Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the time specified in GJMC §
10.04.204, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required under this section shall be in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square and so hung that the entire area is visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
While being operated on a road:
(1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps,
and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching
another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the
beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme
left side of the vehicle nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle.
(2) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two fog lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that, when the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Lighted fog lamps meeting the requirements of this subsection
(2) may be used with lower head-lamp beams as specified in GJMC §
10.04.216(1)(b).
(3) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary passing lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than 20 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of GJMC §
10.04.216 shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary passing lamps.
(4) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than 16 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of GJMC §
10.04.216 shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.
(5) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as required
in this chapter is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot
lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of an
intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not more than a total of four
of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any
one time when operating the vehicle upon a highway. Any person who
violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) No other provision of GJMC §
10.04.201 through
10.04.237 shall apply to a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD or to equipment for use on a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD except those provisions in this chapter made specifically applicable to such a vehicle.
(2) Every bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD in use at the times described in GJMC §
10.04.204 shall be equipped with a lamp on the front emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front.
(3) While being operated every bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle,
electric scooter, or EPAMD shall be equipped with a red reflector
of a type approved by the Department, which shall be visible for 600
feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head
lamps on a motor vehicle.
(4) Every bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD when in use at the times described in GJMC §
10.04.204 shall be equipped with reflective material of sufficient size and reflectivity to be visible from both sides for 600 feet when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle or, in lieu of such reflective material, with a lighted lamp visible from both sides from a distance of at least 500 feet.
(5) A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD or its rider may be equipped with lights or reflectors in addition to those required by subsections
(2) to
(4) of this section.
(6) A bicycle, electric scooter, or electrical assisted bicycle shall
not be equipped with while in use, nor shall any person use upon a
bicycle, electric scooter, or electrical assisted bicycle, any siren
or whistle.
(7) Every bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter while
in use shall be equipped with a brake or brakes that will enable its
rider to stop the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter within 25 feet from a speed of 10 miles per hour on dry, level,
clean pavement.
(8) A person engaged in the business of selling bicycles, electrical
assisted bicycles, or electric scooters at retail shall not sell any
bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter unless the
bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter has an identifying
number permanently stamped or cast on its frame.
(9)
(a) Every manufacturer or distributor of new electrical assisted bicycles
or electric scooters intended for sale or distribution in this State
shall permanently affix to each electrical assisted bicycle or electric
scooter, in a prominent location, a label that contains the classification
number, top assisted speed, and motor wattage of the electrical assisted
bicycle. The label must be printed in Arial font in at least nine-point
type.
(b) A person shall not knowingly modify an electrical assisted bicycle
or electric scooter so as to change the speed capability or motor
engagement of the electrical assisted bicycle without also appropriately
replacing, or causing to be replaced, the label indicating the classification
required by subsection (9)(a) of this section.
(10)
(a) While in use an electrical assisted bicycle must comply with the
equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and codified at
16 CFR
1512 or its
successor regulation.
(b) A class 2 electrical assisted bicycle while in use must operate in
a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function
when the brakes are applied. While being operated class 1 and class
3 electrical assisted bicycles must be equipped with a mechanism or
circuit that cannot be bypassed and that causes the electric motor
to disengage or cease to function when the rider stops pedaling.
(c) While being operated a class 3 electrical assisted bicycle must be
equipped with a speedometer that displays, in miles per hour, the
speed the electrical assisted bicycle is traveling.
(11) A person who violates this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) Brake Equipment Required.
(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated upon
a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement
of and to stop and hold such vehicle, including two separate means
of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to
apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two separate means
of applying the brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so
constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism
shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
(b) Every motorcycle and low-power scooter, when operated upon a highway,
shall be equipped with at least one brake, which may be operated by
hand or foot.
(c) Every trailer or semitrailer of a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or more, when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle and so designed as to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from the cab, and said brakes shall be so designed and connected that in case of an accidental breakaway of the towed vehicle the brakes shall be automatically applied. The provisions of this subsection (1)(c) shall not be applicable to any trailer which does not meet the definition of “commercial vehicle” as that term is defined in GJMC §
10.04.235(1)(a) and which is owned by a farmer when transporting agricultural products produced on the owner’s farm or supplies back to the farm of the owner of the trailer, tank trailers not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight used solely for transporting liquid fertilizer or gaseous fertilizer under pressure, or distributor trailers not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight used solely for transporting and distributing dry fertilizer when hauled by a truck capable of stopping within the distance specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(d) Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer constructed or sold
in this State or operated upon the highways shall be equipped with
service brakes upon all wheels of every such vehicle; except that:
(I) Any trailer or semitrailer of less than 3,000 pounds gross weight, or any horse trailer of a capacity of two horses or less, or any trailer which does not meet the definition of “commercial vehicle” as that term is defined in GJMC §
10.04.235(1)(a) and which is owned by a farmer when transporting agricultural products produced on the owner’s farm or supplies back to the farm of the owner of the trailer, or tank trailers not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight used solely for transporting liquid fertilizer or gaseous fertilizer under pressure, or distributor trailers not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight used solely for transporting and distributing dry fertilizer when hauled by a truck capable of stopping with loaded trailer attached in the distance specified by subsection (2) of this section need not be equipped with brakes, and any two-wheel motor vehicle need have brakes on only one wheel.
(II)
Any truck or truck tractor, manufactured before July 25, 1980,
and having three or more axles, need not have brakes on the wheels
of the front or tandem steering axles if the brakes on the other wheels
meet the performance requirements of subsection (2) of this section.
(III)
Every trailer or semitrailer of 3,000 pounds or more gross weight
must have brakes on all wheels.
(e) Provisions of this subsection (1) shall not apply to manufactured
homes.
(2) Performance Ability of Brakes.
(a) The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles
shall be adequate to stop such vehicle when traveling 20 miles per
hour within a distance of 40 feet when upon dry asphalt or concrete
pavement surface free from loose material where the grade does not
exceed one percent.
(b) Under the conditions stated in subsection (2)(a) of this section,
the hand brakes shall be adequate to stop such vehicle within a distance
of 55 feet, and said hand brake shall be adequate to hold such vehicle
stationary on any grade upon which operated.
(c) Under the conditions stated in subsection (2)(a) of this section,
the service brakes upon a motor vehicle equipped with two-wheel brakes
only, when permitted under this section, shall be adequate to stop
the vehicle within a distance of 55 feet.
(d) All braking distances specified in this section shall apply to all
vehicles mentioned, whether such vehicles are not loaded or are loaded
to the maximum capacity permitted under this title.
(e) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be
so adjusted as to operate as equally as possible with respect to the
wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
(3) Engine Retarding Brake.
(a) It shall be unlawful on any public street or highway for the driver
of any vehicle to use or operate or cause to be used or operated within
the City any engine retarding brake, compression brake or mechanical
exhaust device designed to aid in the braking or deceleration of any
vehicle unless such use is necessary to avoid immediate physical harm
to persons or property.
(b) Signage.
The City shall erect signs at such intervals
and locations as deemed appropriate by the City Manager, which signs
shall state “ENGINE RETARDING BRAKE ORDINANCE ENFORCED”
to advise drivers of the prohibitions established by this section.
No sign stating “ENGINE RETARDING BRAKE ORDINANCE ENFORCED”
shall be installed on a State highway without the approval from the
Colorado Department of Transportation.
(c) Exceptions.
Emergency vehicles shall be exempt from
the application of the prohibition on use of an engine retarding brake.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 5075, 6-1-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) Every motor vehicle, when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound, except as provided in GJMC §
10.04.213(1) in the case of authorized emergency vehicles or as provided in GJMC §
10.04.222. The driver of a motor vehicle, when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, shall give audible warning with the horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
(2) No vehicle while being operated shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any audible device except as otherwise permitted in this section. It is permissible but not required that any vehicle be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which is so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as a warning signal unless the alarm device is a required part of the vehicle. Nothing in this section is meant to preclude the use of audible warning devices that are activated when the vehicle is backing. Any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with an audible signal device under GJMC §
10.04.213(1), but such device shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the actual pursuit of a suspected violator of the law or for other special purposes, including, but not limited to, funerals, parades, and the escorting of dignitaries. Such device shall not be used for such special purposes unless the circumstances would not lead a reasonable person to believe that such vehicle is responding to an actual emergency.
(3) While in use no bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter,
or low-power scooter shall be equipped with nor shall any person use
upon such vehicle a siren or whistle.
(4) Snowplows and other snow-removal equipment shall display flashing yellow lights meeting the requirements of GJMC §
10.04.214 as a warning to drivers when such equipment is in service on the highway.
(5)
(a) When any snowplow or other snow-removal equipment displaying flashing
yellow lights is engaged in snow and ice removal or control, drivers
of all other vehicles shall exercise more than ordinary care and caution
in approaching, overtaking, or passing such snowplow.
(b) The driver of a snowplow, while engaged in the removal or control of snow and ice on any highway open to traffic and while displaying the required flashing yellow warning lights as provided by GJMC §
10.04.214, shall not be charged with any violation of the provisions of this chapter relating to parking or standing, turning, backing, or yielding the right-of-way. These exemptions shall not relieve the driver of a snowplow from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall these exemptions protect the driver of a snowplow from the consequences of a reckless or careless disregard for the safety of others.
(6) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
When lighted lamps are required by GJMC §
10.04.204 no vehicle shall be driven upon a highway with the parking lights lighted except when the lights are being used as signal lamps and except when the head lamps are lighted at the same time. Parking lights are those lights permitted by GJMC §
10.04.215 and any other lights mounted on the front of the vehicle, designed to be displayed primarily when the vehicle is parked. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1)
(a) All machinery, equipment, and vehicles, except bicycles, electrical
assisted bicycles, electric scooters, and other human-powered vehicles,
designed to operate or normally operated at a speed of less than 25
miles per hour while operated on a public highway, shall display a
triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear.
(b) Low-speed electrical vehicles while operated shall display on the
rear of the vehicle a triangular slow-moving emblem designed as specified
by the State Department of Transportation.
(c) Bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, and other
human-powered vehicles shall be permitted but not required to display
the emblem specified in this subsection (1).
(3) The use of the emblem required under this section shall be restricted to the use specified in subsection
(1) of this section, and its use on any other type of vehicle or stationary object shall be prohibited.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
A low-speed electric vehicle shall conform with applicable federal
manufacturing equipment standards. Any person who operates a low-speed
electric vehicle in violation of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)