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 or private driveway, to be
used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire
Department Official in command.
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.
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 motor vehicle shall not drive within any sidewalk
area except on a permanent or temporary driveway. A designated bicycle
lane shall not be obstructed by a parked or standing motor vehicle
or other stationary object. A motor vehicle may be driven in a designated
bicycle lane only for the purpose of a lawful maneuver to cross the
lane or to provide for safe travel. In making an otherwise lawful
maneuver that requires traveling in or crossing a designated bicycle
lane, the driver of a motor vehicle shall yield to any bicycle in
the lane. As used in this Section, the term "designated bicycle
lane" shall mean a portion of the roadway or highway that
has been designated by the Governing Body having jurisdiction over
such roadway or highway by striping with signing or striping with
pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.
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.
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.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety
zone.
Every person operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this
City 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.
[Ord. No. 09-01 §1, 4-28-2009]
A. All
vehicles not in motion shall be placed with their right side as near
the right-hand side of the highway as practicable, except on streets
of the City where vehicles are obliged to move in one (1) direction
only or parking of motor vehicles is regulated by ordinance.
B. 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 under 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 Revised Statutes
of Missouri, Sections 304.014 to 304.025 or traffic regulations thereunder
or of the City;
3. When the right-half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under
construction or repair; or
4. Upon a roadway designated as a one-way street and marked or signed
for one-way traffic.
C. 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 semicircular
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.
D. The
authorities in charge of any highway or the State Highway Patrol may
erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving
in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the highway
and all members of the State Highway Patrol and other Peace Officers
may direct traffic in conformance with such signs. When authorized
signs have been erected designating off-center traffic lanes, no person
shall disobey the instructions given by such signs.
E. Whenever
any roadway has been divided into three (3) or more clearly marked
lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all others 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 304.025, 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.
F. 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.
G. All
trucks registered for a gross weight of more than forty-eight thousand
pounds (48,000) shall not be driven in the far left-hand lane upon
all interstate highways, freeways or expressways within urbanized
areas of the State having three (3) or more lanes of traffic proceeding
in the same direction. This restriction shall not apply when:
1. It is necessary for the operator of the truck to follow traffic control
devices that direct use of a lane other than the right lane; or
2. The right-half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction
or repair.
H. As used in Subsection
(G) of this Section,
"truck" means
any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer or any combination
thereof propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed for or
used in the transportation of property upon the highways. The term
"truck" also includes a commercial motor vehicle as defined
in Section 301.010, RSMo.
I. Any
driver who violates this Section is guilty of an infraction and upon
conviction may be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars
($200.00) unless:
1. Such violation causes an immediate threat of an accident, in which
case such violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction
may be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00)
or by imprisonment not to exceed fifteen (15) days or by both such
fine and imprisonment; or
2. An accident results from such violation, in which case such violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment as provided in Section
100.100 of this Code.
[CC 1987 §335.170; Ord. No. 80-5 §2, 1-22-1980]
A. It
shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive the same
when such vehicle is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat
of such vehicle such number of persons as to obstruct the view of
the operator to the front or sides, or to interfere with the operator's
control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
B. It
shall be unlawful for any passenger in a vehicle to ride in such position
as to interfere with the operator's view ahead or to the sides, or
to interfere with the operator's control over the driving mechanisms
of the vehicle.
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.