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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor driven cycle or motor scooter, unless it is equipped with at least one stop lamp which shall emit a red light actuated by the application of the service brakes and which may, but need not, be incorporated with one or more other rear lamps.
(B) Every stop lamp shall be plainly visible and understandable from a distance of 300 feet to the rear, both during normal sun light and at nighttime.
(C) No stop lamp shall emit a glaring or dazzling light.
('74 Code, § 9-5-20.12) (Ord. 65-1974; Am. Ord. 7-2003)
(A) Every vehicle, other than a truck tractor, shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors; and every motorcycle, motor driven cycle, and motor scooter shall carry at least one reflector, meeting the requirements of this section.
(B) Every such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height not less than 20 inches nor more than 60 inches measured from the center of the reflector to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night when the vehicle is on a straight, level, unlighted roadway under normal atmospheric conditions, from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from such vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps, except that visibility from a greater distance is hereinafter required of reflectors on certain types of vehicles.
('74 Code, § 9-5-20.13) (Ord. 65-1974)
(A) Operating Muffler. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle if such vehicle is not equipped with a properly attached, operating muffler in good working order of construction sufficient to prevent excessive or unusual noise of the motor or to muffle or deaden the sound from the motor.
(B) Muffler Changes or Modification. No person shall modify or change the exhaust muffler, intake muffler or any other noise abatement device of a motor vehicle in a manner such that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is increased above that emitted by the motor vehicle as originally manufactured. Such prohibited changes or modifications shall include but not be limited to the use of cut-outs, by-passes, illegal mufflers defined in division (C) below, or other similar devices.
(C) Dealers and the like. No person shall sell, offer for sale, install or offer to install any illegal muffler, exhaust cut-out, by-pass, or other device which increases or tends to increase the exhaust noise of a motor vehicle. For the purposes of this section, an illegal muffler is defined as any straight-through muffler which does not contain baffles, including but not limited to glass packs, steel packs, and straight pipes.
('74 Code, § 9-5-20.14) (Ord. 65-1974)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a tracked vehicle, a tractor engine, tractor or other vehicle equipped with cleats, spikes, lugs or similar devices injurious to the roadway, except metal or other non-skid contrivances which may be used only while the streets are slippery or covered with ice or snow.
('74 Code, § 9-5-20.16) (Ord. 65-1974)
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