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Timestamp: 2019-02-19 04:35:22
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 310', '§14', '§1', '§14', '§1', '§1', '§14', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§14', '§1']

City of De Soto, MO Enforcement and Obedience To Traffic Regulations
§ 310.065 Sirens and Flashing Lights Emergency Use — Persons Authorized — Violation — Penalty.
Section 310.065 Sirens and Flashing Lights Emergency Use — Persons Authorized — Violation — Penalty.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973]
Members of the Fire Department, when at the scene of an incident, may direct or assist the Police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
[CC 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 3900 §1, 8-15-2011]
It shall be the duty of the operator or driver of any vehicle or the rider of any animal traveling on the roads of this State to stop on signal of any Law Enforcement Officer and to obey any other reasonable signal or direction of such Law Enforcement Officer given in the course of enforcing any infraction. Any person who willfully fails or refuses to obey any signal or direction of a Law Enforcement Officer given in the course of enforcing any infraction, or who willfully resists or opposes a Law Enforcement Officer in the proper discharge of his or her duties in the course of enforcing any infraction, is guilty of an infraction.
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 1988 §14-2; Ord. No. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973; Ord. No. 3775 §1, 5-19-2008; Ord. No. 3786 §1, 5-19-2008; Ord. No. 3965 §1, 1-21-2013]
Right-Of-Way — Procedure.
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 Officer.
A vehicle operated by the State Highway Patrol, the State Water Patrol or a State Park Ranger, the Missouri Capitol Police, a Conservation Agent, those vehicles operated by enforcement personnel by the Division of Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety of the Department of Economic Development, Police or Fire Department, Sheriff, Constable or Deputy Sheriff, Federal Law Enforcement Officer authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests for violations of the laws of the United States, Traffic Officer or Coroner or by a privately owned emergency vehicle company;
Any vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the Department of Corrections, who as part of the employee's official duties, is responding to a riot, disturbance, hostage incident, escape or other critical situation where there is the threat of serious physical injury or death, responding to mutual aid call from another criminal justice agency, or in accompanying an ambulance which is transporting an offender to a medical facility;
Emergency Vehicles — Responsibility.
The driver of any vehicle referred to in Subsection (B) of this Section shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue lights on except when such vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire.
Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of sections 304.014 to 304.025, RSMo.;
The exemptions herein granted to an emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by siren or while having at least one (1) lighted lamp exhibiting a 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 310.065.
Tactical strategies such as, but not restricted to, "move ups" do not constitute an emergency call.
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of the laws of this State, or of a Police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal, 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;
Section 310.080 Leaving The Scene of A Motor Vehicle Accident. [1]
[Ord. No. 3918 §1, 2-20-2012]
A person commits the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident when being the operator or driver of a vehicle on a public road or on any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility generally open for use by the public and knowing that an injury has been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property, due to his culpability or to accident, he or she leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving his or her name, residence, including City and street number, motor vehicle number and driver's license number, if any, to the injured party or to a Police Officer, or if no Police Officer is in the vicinity, then to the nearest police station or judicial officer.
For the purpose of this Section, all Peace Officers shall have jurisdiction, when invited by an injured person, to enter the premises of any privately owned parking lot or parking facility for the purpose of investigating an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding such accident.
Editor's Note — Ord. no. 3918 §1, adopted February 20, 2012, repealed section 310.080 "immediate notice of accident" and enacted new provisions set out herein. Former section 310.080 derived from CC 1988 §14-2; ord. no. 2460 §1, 2-22-1973.