No vehicle or object which injures or is likely to injure the
surface of a street shall be driven or moved on any street.
No person shall drive any vehicle in such condition, so constructed
or so loaded as to cause delay or be likely to cause delay in traffic,
or as to constitute a hazard to persons or property, except by permit
issued by the appropriate officials of the City of Weatherford and
in accordance with the terms of such permit.
Every vehicle operated upon the streets of the city shall be
equipped as required by law; and it is unlawful to operate a vehicle
upon a street of the city which is not equipped as required by law.
It is also unlawful to fail to use such equipment in the manner required
by law, or to use it in a manner prohibited by law. It is also unlawful
to operate a vehicle which has equipment prohibited by law upon a
street of the city.
No motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine shall be
operated within the city unless the exhaust from such engine is muffled
by a suitable and sufficient muffler; and no muffler cut-out or exhaust
or vacuum whistle shall be used on any motor vehicle while operating
within the city, except that exhaust whistles may be used on authorized
emergency vehicles.
No person shall drive or convey through any street any vehicle
the width, height, length, weight, or load of which exceeds that authorized
by state law, except in accordance with a permit issued by state authority
or by the Chief of Police.
Police officers shall have authority to inspect and test any
vehicle upon the streets of the city at any time to determine whether
it is safe, whether it is properly equipped and/or whether its equipment
is in proper adjustment and repair.
No person shall own or have in his possession within this city
any vehicle unless such vehicle shall have the current distinctive
identification and number plates assigned to it by the Oklahoma Tax
Commission. The plate shall be securely fastened to the vehicle for
which issued. The plate is to be attached to the rear of the vehicle.
Both plate and all letters and numbers must be clearly visible at
all times. The plate shall clearly indicate the type and nature of
the operation for which such vehicle shall be used, whether for agricultural
purposes, motor bus, or the transportation of persons for purposes
other than for hire or compensation.
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall
have either a tail lamp or a separate lamp which shall be so constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration
plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to
the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired
as to be lighted whenever the head lamps, clearance lamps, or auxiliary
driving lamps are lighted.
1.
Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle
shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on
each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which headlamps shall
comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this Chapter.
2.
Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with
at least one and not more than two headlamps which shall comply with
the requirements and limitations of this Chapter.
3.
Every headlamp upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle
and motor-driven cycle, shall be located at a height measured from
the center of the headlamp of not more than 54 inches nor less than
24 inches to be measured from the center of such lamp or device to
the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is
without a load.
No stop lamp or signal lamp shall project a glaring light.
Every vehicle upon a highway within this city, at any time from
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise and at any other
time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,
persons on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of
500 feet ahead shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices
as hereinafter respectively required for different classes of vehicles,
subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles.
1.
Motor vehicles operated in this city shall be equipped with a horn
or other suitable signaling device, kept in good order, which shall
not be sounded except when necessary for traffic signaling or warning.
2.
Unnecessary sounding of any horn or other motor vehicle signaling
device is hereby declared to be an offense and a violation of this
Chapter.
