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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§ 340', '§340', '§340', '§6', '§1', '§340', '§1', '§340', '§3', '§304', '§340']

City of Marshfield, MO Miscellaneous Driving Rules
§ 340.050 When Permits Required for Parades and Processions.
§ 340.105 Riding Motor Bikes, Bicycles, Skateboards, Etc., in Public Square or Within Two Blocks Thereof Prohibited.
§ 340.110 Use of Motorbikes, Bicycles, Motor Scooters, Roller Skates or Skateboards — Prohibited Where.
§ 340.115 All-Terrain Vehicles — Prohibited — Exceptions — Operation Under an Exception — Prohibited Uses — Penalty.
§ 340.117 Utility Vehicles, Operation on Highway and in Streams or Rivers Prohibited — Exceptions — Passengers Prohibited — Violations, Penalty.
§ 340.120 Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles, Operation on Highways Prohibited, Exceptions — Operation Within Streams and Rivers Prohibited, Exceptions — License Required for Operation, Exception.
§ 340.125 Riding Bicycles, Sleds, Roller Skates by Attaching to Another Vehicle Prohibited — Pulling a Rider Behind Vehicle Prohibited.
§ 340.155 Motor Vehicles in Park.
§ 340.230 Text Messaging While Operating a Motor Vehicle Prohibited — Exceptions — Definitions — Violation, Penalty.
§ 340.240 Endangerment of an Emergency Responder, Elements.
§ 340.250 Unnecessary and Excessive Noise.
City of Marshfield, MO / Traffic Code
Chapter 340 Miscellaneous Driving Rules
Section 340.050 When Permits Required for Parades and Processions.
Section 340.105 Riding Motor Bikes, Bicycles, Skateboards, Etc., in Public Square or Within Two Blocks Thereof Prohibited.
Section 340.110 Use of Motorbikes, Bicycles, Motor Scooters, Roller Skates or Skateboards — Prohibited Where.
Section 340.115 All-Terrain Vehicles — Prohibited — Exceptions — Operation Under an Exception — Prohibited Uses — Penalty.
Section 340.117 Utility Vehicles, Operation on Highway and in Streams or Rivers Prohibited — Exceptions — Passengers Prohibited — Violations, Penalty.
Section 340.120 Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles, Operation on Highways Prohibited, Exceptions — Operation Within Streams and Rivers Prohibited, Exceptions — License Required for Operation, Exception.
Section 340.125 Riding Bicycles, Sleds, Roller Skates by Attaching to Another Vehicle Prohibited — Pulling a Rider Behind Vehicle Prohibited.
Section 340.155 Motor Vehicles in Park.
Section 340.230 Text Messaging While Operating a Motor Vehicle Prohibited — Exceptions — Definitions — Violation, Penalty.
Section 340.240 Endangerment of an Emergency Responder, Elements.
Section 340.250 Unnecessary and Excessive Noise.
[R.O. 2014 §340.050]
No procession or parade, other than a funeral procession, containing fifty (50) or more persons or twenty-five (25) or more vehicles except the forces of the United States Army or Navy, the military forces of this State, and the forces of the Police and Fire Departments shall occupy, march or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the Chief of Police and such other regulations as are set forth herein which may apply.
[R.O. 2014 §340.105; Ord. No. 132 §6, 12-12-1962; Ord. No. 618 §§1 — 2, 3-26-1992]
In that area comprising the public square, and within two (2) blocks thereof, no person shall ride or drive or ride upon or operate any motor scooter, motor bike, bicycle, roller skates, skateboards and like means of conveyance or locomotion upon any sidewalk, or other area reserved for pedestrians.
[R.O. 2014 §340.110; Ord. No. 772 §§1 — 3, 6-12-1996]
In that area comprising the Marshfield City Parks, no person shall ride or drive or ride upon or operate any motor scooters, motorbikes, bicycle, roller skates, skateboards, and like means of conveyance or locomotion within any building or shelter house in said park.
In that area located within three hundred (300) feet of the Marshfield Municipal Pool in Ellis Jackson Park, no person shall ride or drive or ride upon or operate any motor scooter, motorbike, bicycle, roller skates, skateboards and other like means of conveyance or locomotion upon any sidewalk, or other area reserved for pedestrians.
All-terrain vehicles owned and operated by a governmental entity for official use;
No person shall operate a utility vehicle, as defined in Section 300.010 of this Title, upon the highways of this City or State, except as follows:
Utility vehicles owned and operated by a governmental entity for official use;
Utility vehicles operated for agricultural purposes or industrial on-premises purposes between the official sunrise and sunset on the day of operation, unless equipped with proper lighting;
Utility vehicles operated by handicapped persons for short distances occasionally only on the State's secondary roads when operated between the hours of sunrise and sunset.
No person shall operate a utility vehicle within any stream or river in this City or State, except that utility vehicles may be operated within waterways which flow within the boundaries of land which a utility vehicle operator owns, or for agricultural purposes within the boundaries of land which a utility vehicle operator owns or has permission to be upon, or for the purpose of fording such stream or river of this City or State at such road crossings as are customary or part of the highway system. All Law Enforcement Officials shall enforce the provisions of this Subsection within the geographic area of their jurisdiction.
A person operating a utility vehicle on a highway pursuant to an exception covered in this Section shall have a valid operator's or chauffeur's license, except that a handicapped person operating such vehicle under Subsection (A)(3) of this Section shall not be required to have passed an examination for the operation of a motorcycle, and the vehicle shall be operated at speeds of less than forty-five (45) miles per hour.
No persons shall operate a utility vehicle:
In any careless way so as to endanger the person or property of another; or
While under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance.
No operator of a utility vehicle shall carry a passenger, except for agricultural purposes. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any utility vehicle in which the seat of such vehicle is designed to carry more than one (1) person.
No person shall operate a recreational off-highway vehicle, as defined in Section 300.010 of this Code, upon the highways of this City, except as follows:
Recreational off-highway vehicles owned and operated by a governmental entity for official use;
Recreational off-highway vehicles operated for agricultural purposes or industrial on-premises purposes;
Recreational off-highway vehicles operated within three (3) miles of the operator's primary residence. The provisions of this Subsection shall not authorize the operation of a recreational off-highway vehicle in a City unless such operation is authorized by such City as provided for in Subsection (A)(5) below;
Recreational off-highway vehicles operated by handicapped persons for short distances occasionally only on the State's secondary roads.
No person shall operate a recreational off-highway vehicle within any stream or river in this State, except that recreational off-highway vehicles may be operated within waterways which flow within the boundaries of land which a recreational off-highway vehicle operator owns, or for agricultural purposes within the boundaries of land which a recreational off-highway vehicle operator owns or has permission to be upon, or for the purpose of fording such stream or river of this State at such road crossings as are customary or part of the highway system. All Law Enforcement Officials shall enforce the provisions of this Subsection within the geographic area of their jurisdiction.
A person operating a recreational off-highway vehicle on a highway pursuant to an exception covered in this Section shall have a valid operator's or chauffeur's license, except that a handicapped person operating such vehicle pursuant to Subsection (A)(4) of this Section, but shall not be required to have passed an examination for the operation of a motorcycle. An individual shall not operate a recreational off-highway vehicle upon a highway in this City without displaying a lighted headlamp and a lighted tail lamp. A person may not operate a recreational off-highway vehicle upon a highway of this City unless such person wears a seat belt. When operated on a highway, a recreational off-highway vehicle shall be equipped with a roll bar or roll cage construction to reduce the risk of injury to an occupant of the vehicle in case of the vehicle's rollover.
[R.O. 2014 §340.155; Ord. No. 272 §3, 6-13-1972]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, not a municipal employee, to operate any motor vehicle (including motorcycles, "motorbikes" and "mini-bikes") on any portion of any City Park which is not an established and designated roadway or parking area without the express permission and authority of the Marshfield Park Board.
When the right-half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair;
It is unlawful to drive any vehicle upon any highway or road which has been divided into two (2) or more roadways by means of a physical barrier or by means of a dividing section or delineated by curbs, lines or other markings on the roadway except to the right of such barrier or dividing section or to make any left turn or semicircular or U-turn on any such divided highway, except at an intersection or interchange or at any signed location designated by the State Highways and Transportation Commission or the Department of Transportation. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles or to vehicles owned by the Commission or the Department.
Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right and, except when a roadway has been divided into traffic lanes, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half (1/2) of the main traveled portion of the roadway whenever possible.
All trucks registered for a gross weight of more than forty-eight thousand (48,000) pounds shall not be driven in the far left-hand lane upon all interstate highways, freeways, or expressways within urbanized areas of the State having three (3) or more lanes of traffic proceeding in the same direction. This restriction shall not apply when:
It is necessary for the operator of the truck to follow traffic control devices that direct use of a lane other than the right lane; or
The right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair.
As used in Subsection (E) of this Section, "truck" means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer, or any combination thereof, propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed for or used in the transportation of property upon the highways. The term "truck" also includes a commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 300.010 of this Title.
Passing To The Right Of Another Vehicle.
Upon a City street with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two (2) or more lanes of vehicles in each direction;
Except when a roadway has been divided into three (3) traffic lanes, no vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center line of a highway or public road in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.
An operator or driver intending to turn the vehicle to the left shall extend such operator's arm in a horizontal position so that the same may be seen in the rear of the vehicle and shall slow down and approach the intersecting highway so that the left side of the vehicle shall be as near as practicable to the center line of the highway along which the operator is proceeding before turning.
The signals herein required shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal light or signal device in good mechanical condition of a type approved by the State Highway Patrol; however, when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of such vehicle, then such signals shall be given by such light or device. A vehicle shall be considered as so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab or load exceeds twenty-four (24) inches, or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load thereon exceeds fourteen (14) feet, which limit of fourteen (14) feet shall apply to single vehicles or combinations of vehicles. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any trailer which does not interfere with a clear view of the hand signals of the operator or of the signaling device upon the vehicle pulling such trailer; provided, further, that the provisions of this Section as far as mechanical devices on vehicles so constructed that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of such vehicle as above provided shall only be applicable to new vehicles registered within this State after the first day of January 1954.
Every bus used for the transportation of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing the words "School Bus" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height. Each bus shall have lettered on the rear in plain and distinct type the following: "State Law: Stop While Bus is Loading and Unloading." Each school bus subject to the provisions of Sections 304.050 to 304.070, RSMo., shall be equipped with a mechanical and electrical signaling device approved by the State Board of Education which will display a signal plainly visible from the front and rear and indicating intention to stop.
Section 340.210 Right-of-Way at Intersection — Signs at Intersections. [1]
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, building or any private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway to be entered.
State Law Reference: This Section has additional penalties based on certain circumstances, §304.351, RSMo.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person twenty-one (21) years of age or younger operating a moving motor vehicle upon the highways of this City shall, by means of a hand-held electronic wireless communications device, send, read, or write a text message or electronic message.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while using a hand-held mobile telephone.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device to send, read or write a text message or electronic message.
The provisions of Subsections (A) through (C) of this Section shall not apply to a person operating:
An authorized emergency vehicle; or
A moving motor vehicle while using a hand-held electronic wireless communications device to:
Report illegal activity;
Summon medical or other emergency help;
Prevent injury to a person or property; or
Relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and that operator's dispatcher, in which the device is permanently affixed to the vehicle.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed or interpreted as prohibiting a person from making or taking part in a telephone call, by means of a hand-held electronic wireless communications device, while operating a non-commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this City.
As used in this Section, "electronic message" means a self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed or intended to be transmitted between hand-held electronic wireless communication devices. "Electronic message" includes, but is not limited to, electronic mail, a text message, an instant message, or a command or request to access an internet site.
As used in this Section, "hand-held electronic wireless communications device" includes any hand-held cellular phone, palm pilot, blackberry, or other mobile electronic device used to communicate verbally or by text or electronic messaging, but shall not apply to any device that is permanently embedded into the architecture and design of the motor vehicle.
As used in this Section, "making or taking part in a telephone call" means listening to or engaging in verbal communication through a hand-held electronic wireless communication device.
As used in this Section, "send, read, or write a text message or electronic message" means using a hand-held electronic wireless telecommunications device to manually communicate with any person by using an electronic message. Sending, reading, or writing a text message or electronic message does not include reading, selecting, or entering a phone number or name into a hand-held electronic wireless communications device for the purpose of making a telephone call.
A violation of this Section shall be deemed an ordinance violation.
The operator of a vehicle that is lawfully parked or stopped;
Any of the following while in the performance of their official duties: a law enforcement officer; a member of a fire department; or the operator of a public or private ambulance;
The use of factory-installed or aftermarket global positioning systems (GPS) or wireless communications devices used to transmit or receive data as part of a digital dispatch system;
The use of voice-operated technology;
The use of two-way radio transmitters or receivers by a licensee of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service.
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings set out herein:
Any incident occurring on a highway, as the term "highway" is defined in Section 302.010, RSMo., that requires emergency services from any emergency responder.
ACTIVE EMERGENCY ZONE
Any area upon or around any highway, which is visibly marked by emergency responders performing work for the purpose of emergency response, and where an active emergency, or incident removal, is temporarily occurring. This area includes the lanes of highway leading up to an active emergency or incident removal, beginning within three hundred (300) feet of visual sighting of:
Appropriate signs or traffic control devices posted or placed by emergency responders; or
An emergency vehicle displaying active emergency lights or signals.
Any law enforcement officer, paid or volunteer firefighter, first responder, emergency medical worker, tow truck operator, or other emergency personnel responding to an emergency on a highway.
Offense Of Endangerment Of An Emergency Responder, Elements.
A person commits the offense of endangerment of an emergency responder for any of the following offenses when the offense occurs within an active emergency zone:
Exceeding the posted speed limit by fifteen (15) miles per hour or more;
Passing in violation of Subsection (C)(3) of this Section;
Failure to stop for an active emergency zone flagman or emergency responder, or failure to obey traffic control devices erected, or personnel posted, in the active emergency zone for purposes of controlling the flow of motor vehicles through the zone;
Driving through or around an active emergency zone via any lane not clearly designated for motorists to control the flow of traffic through or around the active emergency zone;
Physically assaulting, attempting to assault, or threatening to assault an emergency responder with a motor vehicle or other instrument; or
Intentionally striking, moving or altering barrels, barriers, signs or other devices erected to control the flow of traffic to protect emergency responders and motorists unless the action was necessary to avoid an obstacle, an emergency, or to protect the health and safety of an occupant of the motor vehicle or of another person.
Except for the offense established under Subsection (B)(1)(f) of this Section, no person shall be deemed to have committed the offense of endangerment of an emergency responder except when the act or omission constituting the offense occurred when one or more emergency responders were responding to an active emergency.
No person shall be cited for, or found guilty of, endangerment of an emergency responder or aggravated endangerment of an emergency responder, for any act or omission otherwise constituting an offense under Subsection (B)(1) of this Section, if such act or omission resulted in whole or in part from mechanical failure of the person's vehicle, or from the negligence of another person or emergency responder.
Violations, Penalties.
Upon the first conviction, finding of guilt or plea of guilty by any person for a moving violation, as the term "moving violation" is defined in Section 302.010, RSMo., or any offense listed in Section 302.302, RSMo., other than a violation described in Subsection (C)(2) of this Section, when the violation or offense occurs within an active emergency zone, the court shall assess a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, finding of guilt, or plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law.
Upon the first conviction, finding of guilt or plea of guilty by any person for a speeding violation under either Section 304.009 or 304.010, RSMo., or Chapter 320 of this Code, or a passing violation under Subsection (C)(3) of this Section, when the violation or offense occurs within an active emergency zone and emergency responders were present in such zone at the time of the offense or violation, the court shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, finding of guilt or plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00) in addition to any other fine authorized by law. However, no person assessed an additional fine under this Subsection shall also be assessed an additional fine under Subsection (C)(1) of this Section.
The driver of a motor vehicle shall not overtake or pass another motor vehicle within an active emergency zone.
The additional fines imposed by this Section shall not be construed to enhance the assessment of court costs.
[R.O. 2014 §340.230; Ord. No. 1115, 2-10-2005]
No person shall permit unnecessary and excessive noise to be emitted from a motor vehicle located on a public street, any parking lot open to the public or other public right-of-way.
For purposes of this Section, the following acts, without limitation, are declared to be unnecessary and excessive noises and constitute a violation of this Section:
The operation of any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound, which can be clearly heard at a distance of fifty (50) or more feet.
The sudden acceleration of a motor vehicle which produces a sound due to the tires breaking traction with the pavement, which can be clearly heard at a distance of fifty (50) or more feet.
Measurement standards shall be by the auditory and visual senses, based upon direct line of sight;
Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included; and
The motor vehicle may be stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley or parking lot open to the public.