It shall be unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law.
(1976 Code, sec. 31-18; 1998 Code, sec. 126-31; 2013 Code, sec. 56-29)
(a) 
Any person who has received any notice to appear in answer to a traffic charge under this chapter may, within the time specified in the notice, appear at the traffic violations bureau and answer the charge set forth in such notice by paying a prescribed fine, and in writing pleading guilty to the charge, waiving a hearing in court and giving power of attorney to the person in charge of the bureau to make such a plea and pay such fine in court.
(b) 
Any person who has been guilty of two or more moving traffic violations, except as otherwise provided, within the preceding 12 months, shall not be permitted to pay a fine at the traffic violations bureau, and he must make statutory bail for appearance in court.
(c) 
The provisions of this section shall not apply for juveniles.
(1976 Code, sec. 31-19; 1998 Code, sec. 126-32; 2013 Code, sec. 56-30)
All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the city treasury and deposited in the general fund.
(1976 Code, sec. 31-20; 1998 Code, sec. 126-33; 2013 Code, sec. 56-31)