The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the operator of any vehicle publicly or privately owned or used. It shall be unlawful for such operator to violate any of the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise permitted in this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter regulating the movement, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while the driver of such vehicle is operating the same in an emergency in the necessary performance of his duties. This exemption shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
It shall be the duty of the police of the Borough to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code. Such police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic either in person or by means of visible or audible signals in conformance with the provisions of this chapter; provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, police, auxiliary police, or firemen may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter. No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer, auxiliary police, fire department official, school crossing guards, or any appropriately attired person authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic.
The Mayor and/or Borough Manager or their duly authorized representatives are hereby empowered to make and enforce temporary regulations necessary to cover emergencies or special conditions. The failure to obey the same shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
A. 
The Mayor, by and with the consent of the Borough Council, is hereby empowered to make a ninety-day trial of any traffic regulations; provided that in advance of its becoming effective, that notice of such regulation by signs shall be given to the public in advance of its enforcement.
B. 
After the day such regulation shall become effective, it shall govern traffic for a period of 120 days thereafter, within which time shall be introduced in a meeting of the Borough Council an ordinance embodying such regulations or such part thereof as it may be desired to have continued in force. Such regulation as is embodied in such ordinance shall continue in force during such time as such ordinance shall be pending.
C. 
If no ordinance embodying such regulation or any part thereof shall have been introduced in meeting of the Borough Council within such period of 120 days or if any such ordinance shall fail of final enactment, then such regulation shall no longer be in force.
D. 
The Borough Council may at any time rescind any such trial regulation by a written resolution presented after adoption to the Mayor. Upon receipt of such resolution, the Mayor shall immediately cause such regulation to be withdrawn and the regulation which applied prior to it again enforced.
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 chapter applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.