on all publicly used parking lots, drive-ins and all areas upon which the public is invited or permitted to operate motor vehicles, whether such parking lots, drive-ins and other publicly used areas are publicly or privately owned or held. All motor vehicles shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner and at a speed not in excess of ten (10) miles per hour on all such private parking lots and drive-ins. Anyone violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section
100.220 hereof.
[CC 1979 §76.810]
No person, while on the roadway outside of a safety zone, shall
solicit a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
[CC 1979 §76.850]
No person shall operate a motor vehicle within the corporate
limits of the City in such manner or condition that excessive and
unnecessary noises shall be made by its machinery, motor, signaling
device, or other parts, or by any improperly loaded cargo.
[CC 1979 §76.540]
No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated
on any highway, street or alley in the City having a greater weight
than that described under Section 304.180, RSMo.; provided, that the
Governing Body and State Highway Commission or their legal agents
for their respective jurisdictions whenever by thawing or frost, rains,
or soft conditions due to construction, reconstruction and maintenance,
adverse critical weather conditions, or other causes detrimental to
the surface or physical condition of such highways, streets and alleys
in the City are hereby authorized to limit the weights described under
this Section to such an amount and in such manner as will preserve
their economical use by the general public. When posted or marked
it shall be unlawful to transport any gross load in excess of the
posted notice, and in addition to conviction and punishment for a
misdemeanor, the registered owner of any such vehicle shall be held
liable in any court of competent jurisdiction for destructive damages
to the surface and physical conditions pertaining by an action of
the State, City or any interested person. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the
provisions of Section 304.240, RSMo.; and the same rates of punishment
shall apply where weights are limited in excess of those posted as
apply to those exceeded under Section 304.180, RSMo.