[Code 1974 § 20-15; Code 1985 § 24-356;
Code 2005 § 106-381]
Any operator of a motor vehicle who has received a visual and
audible signal, a red light and a siren from a police officer driving
a motor vehicle showing the motor vehicle to be an official police
patrol car directing the operator to bring his vehicle to a stop and
who willfully increases his speed or extinguishes his lights in an
attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully attempts in any
other manner to elude the police officer or who does elude such police
officer, is guilty of an offense.
[Code 1974 § 20-147; Code 1985 § 24-357;
Code 2005 § 106-382]
The person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall not
permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, and
effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any
grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
[Code 1974 § 20-98; Code 1985 § 24-358;
Code 2005 § 106-383]
No vehicle shall be backed upon any street or highway except
for such distance as may be necessary to permit the vehicle to enter
the proper driving lane from a parked position. Such backing shall
be done only after the driver of such vehicle has ascertained that
such movement can be made without endangering other traffic.
[Code 1974 § 20-100; Code 1985 § 24-359;
Code 2005 § 106-384]
No person shall drive a motorcycle, motor scooter, or a motorbicycle
while transporting more than one passenger, except a motorcycle, motor
scooter or motorbicycle factory-designed for the purpose of carrying
additional passengers.
[Code 1974 § 20-101; Code 1985 § 24-360;
Code 2005 § 106-385]
A.
No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there
are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as
to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle
or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving
mechanism of the vehicle.
B.
No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere
with the driver's view ahead or to the sides or to interfere
with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
C.
No school bus shall be operated on the streets or highways in the
City when loaded with passengers in excess of the number of which
such bus is designed to carry. The number of passengers, as determined
by the local school board, which the bus is designed to carry shall
be posted in a conspicuous place on the bus.
[Code 1974 § 20-99; Code 1985 § 24-361;
Code 2005 § 106-386]
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.
[Code 1985 § 24-362; Code 2005 § 106-387]
[Code 1974 §§ 8-81, 20-87; Code 1985 §§ 9-5,
24-363; Code 2005 § 106-388]
A.
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall
not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm
closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the
block where the fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
B.
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall
not follow any emergency vehicle or shall not purposely drive to any
location on a highway where an emergency exists which would interfere
with the free movement of authorized emergency vehicles or any other
traffic using the highway at that location. For the purpose of this
subsection, the definition of the term "emergency" shall include traffic
accidents, airplane accidents, disasters, explosions, civil disturbances
and (without limitation by the foregoing) any other related circumstances
which tend to cause traffic congestion. The purpose of this subsection
is to eliminate sightseers and other persons who do not have official
business at the scene of an emergency, and whose presence would tend
to cause traffic congestion.
[Code 1974 § 20-91; Code 1985 § 24-364;
Code 2005 § 106-389]
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the
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.
[Code 1974 § 20-109; Code 1985 § 24-365;
Code 2005 § 106-390]
A.
No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle,
glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substances likely to
injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.
B.
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any
highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove
the destructive or injurious material or cause it to be removed.
C.
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway,
highway right-of-way or any other location as the result of an accident
shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the
highway or highway right-of-way or other location from such vehicle.
The owner or insurer of the owner of the vehicle shall be responsible
for the cost of removal of the glass or other injurious substance.
D.
No person shall throw any substance at a standing vehicle or any
occupant thereof, nor shall any person throw any substance at a person
on or adjacent to a highway.
[Code 1974 § 20-88; Code 1985 § 24-366;
Code 2005 § 106-391]
No person shall drive any vehicle through any service drive
without stopping, where such service drive is located at a street
intersection within the City. It is the intent of this section to
make it unlawful to drive any vehicle through such service drive for
the purposes of avoiding a stop sign or traffic control signal at
such intersection or for the purpose of traveling from one street
or thoroughfare to another or for the purpose of traveling in the
opposite direction on the same street or thoroughfare when the driver
of such vehicle does not intend to transact business on the premises
where such service drive is located.
[Code 1974 § 20-81; Code 1985 § 24-368;
Code 2005 § 106-392]
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection
or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing
the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any
traffic control signal indication to proceed.
[Code 1974 § 20-90; Code 1985 § 24-370;
Code 2005 § 106-393]
No motor vehicle shall be driven or allowed to proceed over
or across any concrete curb or any street within the City, unless
necessary in order to pick up or deliver building materials, household
effects or persons from or to the buildings located on the premises
abutting on such streets.
[Code 1974 § 20-92; Code 1985 § 24-371;
Code 2005 § 106-394]
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising
a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion
and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required. This
section shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled
by traffic control signals or police officers.
[Code 1974 § 20-93; Code 1985 § 24-372;
Code 2005 § 106-395]
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as
near to the righthand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall
follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
[Code 1974 § 20-96; Code 1985 § 24-373;
Code 2005 § 106-396]
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon a sidewalk or within
any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
[Code 1974 § 20-104; Code 1985 § 24-374;
Code 2005 § 106-397]
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such
vehicle is in motion.
[Code 1974 § 20-105; Code 1985 § 24-375;
Code 2005 § 106-398]
No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof
not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This section shall
not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty,
or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise
or other loads. No person shall ride in the front seat of a vehicle
when he is one of more than three persons in such front seat.
[Code 1985 § 24-376; Code 2005 § 106-399]
A.
Every operator and front seat passenger of a passenger car operated
within the City limits shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened
seat belt system, required to be installed in the motor vehicle when
manufactured pursuant to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208.
For the purposes of this section, the term "passenger car" shall mean
"vehicle" as defined in 47 O.S. § 1102; except that the
term "passenger car" shall not include trucks, truck-tractors, recreational
vehicles, motorcycles, motorized bicycles or vehicles used primarily
for farm use and licensed pursuant to the provisions of 47 O.S. § 1134.
B.
This section shall not apply to an operator or passenger of a passenger
car in which the operator or passenger possesses a written verification
from a physician licensed in this state that he is unable to wear
a safety seat belt system for medical reasons.
C.
This section shall not apply to an operator of a motor vehicle who
is a route carrier of the United States Postal Service.
D.
Any person convicted of violating this section shall be punished
by a fine and costs of not to exceed $20.
[Code 1985 § 24-377; Code 2005 § 106-400;
amended at adoption]
A.
Every driver, when transporting a child under eight years of age
in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or highways
of this City, shall provide for the protection of such child by properly
using a child passenger restraint system as follows:
(1)
A child under four years of age shall be properly secured in a child
passenger restraint system. The child passenger restraint system shall
be rear-facing until the child reaches two years of age or until the
child reaches the weight or height limit of the rear-facing child
passenger restraint system as allowed by the manufacturer of the child
passenger restraint system, whichever occurs first; and
(2)
A child at least four years of age but younger than eight years of
age, if not taller than four feet nine inches in height, shall be
properly secured in either a child passenger restraint system or child
booster seat.
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For purposes of this section, the term "child passenger restraint
system" means an infant or child passenger restraint system which
meets the federal standards as set by 49 CFR 571.213.
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B.
If a child is eight years of age or is taller than four feet nine
inches in height, a seat belt properly secured to the vehicle shall
be sufficient to meet the requirements of this section.
C.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1)
The driver of a school bus, taxicab, moped, motorcycle, or other
motor vehicle not required to be equipped with safety belts pursuant
to state or federal laws;
(2)
The driver of an ambulance or emergency vehicle;
(3)
The driver of a vehicle in which all of the seatbelts are in use;
or
(4)
The transportation of children who for medical reasons are unable
to be placed in such devices;
(5)
The transportation of a child who weighs more than 40 pounds and
who is being transported in the back seat of a vehicle while wearing
only a lap safety belt when the back seat of the vehicle is not equipped
with combination lap and shoulder safety belts, or when the combination
lap and shoulder safety belts in the back seat are being used by other
children who weigh more than 40 pounds. Provided, however, for purposes
of this paragraph, back seat shall include all seats located behind
the front seat of a vehicle operated by a licensed child care facility
or church. Provided further, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
that a child has met the weight requirements of this paragraph if
at the request of any law enforcement officer, the licensed child
care facility or church provides the officer with a written statement
verified by the parent or legal guardian that the child weighs more
than 40 pounds.
D.
A law enforcement officer is hereby authorized to stop a vehicle
if it appears that the driver of the vehicle has violated the provisions
of this section and to give an oral warning to such driver. The warning
shall advise the driver of the possible danger to children resulting
from the failure to install or use a child passenger restraint system
or seat belts in the motor vehicle.
E.
Any person convicted of violating Subsection A of this section shall be punished by a fine of $50 and shall pay court costs thereof. This fine shall be suspended and court costs limited to a maximum of $15 in the case of the first offense upon proof of purchase or acquisition by loan of a child passenger restraint system.
