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Timestamp: 2017-05-29 00:13:04
Document Index: 718054331

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

City of Byrnes Mill, MO Miscellaneous Driving Rules
Limitations On Pocket Bikes.
Barricades and Intersections.
Text Messaging While Operating A Motor Vehicle Prohibited; Exceptions; Definitions; Violations, Penalty.
City may by resolution or ordinance allow utility vehicle operation
on streets or highways under the City's jurisdiction. Any person
operating a utility vehicle pursuant to a municipal resolution or
ordinance shall maintain proof of financial responsibility in accordance
[R.O. 2011 §340.260; Ord. No. 220-92 §§3 — 4, 2-19-1992]
be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive the vehicle when
it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat of the vehicle,
such number of persons as to obstruct the view of the operator to
the front or sides, or to interfere with the operator's control over
the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
be unlawful for any passenger in a vehicle to ride in such a position
convicted of violating the provisions of this Section may be assessed
a penalty of either five hundred dollars ($500.00) or ninety days
(90) in jail, or both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 2011 §340.290; Ord. No. 602-05 §I, 5-4-2005]
A. Pocket Bike Defined. The term "Pocket bike" shall mean any two- or three-wheeled device having an automatic
transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than
fifty (50) cubic centimeters, which produces less than three (3) gross
brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum
speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground.
B. License Required — Operation On Interstate Highway Prohibited
— Violation, Penalty.
shall operate a pocket bike on any highway or street in the City unless
the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle.
bike may be operated on any public thoroughfare located within the
City which has been designated as part of the Federal interstate highway
of this Section shall be deemed a violation of the ordinances of the
City of Byrnes Mill.
C. Applicability Of Traffic Laws To Persons Riding Bicycles, Pocket
Bikes. Every person riding a pocket bike upon any roadway
in this City shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject
to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the
laws of this State declaring the rules of the road applicable to vehicles
or by the provisions of this Chapter applicable to the drivers of
vehicles, except as to special regulations in this Section and except
as to those provisions of State law and this Chapter which, by their
D. Equipment Required On Pocket Bikes. No person shall operate
a pocket bike on any roadway in this City unless it is equipped in
accordance with the minimum requirements for construction and equipment
of MOPEDS, Regulation VESC — 17, approved, July, 1977, as promulgated
by the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, this State being a party
thereto as provided in Section 307.250, RSMo., and the regulation
is hereby approved as provided in Section 307.260, RSMo.
E. Brakes For Pocket Bikes. Every pocket bike shall be equipped
with brakes which will enable its driver to stop the bicycle or pocket
bike within twenty-five (25) feet from a speed of ten (10) miles per
hour on dry, level, clean pavement.
F. Lights And Reflectors On Pocket Bikes. Every pocket bike
when in use on any roadway in this City during the period from one-half
(½) hour after sunset to one-half (½) hour before sunrise
shall be equipped with the following:
1. A front-facing
lamp on the front or carried by the rider which shall emit a white
light visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight,
level, unlighted roadway at five hundred (500) feet;
2. A rear-facing
red reflector, at least two (2) square inches in reflective surface
area, on the rear which shall be visible at night under normal atmospheric
conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by
a vehicle driver under the lower beams of vehicle headlights at six
hundred (600) feet.
3. Essentially
colorless or amber reflectors on both the front and rear surfaces
of all pedals. Each pedal reflector shall be recessed below the plane
of the pedal or reflector housing. Each reflector shall be at least
one (1) square inch in projected effective reflex area and must be
visible at right under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight,
level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the
lawful lower beams of vehicle headlights at two hundred (200) feet;
4. A side-facing
essentially colorless or amber reflector visible on each side of the
wheel mounted on the wheel spokes of the front wheel within three
(3) inches of the inside of the wheel rim and a side-facing essentially
colorless or red reflector mounted on the wheel spokes of the rear
wheel within three (3) inches of the inside of the wheel rim or continuous
retro-reflective material on each side of both tires which shall be
at least three-sixteenths (3/16) of an inch wide. All such reflectors
or retro-reflective tire sidewalls shall be visible at night under
normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway
when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams of vehicle
headlights at three hundred (300) feet. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to pocket bikes which comply with National Highway
Traffic and Safety Administration regulations relating to reflectors
on pocket bikes.
G. Riding On Pocket Bikes Generally.
operator of a pocket bike shall ride only astride the permanent and
regular seat attached thereto and shall not permit more than one (1)
person to ride thereon at the same time, unless the pocket bike is
designed to carry more than one (1) person. Any pocket bike designed
to carry more than one (1) person must be equipped with a passenger
seat and footrests for the use of a passenger.
shall operate a pocket bike while carrying any package, bundle or
other article which prevents such person from keeping both hands on
3. No personal
shall ride in a position that will interfere with the operation or
control of the pocket bike or the view of the operator thereof.
H. Riding Pocket Bikes On Roadways. Every person operating
a pocket bike upon any roadway in this City shall ride as near to
the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care
I. Riding Pocket Bikes On Sidewalks. No person shall ride a
pocket bike upon a sidewalk.
J. Helmet And Safety Equipment Required. Any person operating
or riding as a passenger on a pocket bike, motorized scooter or motorized
skateboard on any public area in the City of Byrnes Mill shall wear
an approved helmet designed for safety and shall have either the neck
or chin strap of the helmet fastened securely while the device is
in motion and have safety equipment. "Helmet" means
a protective covering for the head consisting of a hard outer shell,
padding adjacent to and inside the outer shell and a neck or chin
strap type retention system, which meets or exceeds the standards
required by the Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission as adopted
by the Code of Federal Regulations of 16 C.F.R. Section 1203. "Safety equipment" includes footwear that covers the entire
foot and toes, protective glasses or goggles, padding for the knees,
chest and elbows.
K. Vehicles Exceeding Definition Of Pocket Bike. Notwithstanding
the above provisions, any two- or three-wheeled device which would
otherwise be classified as a pocket bike under the above provisions,
but has an automatic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity
of more than fifty (50) cubic centimeters or which produces more than
three (3) gross brake horsepower or is capable of propelling the device
at a maximum speed of more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level
ground shall be classified as a motor vehicle under City ordinance
and the operators of any such device shall be subject to all applicable
State Statutes and City ordinances with regard to the ownership and
operation of said device including, but not limited to, the provisions
of Chapter 303, RSMo., Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law.
L. Electric And Battery Powered Devices. Notwithstanding the
above provisions, any device which does not otherwise fit within the
definition of "motor vehicle", motorized bicycle or EPAMD under the
definitions contained within the Missouri Revised Statutes and which
does not fit within the definition of pocket bike as set forth in
this Section and which is powered solely or primarily by battery power
or electrical power, shall not be operated upon City streets.
[R.O. 2011 §340.310; Ord. No. 647-07 §1, 2-21-2007]
of any vehicle shall use extreme caution in approaching any barricade
or similar warning device and shall obey any signage that may accompany
any such barricade.
any intersection has any manner of intersectional control beacon,
the driver of any vehicle shall obey any and all directions or commands
indicated by such beacon.
[R.O. 2011 §340.320; Ord. No. 648-07 §1, 2-21-2007]
No vehicle shall be driven or propelled across any property
located at the intersection of two (2) roadways as a means of avoiding
[R.O. 2011 §340.330; Ord. No. 649-07 §1, 2-21-2007]
shall engage in unnecessary repetitive driving, also known for purposes
of this Section as "cruising". The person having control and/or ownership
of a motor vehicle shall be considered the person cruising, without
regard as to whether that person was actually driving the motor vehicle
each time it passed the officer's reference point. Having control
or ownership of a motor vehicle shall mean either the owner of the
vehicle as stated on the vehicle registration if present in the vehicle
at the time of the violation or if the owner is not present in the
vehicle, the person operating the vehicle at the time of the violation
Section shall not apply to any municipal, emergency, Police, fire,
ambulance or other governmental vehicle when same is being operating
in an official capacity. This Section shall also not apply to any
duly licensed public transportation vehicle nor to any vehicle utilized
for business and/or commercial purposes.
[R.O. 2011 §340.340; Ord. No. 650-07 §1, 2-21-2007]
For the purposes of requiring proper inspections of the vehicle
that travel upon the City's roadways, the Section adopts the provisions
set forth in Section 307.350, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 826-14 §I, 2-19-2014]
d. Relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and that
operator's dispatcher, in which the device is permanently affixed
K. The State preempts the field of regulating the use of hand-held electronic
wireless communications devices in motor vehicles, and the provisions
of this Section shall supersede any local laws, ordinances, orders,
rules or regulations enacted by a county, municipality, or other political
subdivision to regulate the use of hand-held electronic wireless communication
devices by the operator of a motor vehicle.
L. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
2. 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;
3. 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;
[Ord. No. 827-14 §I, 2-19-2014]
ACTIVE EMERGENY ZONE
active emergency zone;
c. Failures 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;
emergency responders and motorists unless the action was necessity
3. 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.