Any person violating any provision of this article for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to section 1.01.009.
(1994 Code, sec. 71.99(A); Ordinance 09-10 adopted 6/18/09)
(a) 
Prohibited acts.
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle upon a roadway carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others, or without due caution or circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle within the city limits in a manner calculated to draw attention to the vehicle or alarm other drivers or pedestrians nearby by unnecessary acceleration or braking.
(3) 
It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle on any roadway or in any city park or other city property in a reckless manner driving the vehicle in circles while accelerating causing the vehicle to break traction, skidding.
(4) 
It shall be unlawful to accelerate rapidly from a stop in a manner causing the front of the vehicle to leave the surface of the road surface or ground creating an exhibition of acceleration by a wheel stand.
(5) 
It shall be unlawful to drive a motorcycle in such a manner as to cause the front wheel to leave the ground, continuing to travel by balancing the weight of the motorcycle on the rear wheel.
(6) 
It shall be unlawful to engage a vehicle’s brakes, and race the engine, power braking, causing the rear tires to spin leaving tire material on the road surface or causing the rear of the vehicle to break traction and rotate out of a straight path.
(b) 
Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Exhibition
means conduct which could be intended to create excitement or alarm to persons viewing or hearing it.
Motor vehicle
means any vehicle which is self-propelled, including motorcycles designed for transportation and operated on or off the roadway.
Motorcycle
means a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, that is equipped with a rider’s saddle and designed to have when propelled not more than three wheels on the ground.
Power braking,
while engaging the vehicle’s brake, means racing the engine in such a manner as to cause the rear tires to spin depositing tire material on the roadway.
Wheel stands
means spinning tires in such as manner as to cause less than all the wheels of a vehicle to make contact with the ground, except when necessary to avoid an accident.
(c) 
Defenses.
It shall be a defense to prosecution under this section that the acceleration or braking was performed in order to avoid a traffic accident.
(1966 Code, ch. 20.2, art. II, sec. 23; 1994 Code, sec. 71.55; Ordinance 2015-13 adopted 4/28/15)
No vehicle shall be operated or allowed to remain upon any street in a manner as to form an unreasonable obstruction to traffic thereon.
(1966 Code, ch. 20.2, art. II, sec. 22; 1994 Code, sec. 71.56)
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly rides on any portion of a vehicle not intended for passengers. It shall be a defense to any prosecution herein that:
(1) 
An employee was engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty;
(2) 
Such person was within a cavity of such vehicle intended for carrying a load; or
(3) 
Such person was participating in a parade supervised by the city police department.
(Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
No vehicle shall be operated or driven in the city when it is so constructed, enclosed, equipped or loaded as to be dangerous, if the same is liable to scatter its contents upon the streets, avenues, alleys or highways of the city, or if it is loaded so as to prevent the driver thereof from having a view sufficient for safety.
(1966 Code, ch. 20.2, art. II, sec. 24; 1994 Code, sec. 71.35)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any vehicle upon the streets and alleys of this city for a period of five minutes after the sounding of the fire alarm, which alarm is the official siren of the city. At the sounding of the fire alarm, all persons driving or operating vehicles on the streets, alleys or other public thoroughfares of the city shall immediately drive such vehicles to the right-hand curb and keep such vehicles stationary for the five-minute period. These provisions do not apply to firefighters, doctors, ambulances, police, and utility trucks on official duty.
(1966 Code, ch. 6, art. II, sec. 3; 1994 Code, sec. 71.14)
Whenever any fire alarm is sounded, the conductor or, in his absence, the engineer of any railway train which may be standing or moving across any railway grade crossing which is in the path of the fire apparatus en route to the fire shall immediately remove or cause to be removed the train from the grade crossing and keep the grade crossing open and free for vehicular passage for a period of at least five minutes after the fire alarm shall begin to sound.
(1966 Code, ch. 6, art. II, sec. 5; 1994 Code, sec. 100.03)
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to follow any fire apparatus in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet from the rear of the apparatus.
(1966 Code, ch. 20.2, art. II, sec. 18; 1994 Code, sec. 71.58)
It shall be unlawful for the rider of a bicycle, motorcycle or other vehicle to catch on to or hold to the side or rear of any other moving vehicle in the city.
(1966 Code, ch. 20.2, art. I, sec. 8; 1994 Code, sec. 71.46)