[R.O. 2011 § 340.030; R.O. 2009
§ 72.030; CC 1981 § 18-182]
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 side thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to
the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken
vehicle.
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 highway, road or street with
unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two (2) or more lines
of vehicles in each direction;
3.
Upon a one-way street; or
4.
Upon any highway, road or street with unobstructed pavement of such width and clearly marked for four (4) or more lanes of traffic; provided that the driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right under the foregoing conditions only 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; however, the provisions of this Subsection (B)(4) shall not relieve a driver from the duty to drive as closely as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway.
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 roadway 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 that 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 or
tunnel or when approaching within one hundred (100) feet of or at
any railroad grade crossing.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 304.016,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 340.040; Ord. No. 15-121 § 3, 6-2-2015]
The driver of a vehicle shall not
follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonably safe and prudent,
having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon
and the condition of the roadway. Vehicles being driven upon any roadway
outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade,
whether or not towing other vehicles, shall be so operated, except
in a funeral procession or in a duly authorized parade, so as to allow
sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles
as to enable any other vehicle to overtake or pass such vehicles in
safety. This Section shall in no manner affect Section 304.044, RSMo.,
relating to distance between trucks traveling on the highway.
[R.O. 2011 § 340.050]
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.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 304.050,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 340.060; R.O. 2009
§ 72.034; CC 1981 §§ 18-225 — 18-227; Ord. No. 75-35, 8-6-1975]
A.
Authority To Sign One-Way Streets And Alleys.
Whenever any provision of this traffic code or ordinance of the City
designates any one-way street or alley, the City Traffic Engineer
shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof and no such regulation
shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating
the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every
intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is
prohibited.
B.
One-Way Streets And Alleys. Upon those
streets and parts of streets and in those alleys described and designated
by ordinance, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indicated direction
when signs indicating the direction of traffic are erected and maintained
at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is
prohibited.
C.
Authority To Restrict Direction Of Movement
On Streets During Certain Periods.
1.
The City Traffic Engineer is authorized
to determine and designate streets, parts of streets or specific lanes
thereon upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one (1) direction
during one (1) period and the opposite direction during another period
of the day and shall place and maintain appropriate markings, signs,
barriers or other devices to give notice thereof. The City Traffic
Engineer may erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used
by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline
of the roadway.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate any vehicle in violation of such markings, signs, barriers
or other devices so placed in accordance with this Section.
[1]
State Law Reference: Similar provisions, §§ 300.240
– 300.250, RSMo.
