[CC §32.110; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980; Ord. No. 858 §1, 6-19-2006; Ord. No. 898 §1, 3-3-2008]
A.
APPROVED
AUXILIARY LAMP
HEADLAMP
MOUNTING HEIGHT
MULTIPLE-BEAM HEADLAMPS
REFLECTOR
SINGLE-BEAM HEADLAMPS
VEHICLE
WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE REQUIRED
Definitions
for light regulations are as follows:
Approved by the Director of Revenue and when applied to lamps
and other illuminating devices means that such lamps and devices must
be in good working order.
An additional lighting device on a motor vehicle used primarily
to supplement the head lamps in providing general illumination ahead
of a vehicle.
A major lighting device capable of providing general illumination
ahead of a vehicle.
The distance from the center of the lamp to the surface on
which the vehicle stands.
Headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the
driver of the vehicle to use one (1) of two (2) or more distributions
of light on the road.
An approved device designed and used to give an indication
by reflected light.
Headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the
driver of the vehicle to use but one (1) distribution of light on
the road.
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
At any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour
before sunrise and any other time when there is not sufficient light
to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway
at a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead. Lighted lamps shall
also be required any time the weather conditions require usage of
the motor vehicle's windshield wipers to operate the vehicle in a
careful and prudent manner as defined in Section 304.012, RSMo. The
provision of this Section shall be interpreted to require lighted
lamps during periods of fog even if usage of the windshield wipers
is not necessary to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner.
B.
No
person shall drive, move, park, or be in custody of any vehicle or
combination of vehicles on any street or highway during the times
when lighted lamps are required unless such vehicle or combination
of vehicles displays lighted lamps and illuminating devices as this
Chapter requires.
C.
Every
motor vehicle other than a motor drawn vehicle and other than a motorcycle
shall be equipped with at least two (2) approved headlamps mounted
at the same level with at least one (1) on each side of the front
of the vehicle. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one
(1) and not more than two (2) approved headlamps. Every motorcycle
equipped with a sidecar or other attachment shall be equipped with
a lamp on the outside limit of such attachment capable of displaying
a white light to the front.
D.
Every
person driving a motor vehicle equipped with multiple beam road lighting
equipment during the times when lighted lamps are required shall use
a distribution of light or composite beam directed high enough and
of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance
in advance of the vehicle. Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches
an oncoming vehicle within five hundred (500) feet or within three
hundred (300) feet to the rear of another vehicle traveling in the
same direction, the driver shall use a distribution of light or composite
beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes
of the other driver.
E.
Every
motor vehicle and every motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with
at least two (2) rear lamps, not less than fifteen (15) inches or
more than seventy-two (72) inches above the ground upon which the
vehicle stands, which when lighted will exhibit a red light plainly
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear. Either
such rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed
as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration marker and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the
rear. When the rear registration marker is illuminated by an electric
lamp other than the required rear lamps, all such lamps shall be turned
on or off only by the same control switch at all times.
F.
Any
motor vehicle may be equipped with a backup lamp, either separately
or in combination with another lamp, except that no such backup lamp
shall be continuously lighted when the motor vehicle is in a forward
motion.
G.
Any
motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one (1) spotlamp
but every lighted spotlamp shall be so aimed and used so as not to
be dazzling or glaring to any person.
H.
Headlamps
when lighted shall exhibit light substantially white in color; auxiliary
lamps, cowl lamps and spotlamps, when lighted, shall exhibit lights
substantially white, yellow or amber in color. No person shall drive
or move any vehicle or equipment, except a school bus when used for
school purposes or any emergency vehicle upon any street or highway
with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from
directly in front thereof.
I.
Lighted
lamps shall be required any time the weather conditions require the
usage of the motor vehicle's windshield wipers to operate the vehicle
in a careful and prudent manner. The provisions of this Section shall
be interpreted to require lighted lamps during periods of fog even
if usage of the windshield wipers is not necessary to operate the
vehicle in a careful and prudent manner.
A.
Signaling Devices. Every motor vehicle shall be equipped
with a horn, directed forward, or whistle in good working order, capable
of emitting a sound adequate in quantity and volume to give warning
of the approach of such vehicle to other users of the highway and
to pedestrians. Such signaling device shall be used for warning purposes
only and shall not be used for making any unnecessary noise, and no
other sound-producing signaling device shall be used at any time.
B.
Muffler Cutouts. Muffler cutouts shall not be used and no
vehicle shall be driven 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. The motors
of all motor vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached mufflers
of such capacity or construction as to quiet the maximum possible
exhaust noise as completely as is done in modern gas engine passenger
motor vehicles. Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe between
the motor and the muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely
closed and disconnected from its operating lever, and shall be so
arranged that it cannot automatically open, or be opened or operated
while such vehicle is in motion.
C.
Brakes. All motor vehicles, except motorcycles, shall be
provided at all times with two (2) sets of adequate brakes, kept in
good working order, and motorcycles shall be provided with one (1)
set of adequate brakes kept in good working order.
D.
Mirrors. All motor vehicles which are so constructed or
loaded that the operator cannot see the road behind such vehicle by
looking back or around the side of such vehicle shall be equipped
with a mirror so adjusted as to reveal the road behind and be visible
from the operator's seat.
E.
Projections on Vehicles. All vehicles carrying poles or
other objects, which project more than five (5) feet from the rear
of such vehicle, shall, during the period when lights are required
by this Chapter, carry a red light at or near the rear end of the
pole or other object so projecting. At other times a red flag or cloth,
not less than sixteen (16) inches square, shall be displayed at the
end of such projection.
F.
Towlines. When one (1) vehicle is towing another, the connecting
device shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet. During the time that lights
are required by Sections 307.020 to 307.120, RSMo., the required lights
shall be displayed by both vehicles. Every towed vehicle shall be
coupled to the towing vehicle by means of a safety chain, cable, or
equivalent device in addition to the primary coupling device, except
that such secondary coupling device shall not be necessary if the
connecting device is connected to the towing vehicle by a center-locking
ball located over or nearly over the rear axle and not supported by
the rear bumper of the towing vehicle. Such secondary safety connecting
devices shall be of sufficient strength to control the towed vehicle
in the event of failure of the primary coupling device. The provisions
of this subsection shall not apply to wreckers towing vehicles or
to vehicles secured to the towing vehicle by a fifth-wheel type connection.
G.
The provisions of Subsection (F) of this Section shall not apply to farm implements, or to any vehicle which is not required to be registered.
H.
Commercial Motor Vehicles And Trailers. When being operated
on any highway of this City shall be equipped with adequate and proper
brakes, lighting equipment, signaling devices, steering mechanisms,
horns, mirrors, windshield wipers, tires, wheels, exhaust system,
glazing, air pollution control devices, fuel tank, and any other safety
equipment required by the state in such condition so as to obtain
a certificate of inspection and approval as required by the provisions
of Section 307.360.
I.
Devices
attached to or towed by motor vehicles for the purpose of transporting
hay shall have the protruding parts raised or retracted when not in
use to a position which will not cause injury or damage to persons
or property in the vicinity of such device when on the highways of
this City.
[CC §32.125; Ord. No. 300, 7-20-1987; Ord. No. 517 §1, 5-15-1995; Ord. No. 583 §§1 — 2, 10-20-1997; Ord. No. 930 §1, 6-15-2009]
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger car manufactured after January 1, 1968, and persons less than eighteen (18) years of age operating or riding in a truck, with a licensed gross weight of less than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, operated on a street or highway within this City shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt that meets Federal National Highway, Transportation and Safety Act requirements, except that a child less than four (4) years of age shall be protected as required in Subsection (D) of this Section.
B.
Each
driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child four (4) years of age
or more, but less than sixteen (16) must wear safety belts in any
vehicle which they are riding in.
C.
1.
(Reserved)
2.
The provisions of Subsections (A) and (B) of this Section shall not be applicable to persons who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about his/her body or to any person employed by the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that Federal agency which require the operator to service postal boxes from their vehicle, or which require frequent entry into and exit from their vehicle.
3.
As used in the Subsections (A) and (B) of this Section, the term "passenger car" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying
ten (10) persons or less and used for the transportation of persons;
except that, the term "passenger car" shall not include
motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motortricycles and trucks with a
licensed gross weight of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds or more.
D.
Every
person transporting a child under the age of four (4) years shall
be responsible, when transporting such child in a motor vehicle operated
by that person on the streets or highways of this City, for providing
for the protection of such child. When traveling in a motor vehicle,
the child shall be protected by an approved child passenger restraint
system approved by the Department of Public Safety.
E.
No
person under the age of eighteen (18) shall be allowed to ride in
the unenclosed bed of a truck, with a licensed gross weight less than
twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, on any street or highway within the
City, nor shall anyone operate a truck, with a gross weight less than
twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, with persons under the age of eighteen
(18) in the unenclosed bed of a truck. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to:
1.
An employee engaged in the necessary discharge of the employee's
duties where it is necessary to ride in the unenclosed bed of the
truck;
2.
Any person while engaged in agricultural activities where it is necessary
to ride in the unenclosed bed of the truck;
3.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck while such truck
is being operated in a parade, caravan or exhibition which is authorized
by the Chief of Police;
4.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
has installed a means of preventing such person from being discharged
or such person is secured to the truck in a manner which will prevent
the person from being thrown, falling or jumping from the truck;
5.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
is being operated solely for the purpose of participating in a special
event and it is necessary that the person ride in such unenclosed
bed due to a lack of available seating. "Special event", for the purposes of this Section, is a specific social activity
of a definable duration which is participated in by persons riding
in the unenclosed bed;
6.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
is being operated solely for the purposes of providing assistance
to, or ensuring the safety of other persons engaged in a recreational
activity; or
7.
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck
is the only legally titled, licensed and insured vehicle owned by
the family of the person riding in the unenclosed bed and has insufficient
room in the passenger cab of the truck to accommodate all passengers
in such truck. For the purposes of this Subsection, the term "family" shall mean any persons related within the first
degree of consanguinity.
F.
Each person who violates the provisions of Subsection (A) of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction for which a fine not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) may be imposed. All other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary notwithstanding, no court costs shall be imposed on any person due to a violation of this Section. In no case shall points be assessed against any person, pursuant to Section 302.302, RSMo., for a violation of this Section.
[CC §32.115; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any street or
highway of this City, between the first (1st) day of April and the
first (1st) day of November, while the motor vehicle is equipped with
tires containing metal or carbide studs.
[Ord. No. 603 §1, 4-20-1998]
A.
Except as provided in Subsection (B) of this Section, no person shall operate any motor vehicle registered in this State on any public highway or street of the City with any manufactured vision-reducing material applied to any portion of the motor vehicle's windshield, sidewings, or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver which reduces visibility from within or without the motor vehicle. This Section shall not prohibit labels, stickers, decalcomania, or informational signs on motor vehicles or the application of tinted or solar screening material to recreational vehicles as defined in Section 700.010, RSMo., provided that such material does not interfere with the driver's normal view of the road. This Section shall not prohibit factory installed tinted glass, the equivalent replacement thereof or tinting material applied to the upper portion of the motor vehicle's windshield which is normally tinted by the manufacturer of motor vehicle safety glass.
B.
A permit
to operate a motor vehicle with a front sidewing vent or window that
has a sun screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing material,
that has a light transmission of thirty-five percent (35%) or more
plus or minus three percent (3%) and a luminous reflectance of thirty-five
percent (35%) or less plus or minus three percent (3%) may be issued
by the Department of Public Safety to a person having a physical disorder
requiring the use of a sun screening device which permits less light
transmission and luminous reflectance than allowed under the requirements
of this Subsection, the limits of this Subsection may be altered for
that permittee in accordance with the physician's prescription. The
permit shall allow operation of the vehicle by immediate family members
who are husband, wife and sons or daughters who reside in the household.
