No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department official.
Every person propelling any push cart 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
skateboard, roller blades, 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.
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.
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 within the
corporate limits of the City of Richmond 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.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident 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 immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice
of such accident to the Police Department if such accident occurs
within the City.
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.