[CC 1975 §76.010]
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of a Police Officer or Fire Department Official.
[CC 1975 §76.010]
Every person propelling any push cart or riding an animal upon
a roadway, and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle, shall
be subject to the provisions of this Title applicable to the driver
of any vehicle, except those provisions of this Title which by their
very nature can have no application.
[CC 1975 §76.010]
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any
coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device, shall go upon any roadway
except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing
such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject
to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This Section shall
not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as authorized
by ordinance of the City.
[CC 1975 §76.010]
The provisions of this Title shall apply to the driver of any
vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government,
this State, County, or City and it shall be unlawful for any said
driver to violate any of the provisions of this Title, except as otherwise
permitted in this Title.
[CC 1975 §76.010; Ord. No. 15-14 §1, 4-21-2015]
A. Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving audible
signal by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting
red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance
of five hundred (500) feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing
blue light authorized by Section 307.175, RSMo., the driver of every
other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive
to a position parallel to, and as far as possible to the right of,
the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop and remain
in such position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except when
otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer.
B. Upon approaching a stationary emergency vehicle displaying lighted
red or red and blue lights, or a stationary vehicle owned by the State
Highways and Transportation Commission and operated by an authorized
employee of the Department of Transportation displaying lighted amber
or amber and white lights, the driver of every motor vehicle shall:
1.
Proceed with caution and yield the right-of-way, if possible
with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, by making a lane
change into a lane not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle,
if on a roadway having at least four (4) lanes with not less than
two (2) lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching
vehicle; or
2.
Proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle,
maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would
be unsafe or impossible.
[CC 1975 §76.010]
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in
injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent
extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more to one (1) person
shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice
of such accident to the Police Department if such accident occurs
within the City.
[CC 1975 §76.010]
The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an
accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total
property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more to one (1) person shall, within five (5) days after such accident,
forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department.
The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable when the accident
has been investigated at the scene by a Police Officer while such
driver was present thereat.
[CC 1975 §75.1310; Ord. No. 90-14 §75.1310, 5-15-1990]
A. A person
commits the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident
when, being the operator of a vehicle on a highway, street, or any
publicly or privately owned parking lot generally open for public
use, and knowing that injury has been caused to a person or damage
has been caused to property by his/her culpability or by accident,
he/she leaves the place of injury, damage, or accident without stopping
and giving his/her name, complete resident address, motor vehicle
license number, and operator's license number to the injured party,
Police Officer, or nearest Police Station or Judicial Officer.
B. If
the accident caused physical injury or resulted in more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) in damage to property, or the suspect has had
one (1) prior conviction of violation of this Section, the case shall
be referred to the County Prosecutor for felony prosecution under
Section 577.060, RSMo.