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(A) The City Council, by motion or resolution, may designate any road, street, alley, or highway, or any separate roadway under its jurisdiction, for one-way traffic and shall cause appropriate signs giving notice thereof to be erected.
(B) Whenever the City Council designates any street or alley or part thereof as a one-way street or alley, the City Council shall have placed and maintained signs giving notice thereof; and no such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where the movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
(C) Upon those streets and parts of streets and in those alleys and parts of alleys so designated as one-way streets and alleys, vehicular traffic shall move only in the direction indicated when signs indicating the direction of traffic are erected and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited.
(D) Upon roadways designated and sign-posted for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated.
(E) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
(Prior Code, § 42-152)
Statutory reference:
One-way roads and rotary islands, see 47 O.S. § 11-308
(A) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.
(B) The driver of any truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residential district and which is following another truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle shall, whenever conditions permit, leave sufficient space so that an overtaking vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger, except that this shall not prevent a motor truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle from overtaking and passing any like vehicle or another vehicle.
(C) No vehicle which has more than six tires in contact with the road shall approach from the rear of another vehicle which has more than six tires in contact with the road closer than 300 feet except when passing such vehicle.
(D) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business or residential district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or not towing other vehicles, shall be so operated as to allow sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle to enter and occupy such space without danger. The distance between such vehicles shall be a minimum of 200 feet under all conditions. This provision shall not apply to funeral processions.
(Prior Code, § 42-153)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-310
(A) The State Department of Highways, as regards state and federal highways, and the City Council as regards all other streets, are hereby authorized to determine those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing to the left would be especially hazardous, and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones. When such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver shall obey the directions thereof.
(B) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (A) above of this section, no driver shall, at any time, drive to the left side of the roadway within the no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark the no-passing zone throughout its length.
(Prior Code, § 42-154)
Statutory reference:
No passing zones, see 47 O.S. § 11-307
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in § 42-157. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers.
(Prior Code, § 42-155)
Statutory reference:
Local powers to regulate processions, see 47 O.S. § 15-102
(A) No driver of a vehicle shall pass any other vehicle which is in motion and being driven in the same direction in any school zone between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on all days when schools are in session.
(B) Wherever a school zone is located on a multiple lane street which is divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for traffic or where the right half of the roadway has been divided into two or more lanes, or on one-way streets, vehicles shall be allowed to pass slower moving vehicles being driven in the same direction where passing does not involve a change of lane movement.
(Prior Code, § 42-158)
(A) The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a school bus that is stopped to take on or discharge school children, and on which the red loading signals are in operation, is to stop the vehicle before it reaches the school bus and not proceed until the loading signals are deactivated and then proceed past such school bus at a speed which is reasonable and with due caution for the safety of such school children and other occupants. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection (A) shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.
(B) Visual signals meeting the requirements of 47 O.C. § 12-228 shall be actuated by the driver of said school bus whenever, but only whenever, such vehicle is stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children.
(C) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a controlled-access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone which is a part of or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway.
(D) If the driver of a school bus witnesses a violation of the provisions of subsection (A) above of this section, within 24 hours of the alleged offense, the driver shall report the violation, the vehicle color, license tag number, and the time and place such violation occurred to the law enforcement authority of the municipality where the violation occurred. The law enforcement authority of a municipality shall issue a letter of warning on the alleged violation to the person in whose name the vehicle is registered. The office of the Attorney General shall provide a form letter to each municipal law enforcement agency in this state for the issuance of the warning provided for in this subsection (D). Such form letter shall be used by each such law enforcement agency in the exact form provided for by the office of the Attorney General. A warning letter issued pursuant to this subsection (D) shall not be recorded on the driving record of the person to whom such letter was issued. Issuance of a warning letter pursuant to this section shall not preclude the imposition of other penalties as provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 42-159)
Statutory reference:
Meeting or overtaking stopped school bus, see 47 O.S. § 11-705
(A) The provisions of § 42-159 shall be applicable only if the school bus is painted yellow and bears upon the front and rear thereon a plainly visible sign containing the words “SCHOOL BUS” in letters not less than eight inches in height which can be removed or covered when the vehicle is not in use as a school bus.
(B) The school bus shall be equipped with four red, alternately flashing warning signal lights, two of which shall be located as high and widely spaced as practicable on the same level on the front of the vehicle and two of which shall be located as high and widely spaced as practicable on the same level on the rear of the vehicle. The lights shall be a minimum of four inches in diameter and shall be widely separated. These lights shall be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
(Prior Code, § 42-160)
Statutory reference:
Special lighting equipment, see 47 O.S. § 12-228
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