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.
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.
Every person operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this
Village 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.
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.
[Ord. No. 10-21, 6-10-2021; Ord.
No. 11-21, 8-26-2021]
A. Missouri
State Highway 171, including the section also known as "Demott Drive;
Missouri State Highway 43," also known as "N. Main Street; N. Lone
Elm Avenue; Gum Road; Fir Road; and West Fountain Road" within the
Village of Airport Drive shall be established as truck routes.
B. It
shall be unlawful for all trucks, including dump trucks, with more
than two (2) axles and licensed for a gross vehicle weight of more
than eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds to travel on Village streets,
alleys and byways, except in connection with the transportation of
freight, goods, wares or merchandise to, or from, a location within
the Village not on Missouri State Highway 171, including the section
also known as "Demott Drive; Missouri State Highway 43," also known
as "N. Main Street; N. Lone Elm Avenue; Gum Road; Fir Road; and West
Fountain Road"; or to, or from, a location outside the Village of
Airport Drive that can only be accessed by traveling on a Village
street; or to provide a service to a person residing, or a business
located on, a Village street or on a street that can only be accessed
by traveling on a Village street.
[Ord. No. 01-14 § 1, 3-27-2014]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person the age of twenty-one (21) or
younger to operate a hand-held electronic device while operating a
motor vehicle to send, read, or write a text message or electronic
message.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a commercial motor
vehicle while using a hand-held mobile telephone.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a commercial motor
vehicle while using a wireless communications device to send, read
or write a text message or electronic message.
D. For purposes of this Section, the definitions and exceptions in Section
304.820, RSMo. are incorporated by reference.