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. 12-2024, 5-28-2024]
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 only 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.
1.
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.
B. Upon approaching a stationary vehicle displaying lighted red or red
and blue lights, or a stationary vehicle 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.
C. Responsibilities Of Driver Of Emergency Vehicle.
1.
The driver of any "emergency vehicle" defined in Section
300.010 of this Code 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., and the provisions of this Code.
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 granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to Subsection
(C)(2) of 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 (1) 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.
D. 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.
[Ord. No. 12-2024, 5-28-2024]
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the City
resulting in injury to or death of any person and/or property damage
to another person shall give or cause to be given notice of such accident
to the Police Department as soon as reasonably possible.
[Ord. No. 12-2024, 5-28-2024]
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 property
damage to another 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.
[Ord. No. 12-2024, 5-28-2024]
A. A person commits the offense of leaving the scene of an accident
when:
1.
Being the operator of a vehicle or a vessel involved in an accident
resulting in injury or death or damage to property of another person;
and
2.
Having knowledge of such accident he or she leaves the place
of the injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving the
following information to the other party or to a Law Enforcement Officer,
or if no Law Enforcement Officer is in the vicinity, then to the nearest
law enforcement agency:
b.
His or her residence, including City and street number.
c.
The registration or license number for his or her vehicle or
vessel; and
d.
His or her operator's license number, if any.
B. For the purposes of this Section, all Law Enforcement Officers shall
have jurisdiction, when invited by an injured person, to enter the
premises of any privately owned property for the purpose of investigating
an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding such accident.
C. A Law Enforcement Officer who investigates or receives information
of an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle and also involving
the loss of life or serious physical injury shall make a written report
of the investigation or information received and such additional facts
relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, mail
the information to the Department of Public Safety, and keep a record
thereof in his or her office.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the operation of
all-terrain vehicles when only property damage is sustained in sanctioned
all-terrain vehicle races, derbies and rallies.