[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
A. It shall
be the duty of the officers of the Police Department or such officers
as are assigned by the Chief of Police to enforce all traffic laws
of the City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable to traffic
in the City.
B. Officers
of the Police Department or such officers as are assigned by the Chief
of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand
or signal in conformance with traffic laws; provided that, in the
event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard
pedestrians, officers of the Police Department may direct traffic
as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic
laws.
C. Members
of the Fire Department, when at the scene of an incident, may direct
or assist the Police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate
vicinity.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 3900 §1, 8-15-2011]
A. No person
shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or
direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official.
B. It shall
be the duty of the operator or driver of any vehicle or the rider
of any animal traveling on the roads of this State to stop on signal
of any Law Enforcement Officer and to obey any other reasonable signal
or direction of such Law Enforcement Officer given in the course of
enforcing any infraction. Any person who willfully fails or refuses
to obey any signal or direction of a Law Enforcement Officer given
in the course of enforcing any infraction, or who willfully resists
or opposes a Law Enforcement Officer in the proper discharge of his
or her duties in the course of enforcing any infraction, is guilty
of an infraction.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon
a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall
be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable to the driver
of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Title which by their
very nature can have no application.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any
coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway except
while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing such person
shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of
the duties applicable to pedestrians. This Section shall not apply
upon any street while set aside as a play street as authorized by
ordinance of the City.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
The provisions of this Title shall apply to the driver of any
vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government,
this State, County or City and it shall be unlawful for any said driver
to violate any of the provisions of this Title, except as otherwise
permitted in this Title.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 3775 §1, 5-19-2008; Ord. No. 3786 §1, 5-19-2008; Ord. No. 3965 §1, 1-21-2013]
A. Right-Of-Way — Procedure.
1. Upon
the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving audible signal
by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting
red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance
of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing
blue light authorized by Section 307.175, RSMo., the driver of every
other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive
to a position parallel to, and as far as possible to the right of,
the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop and remain
in such position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except when
otherwise directed by a Police Officer.
2. Upon
approaching a stationary emergency vehicle displaying lighted red
or red and blue lights, or a stationary vehicle owned by the State
Highways and Transportation Commission and operated by an authorized
employee of the Department of Transportation displaying lighted amber
or amber and white lights, the driver of every motor vehicle shall:
a. Proceed
with caution and yield the right-of-way, if possible with due regard
to safety and traffic conditions, by making a lane change into a lane
not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle, if on a roadway having
at least four (4) lanes with not less than two (2) lanes proceeding
in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; or
b. Proceed
with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining
a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be unsafe
or impossible.
B. An "emergency vehicle" is a vehicle of any of the following
types:
1. A vehicle
operated by the State Highway Patrol, the State Water Patrol or a
State Park Ranger, the Missouri Capitol Police, a Conservation Agent,
those vehicles operated by enforcement personnel by the Division of
Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety of the Department of Economic Development,
Police or Fire Department, Sheriff, Constable or Deputy Sheriff, Federal
Law Enforcement Officer authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests
for violations of the laws of the United States, Traffic Officer or
Coroner or by a privately owned emergency vehicle company;
2. A vehicle
operated as an ambulance or operated commercially for the purpose
of transporting emergency medical supplies or organs;
3. Any
vehicle qualifying as an emergency vehicle pursuant to Section 307.175,
RSMo.;
4. Any
wrecker, or tow truck or a vehicle owned and operated by a public
utility or public service corporation while performing emergency service;
5. Any
vehicle transporting equipment designed to extricate human beings
from the wreckage of a motor vehicle;
6. Any
vehicle designated to perform emergency functions for a Civil Defense
or Emergency Management Agency established pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 44, RSMo.;
7. Any
vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the Department of Corrections,
who as part of the employee's official duties, is responding to a
riot, disturbance, hostage incident, escape or other critical situation
where there is the threat of serious physical injury or death, responding
to mutual aid call from another criminal justice agency, or in accompanying
an ambulance which is transporting an offender to a medical facility;
8. Any
vehicle designated to perform hazardous substance emergency functions
established pursuant to the provisions of Sections 260.500 to 260.550,
RSMo.
9. Any
vehicle owned by the State Highways and Transportation Commission
and operated by an authorized employee of the Department of Transportation
that is marked as a Department of Transportation emergency response
or motorist assistance vehicle.
C. Emergency Vehicles — Responsibility.
1. The driver of any vehicle referred to in Subsection
(B) of this Section shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue lights on except when such vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire.
2. The
driver of an emergency vehicle may:
a. Park
or stand irrespective of the provisions of sections 304.014 to 304.025,
RSMo.;
b. Proceed
past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down
as may be necessary for safe operation;
c. Exceed
the prima facie speed limit so long as the driver does not endanger
life or property;
d. Disregard
regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified
directions.
3. The exemptions herein granted to an emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing blue light authorized by Section
310.065.
D. Tactical
strategies such as, but not restricted to, "move ups" do not constitute
an emergency call.
E. No person
shall purchase an emergency light as described in this Section without
furnishing the seller of such light an affidavit stating that the
light will be used exclusively for emergency vehicle purposes.
Motor vehicles and equipment, not otherwise defined in this
Title as an authorized emergency vehicle, which are operated by any
member of an organized Fire Department, ambulance association, or
rescue squad, whether paid or volunteer, may be operated on streets
and highways in this City as an emergency vehicle under the provisions
of Section 304.022, RSMo., while responding to a fire call or ambulance
call or at the scene of a fire call or ambulance call and while using
or sounding a warning siren and while using or displaying thereon
fixed, flashing or rotating blue lights, but sirens and blue lights
shall be used only in bona fide emergencies. Permits for the operation
of such vehicles equipped with sirens or blue lights shall be in writing
and shall be issued and may be revoked by the Chief of an organized
Fire Department, organized ambulance association or rescue squad and
no person shall use or display a siren or rotating blue lights on
a motor vehicle, fire, ambulance or rescue equipment without a valid
permit authorizing the use. Permit to use a siren or lights as heretofore
set out does not relieve the operator of the vehicle so equipped with
complying with all other traffic laws and regulations. Violation of
this Section constitutes an ordinance violation.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
A. Upon
the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use
of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of the laws
of this State, or of a Police vehicle properly and lawfully making
use of an audible signal, the driver of every other vehicle shall
yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel
to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the
roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in such
position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except
when otherwise directed by a Police Officer;
B. This
Section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all
persons using the highway.
[Ord. No. 3918 §1, 2-20-2012]
A. A person
commits the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident
when being the operator or driver of a vehicle on a public road or
on any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility
generally open for use by the public and knowing that an injury has
been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property, due
to his culpability or to accident, he or she leaves the place of the
injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving his or her
name, residence, including City and street number, motor vehicle number
and driver's license number, if any, to the injured party or to a
Police Officer, or if no Police Officer is in the vicinity, then to
the nearest police station or judicial officer.
B. For the
purpose of this Section, all Peace Officers shall have jurisdiction,
when invited by an injured person, to enter the premises of any privately
owned parking lot or parking facility for the purpose of investigating
an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding such accident.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an
accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total
property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more to one (1) person shall, within five (5) days after such accident,
forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department.
The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable when the accident
has been investigated at the scene by a Police Officer while such
driver was present thereat.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
A. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required in Section
310.080 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall give, or cause to be given, the notice not given by the driver.
B. Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in Section
310.090 and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident shall within five (5) days after the accident make such report not made by the driver.