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§ 8-6-6 WINDSHIELD; WIPERS; WINDOWS.
   (A)   Sign, Poster, Nontransparent. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon or in the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows of the vehicle which obstructs the driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway or a view from the exterior into the interior of the vehicle. This provision shall not apply to removable ventilated screens which are not permanently affixed to the window glass.
   (B)   Windshield Wiper. No person shall drive any motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, which is not equipped with a windshield wiper for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which wiper shall be constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle, and such windshield wiper shall be in good working order.
   (C)   Windshield, Windows in Defective Condition. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle when the windshield, side wings, side or rear windows are in such defective condition as to impair the vision of the driver.
   (D)   Windshield, Windows Obscured. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle when the windshield, side wings, side windows in the driver's compartment or rear window is obscured by reason of accumulation of frost, moisture, fog, snow, mud or dirt or any other matter to an extent as to substantially interfere with or impair the vision of the driver to the front, sides or rear of the vehicle.
('74 Code, § 9-5-20.7) (Ord. 65-1974)