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(A) For any words and phrases used in Title VII which are not defined in this section but are defined in the laws of the state regulating traffic, the definitions in the laws of the state shall be deemed to apply to the words and phrases used in Title VII.
(B) For the purpose of Title VII, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public passageway or street which affords only a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property, and having no legal or official name other than ALLEY.
BICYCLE. Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride having two or three tandem wheels, any of which is more than 20 inches in diameter.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. Every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property.
CURB LOADING ZONE. A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Vehicles of fire departments, police vehicles and ambulances.
INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two streets or highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets or highways joining at any other angle may come into conflict.
LANED ROADWAY. A roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not those operated upon rails.
MOTORCYCLE. Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD. Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time, as may be in current use in the city.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with Title VII placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
PARK or PARKING. The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.
PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot.
POLICE OFFICER. Any officer of the City Police Department or any other officer authorized by law to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR ROADWAY. Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner, and by those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
RAILROAD. A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
RAILROAD TRAIN. A steam engine, or electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, which is operated upon rails, except streetcars.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
ROADWAY. The portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a street includes two or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curblines or lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines which is intended for the use of pedestrians.
STAND or STANDING. The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
STOP.
(a) When required, a complete cessation from movement; or
(b) When prohibited, STOP or STOPPING means any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
THROUGH STREET. Every street or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such THROUGH STREET in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signs are erected as provided in Title VII.
TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for purposes of travel.
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL. Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic alternately is directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except for devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Prior Code, § 15-101)
Statutory reference:
Definitions, state traffic laws, see 47 O.S. §§ 1-101 et seq.
The provisions of Title VII shall apply to every street, highway, alley, roadway, sidewalk, driveway, park area and every other public way, either within or outside the corporate limits of the city, the use of which the city has jurisdiction and authority to regulate, including, but not limited to:
(A) Those dedicated to or acquired by the public for public use;
(B) Those upon land owned by the city;
(C) Those upon land owned by any other governmental unit, but the regulation of the use of which has been given to the city; and
(D) Those upon private property the regulation of the use of which has been given to the city.
(Prior Code, § 15-102)
Every person propelling any pushcart or riding an animal upon a roadway and every person driving any animal-drawn vehicle shall be subject to the provisions of Title VII applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except for those provisions of Title VII which by their very nature can have no application.
(Prior Code, § 15-111)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-104
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
COMPULSORY INSURANCE LAW. The law requiring liability insurance in conjunction with the operation of a motor vehicle in the state as found in 47 O.S. § 7-606 and Title 47, Oklahoma Statutes, Art. VI, Ch. 7, being the Oklahoma Temporary Motorist Liability Plan, 47 O.S. §§ 7-621 through 7-628.
OPERATOR’S POLICY. An operator’s policy of liability insurance which shall insure the named person against loss from the liability imposed upon him or her by law for damages arising out of the operation or use by him or her of any motor vehicle not owned by him or her, subject to the same limits of liability as required in an owner’s policy.
OWNER’S POLICY. An owner’s policy of liability insurance which:
(a) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby to be granted;
(b) Shall insure the person named therein, and insure any other person, except as provided in division (c) below, using an insured vehicle with the express or implied permission of the named insured, against loss from the liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of such vehicle;
(c) May provide for exclusions from coverage in accordance with existing laws; and
(d) Shall be issued by an authorized carrier providing coverage in accordance with 47 O.S. § 7-204.
SECURITY.
(a) A policy or bond meeting the requirements of 47 O.S. § 7-204;
(b) A deposit of cash or securities having the equivalency of limits required under 47 O.S. § 7-204 as acceptable limits for a policy or bond; or
(c) Self-insurance, pursuant to the provisions of 47 O.S. § 7-503, having the equivalency of limits required under 47 O.S. § 7-204 as acceptable limits for a policy or bond.
SECURITY VERIFICATION FORM. A form, approved by the State Board for Property and Casualty Rates, verifying the existence of security required by the State Compulsory Insurance Law.
(B) Owner requirements. The owner of a motor vehicle registered in the state and operating the vehicle within the city’s boundaries shall carry in such vehicle at all times a current owner’s security verification form listing the vehicle, or an equivalent form which has been used by the State Department of Public Safety, which shall be produced by any driver thereof upon request for inspection by any law enforcement officer, and, in the case of a collision, the form shall be shown upon request to any person affected by the collision.
(C) Operator requirements. Every operator of a motor vehicle registered in the state shall, while operating or using such vehicle within the city’s boundaries, carry either an operator’s or an owner’s security verification form issued by a carrier, providing the operator is not excluded from coverage thereon, or an equivalent form issued by the Department of Public Safety, reflecting liability coverage.
(D) Exceptions. The following shall not be required to carry an owner’s or operator’s security verification form, or an equivalent form from the Department, during operation of the vehicle and shall not be required to surrender such form for vehicle registration purposes:
(1) Any vehicle owned or leased by the federal or state government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof;
(2) Any vehicle bearing the name, symbol or logo of the business, corporation or utility on the exterior and which is in compliance with the Compulsory Insurance Law according to the records of the Department of Public Safety which reflect a deposit, bond, self-insurance or fleet policy;
(3) Any vehicle authorized for operation under a permit number issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the State Corporation Commission;
(4) Any licensed taxicab; and
(5) Any vehicle owned by a licensed motor vehicle dealer.
(Prior Code, § 15-126) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Every vehicle operated upon the streets of the city shall be equipped as required by law.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Operate a vehicle which is not equipped as required by law upon a street of the city;
(2) Fail to use such equipment in the manner required by law, or to use it in a manner prohibited by law; or
(3) Operate a vehicle which has equipment prohibited by law upon a street in the city.
(Prior Code, § 15-103) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Equipment of vehicles, see 47 O.S. §§ 12-101 et seq.
No person shall drive on or convey through any street any vehicle the width, height, length, weight or load of which exceeds that authorized by state law, except in accordance with a permit issued by state authority or by the Police Chief. No vehicle weighing more than ten tons shall be operated upon the streets, alleys and other public ways within the city, except on state highways.
(Prior Code, § 15-104) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Size, weight, load of vehicles, see 47 O.S. §§ 14-101 et seq.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a motor vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(Prior Code, § 15-107) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-1105
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