A.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply
with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested
by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
B.
Any driver who, having received a visual or audible
signal from a police officer identifiable by uniform, by motor vehicle
or by a clearly discernible police signal to bring his vehicle to
a stop, operates his vehicle in disregard of that signal or interferes
with or endangers the operation of the police vehicle or who increases
his speed or extinguishes his lights and attempts to flee or elude
the police officer shall be fined for the first offense not less than
$50 nor more than $100 and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For
each subsequent like offense he shall be fined not less than $100
nor more than $200 and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
No person shall do any act forbidden or fail
to perform any act required by this chapter.
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding
an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall
be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties
of this chapter applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those
provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.
A.
No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position
as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to interfere with
the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
B.
No person shall ride upon any vehicle without the
consent of the driver thereof.
C.
When any person is riding on any vehicle, no part
of his body shall protrude beyond the limits of the vehicle.
Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter, except those contained in Section 14, Article VIII, persons, teams, motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a street but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
A.
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when
responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual
or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon
returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth
in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
B.
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
(1)
Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this
chapter.
(2)
Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but
only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.
(3)
Exceed the speed limits so long as he does not endanger
life or property.
(4)
Disregard regulations governing direction of movement
or turning in specified directions.
C.
The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency
vehicle shall apply only when such vehicle is making use of audible
or visual signals meeting the requirements of this Code.
D.
The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver
of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due
regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect
the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the
safety of others.
A.
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency
vehicle making use of audible and visual signals, or of a police vehicle
properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal only, the driver
of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately
drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand
edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop
and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle
has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.
B.
This section shall not operate to relieve the driver
of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due
regard for the safety of all persons using the street.