No person shall so load his vehicle with iron
or other material that when being driven may strike together without
properly deadening it so that it will cause no unnecessary noise,
and no person shall drive a vehicle the load of which is unevenly
distributed so that the same may be dangerous to the public, and no
person shall drive a vehicle in such manner as to obstruct unnecessarily
the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway. Officers
are hereby authorized to require any driver who fails to comply with
this section to drive to the side of the roadway and deaden the noise,
rearrange his load or wait until operation of the vehicle is made
safe or wait until such traffic as has been delayed has passed.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked
crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the
intersection or crosswalk and on the right half of the roadway to
accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage
of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control
signal indicating to proceed, unless directed to do so by an officer.
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another
vehicle more closely than is reasonable, having due regard to the
speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and the condition of the
street or highway.
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle
around a corner or into an intersection and shall not in any event
or at any place back a vehicle unless such movement can be made in
safety.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving
onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alleyway
or driveway.
No operator shall enter upon the road surface
of any street or highway or section thereof when, by reason of construction,
surface treatment, maintenance or the like, or because of some unprotected
hazard, such road surface is closed to travel and one or more signs,
lights or signals have been erected to indicate that all or part of
the road surface of the street or highway is not to be used, or when
so advised by an officer, watchman, member of a street or highway
crew or employee of the City either audibly or by signals.
[Amended 3-22-2016]
No person shall drive any vehicle upon or over any sidewalk,
bike lane or footpath by the side of any highway, town way, street
or public passageway, except to go into or out of some adjoining yard
or enclosure, and he shall then cross such sidewalk, bike lane or
footpath as nearly as may be at right angles. No person shall drive
any carriage or other vehicle upon or over any hose pipe placed in
the street by order of the Chief of the Fire Department or which is
being used at a fire.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle,
except on a signal from a police officer, to drive the same over or
through a safety zone.
A funeral composed entirely or partly of a procession
of vehicles shall be identified as such by means of black pennants
bearing a purple cross or other suitable insignia attached to the
first and last vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle
to use his horn or other noise-making device for any purpose except
when the use of the same is necessary to ensure safe operation of
the vehicle.
At any junction or crossing of ways where the
roadway grades have been separated and where the ways are connected
by ramps and at any intersection of ways in which there are traffic
islands, drivers of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official
signs, signals or markings.