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.
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. 1801 §§1 — 9, 11-18-2010; Ord. No. 1872 §1, 7-17-2014]
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person twenty-one
years (21) of age or younger operating a moving motor vehicle upon
the roads exclusively within the jurisdiction of the City of Woodson
Terrace, Missouri, shall by means of a hand-held electronic wireless
communications device, send, read, or write a text message or electronic
message.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall operate
a commercial motor vehicle while using a hand-held mobile telephone.
C. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall operate
a commercial motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device
to send, read, or write a text message or electronic message.
D. The provisions of Subsections
(A) through Subsection
(C) of this Section shall not apply to a person operating:
1.
An authorized emergency vehicle; or
2.
A moving motor vehicle while using a hand-held electronic wireless
communications device to:
b.
Summon medical or other emergency help;
c.
Prevent injury to a person or property; or
d.
Relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and
that operator's dispatcher, in which the device is permanently
affixed to the vehicle.
E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed or interpreted as prohibiting
a person from making or taking part in a telephone call, by means
of a hand-held electronic wireless communications device, while operating
a non-commercial motor vehicle upon the roads exclusively within the
jurisdiction of the City of Woodson Terrace.
F. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
A self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed
or intended to be transmitted between hand-held electronic wireless
communications devices. Electronic message includes, but is not limited
to, electronic mail, a text message, an instant message, or a command
or request to access an Internet site.
HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
Includes any hand-held cellular phone, palm pilot, BlackBerry®,
or other mobile electronic device used to communicate verbally or
by text or electronic messaging, but shall not apply to any device
that is permanently embedded into the architecture and design of the
motor vehicle.
SEND, READ, OR WRITE A TEXT MESSAGE OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
Using a hand-held electronic wireless telecommunications
device to manually communicate with any person by using an electronic
message. Sending, reading, or writing a text message or electronic
message does not include reading, selecting, or entering a phone number
or name into a hand-held electronic wireless communications device
for the purpose of making a telephone call.
G. A violation of this Section shall be deemed an infraction and shall
be deemed a moving violation for purposes of point assessment under
Section 302.302, RSMo.
H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1.
The operator of a vehicle that is lawfully parked or stopped;
2.
Any of the following while in the performance of their official
duties:
a.
A Law Enforcement Officer;
b.
A member of a fire department; or
c.
The operator of a public or private ambulance;
3.
The use of factory-installed or aftermarket global positioning
systems (GPS) or wireless communications devices used to transmit
or receive data as part of a digital system;
4.
The use of voice-operated technology;
5.
The use of two-way transmitters or receivers by a licensee of
the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service.
[Ord. No. 1872 §2, 7-17-2014]
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person over twenty-one
(21) years of age operating a moving motor vehicle upon the roads
exclusively within the jurisdiction of the City of Woodson Terrace,
Missouri, shall by means of a hand-held electronic wireless communications
device, send, read, or write a text message or electronic message
because it poses a serious health risk.
B. The provisions of Subsection
(A) of this Section shall not apply to a person operating:
1.
An authorized emergency vehicle; or
2.
A moving motor vehicle while using a hand-held electronic wireless
communications device to:
b.
Summon medical or other emergency help;
c.
Prevent injury to a person or property; or
d.
Relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and
that operator's dispatcher, in which the device is permanently
affixed to the vehicle.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed or interpreted as prohibiting
a person from making or taking part in a telephone call, by means
of a hand-held electronic wireless communications device, while operating
a non-commercial motor vehicle upon the roads exclusively within the
jurisdiction of the City of Woodson Terrace.
D. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
A self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed
or intended to be transmitted between hand-held electronic wireless
communications devices. Electronic message includes, but is not limited
to, electronic mail, a text message, an instant message, or a command
or request to access an Internet site.
HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
Includes any hand-held cellular phone, palm pilot, BlackBerry®,
or other mobile electronic device used to communicate verbally or
by text or electronic messaging, but shall not apply to any device
that is permanently embedded into the architecture and design of the
motor vehicle.
SEND, READ, OR WRITE A TEXT MESSAGE OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
Using a hand-held electronic wireless telecommunications
device to manually communicate with any person by using an electronic
message. Sending, reading, or writing a text message or electronic
message does not include reading, selecting, or entering a phone number
or name into a hand-held electronic wireless communications device
for the purpose of making a telephone call.
E. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1.
The operator of a vehicle that is lawfully parked or stopped;
2.
Any of the following while in the performance of their official
duties:
a.
A Law Enforcement Officer;
b.
A member of a fire department; or
c.
The operator of a public or private ambulance;
3.
The use of factory-installed or aftermarket global positioning
systems (GPS) or wireless communications devices used to transmit
or receive data as part of a digital system;
4.
The use of voice-operated technology;
5.
The use of two-way transmitters or receivers by a licensee of
the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service.
F. A violation of this Section is an offense against public safety,
and, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code of the City of
Woodson Terrace, the fine for the infraction of violation of public
safety shall be set by the Municipal Court from time to time but under
no circumstances may a person be imprisoned for such an infraction.