Source: https://www.ecode360.com/29525014
Timestamp: 2020-02-20 02:27:09
Document Index: 109370667

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 380', '§ 380', '§ 380', '§ 380', '§ 380', '§1', '§1', '§2']

City of Warsaw, MO Vehicle Equipment
§ 380.010 Lights Generally.
§ 380.011 Non-Usage of Headlights Fine.
§ 380.160 Seat Belts and Child Restraint Devices.
§ 380.170 (Reserved)
§ 380.220 Passengers in Truck Beds.
Section 380.010 Lights Generally.
Section 380.011 Non-Usage of Headlights Fine.
Section 380.160 Seat Belts and Child Restraint Devices.
Section 380.170 (Reserved)
Section 380.220 Passengers in Truck Beds.
[Ord. No. 2005-2 §1, 2-7-2005]
All motor vehicles shall be provided with lights as required by Section 307.040, RSMo., as defined by Section 307.020, RSMo. "When lighted lamps are required" means at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernable persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead. Lighted lamps shall also be required any time the weather conditions require usage of the motor vehicle's windshield wipers to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner as defined in Section 304.012, RSMo. The provisions of this Section shall be interpreted to require lighted lamps during periods of fog even if the usage of the windshield wipers is not necessary to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner. Motor vehicles shall display at least two (2) white lights mounted at the front and directed forward and two (2) red lights mounted at the back and directed toward the rear.
Motorcycles shall display one (1) white light mounted at the front and directed forward and one (1) red light mounted at the back and directed toward the rear. Bicycles shall display one (1) white light mounted at the front and directed forward and one (1) red light, or one (1) red reflex mirror, mounted at the back and directed toward the rear.
All motor vehicles, except motorcycles, shall carry, in addition to or in lieu of the front signal lamps, two (2) lighted headlamps, and motorcycles shall carry at least one (1) lighted headlamp. All according to the standards and specifications required by the laws of the State.
Violation of Section 380.010 shall be deemed an infraction and any person who violates this Section as it relates to violations of the usage of lighted lamps required due to weather conditions or fog shall only be fined ten dollars ($10.00) and no court costs shall be assessed.
Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, front direction signals or auxiliary lamps which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle. Alternately flashing warning signals may be used on school buses when used for school purposes and on motor vehicles when used to transport United States mail from post offices to boxes of addressees thereof and on emergency vehicles as defined in Section 300.010 of this Title and on buses owned or operated by churches, mosques, synagogues, temples or other houses of worship but are prohibited on other motor vehicles, motorcycles and motor-drawn vehicles except as a means for indicating a right or left turn.
[Ord. No. 2006-37 §1, 10-2-2006]
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, each driver and front seat passenger of a passenger car manufactured after January 1, 1968, operated on a street or highway in this City shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt that meets Federal National Highway Transportation Act requirements, except that a child less than sixteen (16) years of age shall be protected as required in Subsection (B)(5) of this Section.
The provisions of Subsection (A) of this Section shall not be applicable to persons who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about his or her body or to any person employed by the United States Postal Service while performing duties for that Federal agency which requires the operator to service postal boxes from their vehicles or which require frequent entry into and exit from their vehicles.
As used in Subsections (A) of this Section, the term "passenger car" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) persons or less and used for the transportation of persons; except that the term "passenger car" shall not include motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motortricycles and trucks with a gross weight of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds or more.
Section 380.170 (Reserved) [1]
Editor's Note — Ord. no. 2006-37, adopted October 2, 2006, repealed section 380.160 "seat belts" and section 380.170 "child restraint system" and enacted new provisions set out in Section 380.160.
[Ord. No. 2006-37 §2, 10-2-2006]
No person shall operate any truck, as defined in Section 301.010, RSMo., with a licensed gross weight of less than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds when such truck is operated within the corporate limits of this City when any person under eighteen (18) years of age is riding in the unenclosed bed of such truck. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall ride in the unenclosed bed of such truck when the truck is in operation. Any person who operates a truck with a licensed gross weight of less than twelve thousand (12,000) pounds in violation of this Section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus court costs. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
Any person riding in the unenclosed bed of a truck if such truck is being operated solely for the purposes of participating in a special event and it is necessary that the person ride in such unenclosed bed due to the lack of available seating. "Special event", for the purposes of this Section, is a specific social activity of a definable duration which is participated in by the person riding in the unenclosed bed;
Every motor vehicle which is licensed in this State and operated upon the public streets or highways of this City shall be equipped with front and rear bumpers if such vehicle was equipped with bumpers as standard equipment. This Subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles designed or modified primarily for off-highway purposes while such vehicles are in tow or to motorcycles or motor-driven cycles or to motor vehicles registered as historic motor vehicles when the original design of such vehicles did not include bumpers nor shall the provisions of this Subsection prohibit the use of drop bumpers. Maximum bumper heights of both the front and rear bumpers of motor vehicles shall be determined by weight category of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) measured from a level surface to the highest point of the bottom of the bumper when the vehicle is unloaded and the tires are inflated to the manufacturer's recommended pressure. Maximum bumper heights are as follows: