[Ord. No. 3301, 7-2-2018]
A. "When lighted lamps are required" means at any time from
a half (½) hour after sunset to a half (½) hour before
sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to
render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at
a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead.
B. No
person shall drive, move, park or be in custody of any vehicle or
combination of vehicles on any street or highway during the times
when lighted lamps are required unless such vehicle or combination
of vehicles displays lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter
in this Article required. No person shall use on any vehicle any approved
electric lamp or similar device unless the light source of such lamp
or device complies with the conditions of approval as to focus and
rated candlepower.
C. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, violation of this Section shall be deemed
an infraction and any person who violates this Section as it relates
to violations of the usage of lighted lamps required due to weather
conditions or fog shall only be fined ten dollars ($10.00) and no
court costs shall be assessed.
Except as in this Article provided, every motor vehicle other
than a motor-drawn vehicle and other than a motorcycle shall be equipped
with at least two (2) approved headlamps mounted at the same level
with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the vehicle. Every
motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one (1) and not more than
two (2) approved headlamps. Every motorcycle equipped with a sidecar
or other attachment shall be equipped with a lamp on the outside limit
of such attachment capable of displaying a white light to the front.
A. Except
as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamp
or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles
other than motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall be so arranged
that the driver may select at will between distributions of light
projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in addition,
be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject
to the following limitations:
1. There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam,
so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at
a distance of at least three hundred fifty (350) feet ahead for all
conditions of loading.
2. There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam
so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles
at a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet ahead; and on a straight
level road under any condition of loading none of the high-intensity
portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching
driver.
Every person driving a motor vehicle equipped with multiple-beam
road lighting equipment, during the times when lighted lamps are required,
shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high
enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles
at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following
requirements and limitations: Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches
an oncoming vehicle within five hundred (500) feet, or is within three
hundred (300) feet to the rear of another vehicle traveling in the
same direction, the driver shall use a distribution of light or composite
beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes
of the other driver, and in no case shall the high-intensity portion
which is projected to the left of the prolongation of the extreme
left side of the vehicle be aimed higher than the center of the lamp
from which it comes at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead,
and in no case higher than a level of forty-two (42) inches above
the level upon which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five
(75) feet ahead.
A. Every
motor vehicle and every motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with
at least two (2) rear lamps, not less than fifteen (15) inches or
more than seventy-two (72) inches above the ground upon which the
vehicle stands, which when lighted will exhibit a red light plainly
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear. Either
such rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed
as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration marker and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the
rear. When the rear registration marker is illuminated by an electric
lamp other than the required rear lamps, all such lamps shall be turned
on or off only by the same control switch at all times.
B. Every
motorcycle registered in this State, when operated on a highway, shall
also carry at the rear, either as part of the rear lamp or separately,
at least one (1) approved red reflector, which shall be of such size
and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible during the
times when lighted lamps are required from all distances within three
hundred (300) feet to fifty (50) feet from such vehicle when directly
in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps.
C. Every
new passenger car, new commercial motor vehicle, motor-drawn vehicle
and omnibus with a capacity of more than six (6) passengers registered
in this State after January 1, 1966, when operated on a highway, shall
also carry at the rear at least two (2) approved red reflectors, at
least one (1) at each side, so designed, mounted on the vehicle and
maintained as to be visible during the times when lighted lamps are
required from all distances within five hundred (500) to fifty (50)
feet from such vehicle when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying
lawful undimmed headlamps. Every such reflector shall meet the requirements
of this Article and shall be mounted upon the vehicle at a height
not to exceed sixty (60) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches
above the surface upon which the vehicle stands.
D. Any
person who knowingly operates a motor vehicle without the lamps required
in this Section in operable condition is guilty of an infraction.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed three (3)
auxiliary lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve
(12) inches nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface
upon which the vehicle stands.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two (2)
side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit a white or yellow light
without glare. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than
one (1) running board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall
emit a white or yellow light without glare. Any motor vehicle may
be equipped with a backup lamp either separately or in combination
with another lamp; except that no such backup lamp shall be continuously
lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one (1)
spotlamp but every lighted spotlamp shall be so aimed and used so
as not to be dazzling or glaring to any person.
[Ord. No. 2523 §1, 12-16-2002]
Headlamps, when lighted, shall exhibit lights substantially
white in color; auxiliary lamps, cowl lamps and spotlamps, when lighted,
shall exhibit lights substantially white, yellow or amber in color.
No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment, except a school
bus when used for school purposes or an emergency vehicle, upon any
street or highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying any other
colored lights visible from the front of the vehicle.
Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle
other than headlamps, spotlamps, front direction signals or auxiliary
lamps which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than
three hundred candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the
beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands
at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle.
Alternately flashing warning signals may be used on school buses when
used for school purposes and on motor vehicles when used to transport
United States mail from post offices to boxes of addressees thereof
and on emergency vehicles as defined in Section 304.022, Missouri
Revised Statutes, but are prohibited on other motor vehicles, motorcycles
and motor-drawn vehicles except as a means for indicating a right
or left turn.
At the times when lighted lamps are required, at least two (2)
lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side of the front of
every motor vehicle except a motorcycle and except a motor-drawn vehicle
except when such vehicle is parked subject to the provisions governing
lights on parked vehicles. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with
headlamps as in this Article required is also equipped with any auxiliary
lamps or a spotlamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting
a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower,
not more than a total of four (4) of any such lamps on the front of
a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.
All vehicles, including agricultural machinery or implements,
road machinery, road rollers, traction engines and farm tractors not
in this Article specifically required to be equipped with lamps, shall
be equipped during the times when lighted lamps are required with
at least one (1) lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of
such vehicle and with a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red light visible
from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear, and such lamps
and lanterns shall exhibit lights to the sides of such vehicle.
Any person who shall place or drive or cause to be placed or
driven, upon or along any State highway of this City any animal-driven
vehicle whatsoever, whether in motion or at rest, shall after sunset
to one-half (½) hour before sunrise have attached to every
such vehicle at the rear thereof a red taillight or a red reflecting
device of not less than three (3) inches in diameter of effective
area or its equivalent in area. When such device shall consist of
reflecting buttons there shall be no less than seven (7) of such buttons
covering an area equal to a circle with a three (3) inch diameter.
The total subtended effective angle of reflection of every such device
shall be no less than sixty degrees (60°) and the spread and efficiency
of the reflected light shall be sufficient for the reflected light
to be visible to the driver of any motor vehicle approaching such
animal-drawn vehicle from the rear of a distance of not less than
five hundred (500) feet. In addition, any person who operates any
such animal-driven vehicle during the hours between sunset and one-half
(½) hour before sunrise shall have at least one (1) light flashing
at all times the vehicle is on any highway of this City. Such light
or lights shall be amber in the front and red in the back and shall
be placed on the left side of the vehicle at a height of no more than
six (6) feet from the ground and shall be visible from the front and
the back of the vehicle at a distance of at least five hundred (500)
feet. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
A. Signaling Devices. Every motor vehicle shall be equipped
with a horn, directed forward, or whistle in good working order, capable
of emitting a sound adequate in quantity and volume to give warning
of the approach of such vehicle to other users of the highway and
to pedestrians. Such signaling device shall be used for warning purposes
only and shall not be used for making any unnecessary noise, and no
other sound-producing signaling device shall be used at any time.
B. Muffler Cutouts. Muffler cutouts shall not be used and
no vehicle shall be driven in such manner or condition that excessive
and unnecessary noises shall be made by its machinery, motor, signaling
device, or other parts, or by any improperly loaded cargo. The motors
of all motor vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached mufflers
of such capacity or construction as to quiet the maximum possible
exhaust noise as completely as is done in modern gas engine passenger
motor vehicles. Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe between
the motor and the muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely
closed and disconnected from its operating lever, and shall be so
arranged that it cannot automatically open, or be opened or operated
while such vehicle is in motion.
C. Brakes. All motor vehicles, except motorcycles, shall be
provided at all times with two (2) sets of adequate brakes, kept in
good working order, and motorcycles shall be provided with one (1)
set of adequate brakes kept in good working order.
D. Mirrors. All motor vehicles which are so constructed or
loaded that the operator cannot see the road behind such vehicle by
looking back or around the side of such vehicle shall be equipped
with a mirror so adjusted as to reveal the road behind and be visible
from the operator's seat.
E. Projections On Vehicles. All vehicles carrying poles or
other objects, which project more than five (5) feet from the rear
of such vehicle, shall, during the period when lights are required
by this Chapter, carry a red light at or near the rear end of the
pole or other object so projecting. At other times a red flag or cloth,
not less than sixteen (16) inches square, shall be displayed at the
end of such projection.
F. Towlines. When one vehicle is towing another, the connecting
device shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet. During the time that lights
are required by Sections 307.020 to 307.120, Missouri Revised Statutes,
the required lights shall be displayed by both vehicles. Every towed
vehicle shall be coupled to the towing vehicle by means of a safety
chain, cable, or equivalent device in addition to the primary coupling
device, except that such secondary coupling device shall not be necessary
if the connecting device is connected to the towing vehicle by a center-locking
ball located over or nearly over the rear axle and not supported by
the rear bumper of the towing vehicle. Such secondary safety connecting
devices shall be of sufficient strength to control the towed vehicle
in the event of failure of the primary coupling device. The provisions
of this Subsection shall not apply to wreckers towing vehicles or
to vehicles secured to the towing vehicle by a fifth-wheel type connection.
The provisions of this Subsection shall also not apply to farm implements,
or to any vehicle which is not required to be registered.
G. Commercial Motor Vehicles And Trailers. When being operated
on any highway, streets or roads of this City shall be equipped with
adequate and proper brakes, lighting equipment, signaling devices,
steering mechanisms, horns, mirrors, windshield wipers, tires, wheels,
exhaust system, glazing, air pollution control devices, fuel tank,
and any other safety equipment required by the State in such condition
so as to obtain a certificate of inspection and approval as required
by the provisions of Section 307.360, Missouri Revised Statutes.
H. Devices
attached to or towed by motor vehicles for the purpose of transporting
hay shall have the protruding parts raised or retracted when not in
use to a position which will not cause injury or damage to persons
or property in the vicinity of such device when on the highways, streets
or roads of this City.
A. All
motor vehicles, and every trailer and semitrailer operating upon the
public highways, streets or roads of this City and carrying goods
or material or farm products which may reasonably be expected to become
dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as a result
of wind pressure or air pressure and/or by the movement of the vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer shall have a protective cover or be sufficiently
secured so that no portion of such goods or material can become dislodged
and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer while being transported
or carried.
B. Operation of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in violation of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be punished as provided by Section
100.250 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 2522 §1, 12-16-2002]
A. Any person may operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver that have a sun-screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing material, that has a light transmission of thirty-five percent (35%) or more plus or minus three percent (3%) and luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent (35%) or less plus or minus three percent (3%). Except as provided in Subsection
(D) of this Section, any sun-screening device applied to front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver in excess of the requirements of this Section shall be prohibited without a permit pursuant to a physician's prescription as described below. A permit to operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver that have a sun-screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing material, which permits less light transmission and luminous reflectance than allowed under the requirements of this Subsection may be issued by the Department of Public Safety to a person having a serious medical condition which requires the use of a sun-screening device if the permittee's physician prescribes its use. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules and regulations for the issuance of the permit. The permit shall allow operation of the vehicle by any titleholder or relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, which shall mean a spouse, each grandparent, parent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, child and grandchild of a person who resides in the household. Except as provided in Section (B) of this Section, all sun-screening devices applied to the windshield of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
B. This
Section shall not prohibit labels, stickers, decalcomania or informational
signs on motor vehicles or the application of tinted or solar-screening
material to recreational vehicles as defined in Section 700.010, RSMo.,
provided that such material does not interfere with the driver's normal
view of the road. This Section shall not prohibit factory-installed
tinted glass, the equivalent replacement thereof or tinting material
applied to the upper portion of the motor vehicle's windshield which
is normally tinted by the manufacturer of motor vehicle safety glass.
C. Any
person who violates the provisions of this Section is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
D. Any
vehicle licensed with a historical license plate shall be exempt from
the requirements of this Section.
[Ord. No. 439 Art. XIX §1, 2-19-1968]
No person shall drive on the streets of the City a motor vehicle
which is in such defective mechanical condition as to be reasonably
likely, because of such defective mechanical condition, to cause damage
to persons or property while being so driven.
[Ord. No. 439 Art. XIX §3, 2-19-1968]
No motor vehicle shall be operated upon any street unless the
vehicle is equipped with safety glass as required by Sections 307.130
through 307.160 Missouri Revised Statutes, as amended.
[Ord. No. 439 Art. XIX §8, 2-19-1968]
A. All
motor vehicles, except motorcycles, shall be provided at all times
with two (2) sets of adequate brakes kept in good working order, and
motorcycles shall be provided with one (1) set of adequate brakes
kept in good working order.
1. Adequacy of brakes. Every bus, truck, truck-tractor,
tractor-trailer, and combination of motor vehicles, except as provided
in paragraph (3) of this Section, shall be equipped with brakes adequate
to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle or
combination of vehicles. Two (2) separate means of brake application
shall be provided. One (1) such braking means shall be a mechanical
parking brake which shall employ a ratchet and pawl or other suitable
locking and releasing mechanism. If these two (2) separate means of
applying the brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed
that failure of any one (1) part of the operating mechanism shall
not leave the vehicle without operative brakes.
2. Parking brakes. Every bus, truck, truck-tractor,
or tractor-trailer shall be equipped with parking brakes capable of
locking the rear driving wheels and adequate under any condition of
loading to hold, to the limit of traction of such braked wheels, such
vehicle or combination of vehicles to which such motor vehicles may
be attached on any grade on which said vehicle or combination of vehicles
is to be operated. The operating controls of such parking brakes shall
be independent of the operating controls of the service brakes.
3. Brakes required on all wheels. Every motor vehicle
shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels, except:
a. Any full trailer, semi-trailer or pole trailer of a gross weight
not exceeding three thousand (3,000) pounds; provided that the gross
weight of any such full trailer or pole trailer, no part of the load
of which rests upon the towing vehicle, shall not exceed forty percent
(40%) of the gross weight of the towing vehicle and that the gross
weight of any such semi-trailer or pole trailer, part of the load
of which rests upon the towing vehicle, shall not exceed forty percent
(40%) of the gross weight of towing vehicle when connected to such
semi-trailer or pole trailer.
b. Any vehicle being towed in a driveaway-towaway operation, provided
the combination of vehicles is capable of complying with the performance
requirements of Paragraph (6) of this Section, only such brake on
the vehicle or vehicles being towed in driveaway-towaway operation
need be operative as may be necessary to insure compliance with the
performance requirements (6) of this Section.
c. Trucks and truck-tractors having three (3) or more axles need not
have brakes on the front wheels.
4. Breakaway brakes. Every full trailer, semi-trailer
and pole trailer required to be equipped with brakes, except motor
vehicles engaged in driveaway-towaway operations, shall be equipped
with brakes of such character as to be automatically applied upon
breakaway from the towing vehicle and means shall be provided to maintain
application of the brakes on the trailer in such case for at least
fifteen (15) minutes. When used to tow a trailer equipped with brakes,
every truck or truck-tractor, the date of manufacture of which is
subsequent to June 30, 1953, shall be equipped with means of providing
that in case of breakaway of such trailer, the service brakes on the
towing vehicle will be sufficiently operative to stop the towing vehicle.
5. Brakes to be operative. All brakes with which motor
vehicles are equipped shall be operative at all times except as provided
in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (3) of this Section, and except brakes
on disable vehicles being towed; but means may be used for reducing
the braking effort on the front wheels of any bus, truck, or truck-tractor
or of removing the braking effort on the front wheels of any three
(3) axle truck or truck-tractor, provided that the means for reducing
or removing the breaking effort shall be used only when operating
under adverse road conditions such as wet, snowy, or icy roads.
6. Brake performance. Every motor vehicle or combination
of motor vehicles shall, upon application of the service brakes, be
capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being
brought to a stop within a braking distance of thirty (30) feet from
a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour, when tested on a dry, smooth,
level road, free from loose material.
[Ord. No. 439 Art. XIX §9, 2-19-1968]
A. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object suspended
or mounted in any manner between the driver and the front windshield
or with any sign, poster, cracks or breaks, snow, ice or other non-transparent
material upon the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows
of such vehicle, which obstructs or interferes with the driver's
clear view of the street or which might divert his/her attention from
the street.
[Ord. No. 3334, 5-20-2019]
B. The
windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device
for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from the windshield, which
device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by
the driver of the vehicle, and shall be maintained in good working
order.
C. No
person shall operate a four (4) wheeled motor vehicle on any street
or thoroughfare of this City of which the top of the windshield is
not at least forty-two (42) inches from the ground, unless said vehicle
is equipped with a panel plainly visible to others using the streets,
said panel to extend to a height of at least four (4) feet and be
at least four (4) feet wide.
[Ord. No. 1835 §2(24), 7-15-1996; Ord. No. 3192 § 1, 1-19-2016]
A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall mean:
CHILD BOOSTER SEAT
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213, as amended, that is designed
to elevate a child to properly sit in a Federally approved safety
belt system.
CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM
A seating system which meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213, as amended, and which is
either permanently affixed to a motor vehicle or is affixed to such
vehicle by a safety belt or a universal attachment system.
DRIVER
A person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
B. Every driver transporting a child under the age of sixteen (16) years
shall be responsible, when transporting such child in a motor vehicle
operated by that driver on the streets or highways of this State,
for providing for the protection of such child as follows:
1.
Children less than four (4) years of age, regardless of weight,
shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate
for that child and approved by the Missouri Department of Public Safety;
2.
Children weighing less than forty (40) pounds, regardless of
age, shall be secured in a child passenger restraint system appropriate
for that child and approved by the Missouri Department of Public Safety;
3.
Children at least four (4) years of age but less than eight
(8) years of age, who also weigh at least forty (40) pounds but less
than eighty (80) pounds, and who are also less than four (4) feet,
nine (9) inches tall, shall be secured in a child passenger restraint
system or booster seat appropriate for that child and approved by
the Missouri Department of Public Safety;
4.
Children at least eighty (80) pounds or children more than four
(4) feet, nine (9) inches in height shall be secured by a vehicle
safety belt or booster seat appropriate for that child;
5.
A child who otherwise would be required to be secured in a booster
seat may be transported in the back seat of a motor vehicle while
wearing only a lap belt if the back seat of the motor vehicle is not
equipped with a combination lap and shoulder belt for booster seat
installation;
6.
When transporting children in the immediate family when there
are more children than there are seating positions in the enclosed
area of a motor vehicle, the children who are not able to be restrained
by a child safety restraint device appropriate for the child shall
sit in the area behind the front seat of the motor vehicle unless
the motor vehicle is designed only for a front seat area. The driver
transporting children referred to in this Subsection is not in violation
of this Section. This Subsection shall only apply to the use of a
child passenger restraint system or vehicle safety belt for children
less than sixteen (16) years of age being transported in a motor vehicle.
C. Any driver who violates Subsection
(B)(1),
(B)(2), or
(B)(3) of this Section is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and court costs. Any driver who violates Subsection
(B)(4) of this Section shall be subject to the penalty in Subsection
(B) of Section
380.220. If a driver receives a citation for violating Subsection
(B)(1),
(B)(2), or
(B)(3) of this Section, the charges shall be dismissed or withdrawn if the driver prior to or at his or her hearing provides evidence of acquisition of a child passenger restraint system or child booster seat which is satisfactory to the court or the party responsible for prosecuting the driver's citation.
[Ord. No. 3267, 8-7-2017]
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any public carrier
for hire. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to students
four (4) years of age or older who are passengers on a school bus
designed for carrying eleven (11) passengers or more and which is
manufactured or equipped pursuant to Missouri Minimum Standards for
School Buses as school buses are defined in section 301.010, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1835 §2(25), 7-15-1996]
A. Each driver, except persons employed by the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that Federal agency which require the operator to service postal boxes from their vehicles, or which require frequent entry into and exit from their vehicles, and all occupants of a motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1968, operated on a street or highway in this City shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt that meets Federal National Highway, Transportation and Safety Act requirements; except that, a child shall be protected as required in Section
380.210. No person shall be stopped, inspected, or detained solely to determine compliance with this Subsection. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to persons who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about his/her body.
[Ord. No. 3227 § 2, 9-6-2016]
B. Each person who violates the provisions of Subsection
(A) of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction for which a fine not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) may be imposed. All other provisions of law and court rules to the contrary notwithstanding, no court costs shall be imposed on any person due to a violation of this Section. In no case shall points be assessed against any person, pursuant to Section 302.302, Missouri Revised Statutes, for a violation of this Section.
A. No
person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any road or highway of
this City between the first (1st) day of April and the first (1st)
day of November while the motor vehicle is equipped with tires containing
metal or carbide studs.
B. Any
person violating the provisions of this Section is guilty of an infraction.
A. No
metal-tired vehicle shall be operated over any of the improved highways
of this State, except over highways constructed of gravel or claybound
gravel, if such vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels
any lug, flange, cleat, ridge, bolt or any projection of metal or
wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic surface of
the tire, unless the highway is protected by putting down solid planks
or other suitable material, or by attachments to the wheels so as
to prevent such vehicles from damaging the highway, except that this
prohibition shall not apply to tractors or traction engines equipped
with what is known as caterpillar treads, when such caterpillar does
not contain any projection of any kind likely to injure the surface
of the road. Tractors, traction engines and similar vehicles may be
operated which have upon their road wheels "V" shaped, diagonal or
other cleats arranged in such manner as to be continuously in contact
with the road surface if the gross weight on the wheels per inch of
width of such cleats or road surface, when measured in the direction
of the axle of the vehicle, does not exceed eight hundred (800) pounds.
B. No
tractor, tractor engine, or other metal-tired vehicle weighing more
than four (4) tons, including the weight of the vehicle and its load,
shall drive onto, upon or over the edge of any improved highway without
protecting such edge by putting down solid planks or other suitable
material to prevent such vehicle from breaking off the edges of the
pavement.
C. Violation
of this Section shall be deemed an infraction and any person violating
this Section, whether operating pursuant to a permit or not, or who
shall willfully or negligently damage a highway, shall be liable for
the amount of such damage caused to any highway, bridge, culvert or
sewer, and any vehicle causing such damage shall be subject to a lien
for the full amount of such damage, which lien shall not be superior
to any duly recorded or filed chattel mortgage or other lien previously
attached to such vehicle; the amount of such damage may be recovered
in any action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name
of the State, by the Municipality, County or other civil subdivision
or interested party.
Every person operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle
or motortricycle, as defined in Section 301.010, Missouri Revised
Statutes, upon any highway of this State shall wear protective headgear
at all times the vehicle is in motion. The protective headgear shall
meet reasonable standards and specifications established by the Director.