No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official.
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.
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any
coaster, toy vehicle, skateboard 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.
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.
[Ord. No. 14-042 §1, 10-6-2014]
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
A vehicle of any of the following types:
1.
A vehicle operated by the State Highway Patrol, the Water Patrol
Division, a conservation agent or a State park ranger, those vehicles
operated by enforcement personnel of the State Highways and Transportation
Commission, Ozark Police or Ozark Fire Protection District, 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 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 a 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 a 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.; or
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 or transportation emergency response
or motorist assistance vehicle.
B. The driver of any vehicle referred to in the definition of "emergency vehicle" in Subsection
A 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.
C. The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
1.
Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of this Title;
2.
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign but only after
slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
3.
Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as the driver does
not endanger life or property;
4.
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning
in specified directions.
D. The exemptions granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to this Section
shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion
sounds audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be
reasonably necessary and when the vehicle is equipped with at least
one lighted lamp displaying a red light or blue light visible under
normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred (500)
feet to the front of such vehicle.
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.
F. The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive with the due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from
the consequences of his/her reckless disregard for the safety of others.
[Ord. No. 14-042 §1, 10-6-2014]
A. 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, 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 or Traffic Officer.
This Section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an emergency
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all
persons using the highway.
B. 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:
1.
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
2.
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.
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 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.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the City
resulting in 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 give or cause to be given notice of such accident
to the Police Department as soon as reasonably possible.
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.