The provisions of this article are deemed to be necessary to promote the health, safety, property and general welfare of the residents of the city.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-96)
The driver of a vehicle emerging from a driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk and upon entering the street or roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such street or roadway.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-97)
No person shall drive any vehicle except a bicycle upon or across a bicycle lane except to enter a driveway or building or except to park such vehicle or to leave a parking space, if such parking is permissible. No person shall drive onto or cross a bicycle lane as permitted by this section without first yielding right-of-way as necessary to avoid collision or interference with bicycle traffic.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-98)
The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction between intersections, at any intersection where traffic-control signals are in place, and shall not so turn such vehicle at any other intersection unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-99)
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same into an intersection or over a crosswalk and shall not in any event or at any place back a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-100)
(a) 
A person commits an offense if the person drives a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
(b) 
An offense under this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00.
(c) 
Notwithstanding V.T.C.A., Transportation Code section 542.001, this section applies to:
(1) 
A private access way or parking area provided for a client or patron by a business, other than a private residential property or the property of a garage or parking lot for which a charge is made for the storing or parking of motor vehicles; and
(2) 
A highway or other public place.
(d) 
Notwithstanding V.T.C.A., Transportation Code section 542.004, this section applies to a person, a team, or motor vehicles and other equipment engaged in work on a highway surface.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-101)
(a) 
An operator may not cross a sidewalk or drive through a driveway, parking lot, or business or residential entrance without stopping the vehicle.
(b) 
An operator may not cross or drive in or on a sidewalk, driveway, parking lot, or business or residential entrance at an intersection to turn right or left from one highway to another highway.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-102)
Persons violating the provisions of this article are subject to a fine not to exceed $200.00. In the prosecution under this article, for the offense of illegal movement of motor vehicle, the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall as to the portion thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense, be sufficient if it in substance alleges that the defendant did, while driving a motor vehicle in the city, commit the offense of illegal movement of motor vehicle.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-103)
(a) 
An operator on a highway, when approaching from either direction a school bus stopped on the highway to receive or discharge a schoolchild:
(1) 
Shall stop before reaching the school bus when the bus is operating a visual signal as required by V.T.C.A., Transportation Code section 547.701; and
(2) 
May not proceed until:
(A) 
The school bus resumes motion;
(B) 
The operator is signaled by the bus driver to proceed; or
(C) 
The visual signal is no longer actuated.
(b) 
An operator on a highway having separate roadways is not required to stop:
(1) 
For a school bus that is on a different roadway; or
(2) 
If on a controlled-access highway, for a school bus that is stopped:
(A) 
In a loading zone that is a part of or adjacent to the highway; and
(B) 
Where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(c) 
An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $2,000.00.
(d) 
The court may order that the driver’s license of a person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section be suspended for not longer than six months beginning on the date of conviction. In this subsection, “driver’s license” has the meaning assigned by V.T.C.A., Transportation Code chapter 521.
(e) 
If a person does not pay the previously assessed fine or costs on a conviction under this section, or is determined by the court to have insufficient resources or income to pay a fine or costs on a conviction under this section, the court may order the person to perform community service. The court shall set the number of hours of service under this subsection.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-121)