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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. However, for any words and phrases used in this title which are not defined in this section, but are defined in the laws of the state regulating traffic, the definition in the laws of the state shall be deemed to apply to the words and phrases used in this traffic code.
ALLEY. A public passageway or street which affords only secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property, and having no legal or official name other than ALLEY.
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Vehicles of fire departments, ambulances, vehicles specified pursuant to 63 O.S. § 1-2512(B), licensed ambulance service providers, County Sheriff vehicles and full-time commissioned deputies and police vehicles, including vehicles owned and operated by the United States Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or by any local emergency management organization, as defined by 63 O.S. § 683.3. Said vehicles shall be equipped with sirens capable of giving audible signals and flashing red lights as required and authorized by the provisions of 47 O.S. § 12-218.
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.
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 in conflict.
MOTOR VEHICLE.
(1) A MOTOR VEHICLE is:
(a) Any vehicle which is self-propelled; or
(b) Any vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rail.
(2) The term MOTOR VEHICLE shall not include:
(a) Implements of husbandry, as defined in 47 O.S. § 1-125;
(b) Electric personal assistive mobility devices, as defined in 47 O.S. § 1-114A;
(c) Motorized wheelchairs, as defined in 47 O.S. § 1-136.3; or
(d) Vehicles moved solely by human or animal power.
MOTORCYCLE. Every motor vehicle having:
(1) A seat or saddle for the use of the rider;
(2) Designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor; and
(3) A combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of greater than 150 cubic centimeters.
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 town.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this code 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 loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot.
POLICE OFFICER. Any officer of the County Sheriff’s Department 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 those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
RAILROAD. A carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails.
RAILROAD TRAIN. A steam engine, diesel, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
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 curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for 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. When required, complete cessation from movement. 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 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 this traffic code.
TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles 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, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; provided, however, this definition shall not include implements of husbandry, as defined in 47 O.S. § 1-125.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-2)
(A) Public ways. The provisions of this traffic code shall apply to every street, highway, alley, roadway, sidewalk, driveway, park area, every other public way either within or outside the corporate limits of the town, the use of which the town has jurisdiction and authority to regulate, including, but not limited to:
(1) Those dedicated to or acquired by the public for public use;
(2) Those upon land owned by the town;
(3) Those upon land owned by any other governmental unit, but the regulation of the use of which has been given to the town; and
(4) Those upon private property, the regulation of the use of which has been given to the town.
(B) Pushcarts, animals, animal drawn vehicles. 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 this traffic code applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this traffic code which, by their very nature, can have no application.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-3) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Driver’s license required. It is unlawful for any person who does not have a driver’s license, as required by state law for operation of a vehicle upon the state highways, to operate a motor vehicle within the town, or to operate a motor vehicle within the town in violation of any restriction applied to the driver’s license.
(B) Vehicle license.
(1) No person shall drive, propel, move or park on the streets of the town any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer is licensed as required by state law and the license is conspicuously displayed thereon.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle not bearing a current motor vehicle license tag or tags on any street or highway within the town.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-4) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning .
COMPULSORY INSURANCE LAW. The law requiring liability insurance, which provides the minimum vehicle liability limits, in conjunction with the operation of a motor vehicle in this state as found in 47 O.S. §§ 7-600 et seq.
OPERATOR'S POLICY. A policy of motor vehicle liability insurance which shall insure the named person against loss from the liability imposed upon the named person by law for damages arising out of the operation or use by the named person of any motor vehicle not owned by the named person, subject to the same limits of liability required in an owner's policy.
OWNER'S POLICY. A policy of motor vehicle liability insurance which:
(1) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby to be granted;
(2) Shall insure the person named therein and insure any other person, except as specifically excluded pursuant to state law, 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;
(3) May provides for exclusions from coverage in accordance with existing laws; and
(4) Shall be issued by an authorized carrier providing coverage in accordance with 47 O.S. § 7-204 or, in the case of a commercial automobile insurance policy, may be issued by an authorized insurer as allowed pursuant to 35 O.S. § 1106.
SECURITY.
(1) A policy meeting the minimum vehicle liability limits as set forth in 47 O.S. § 7-103;
(2) A deposit of cash or securities as defined in 47 O.S. § 7-330 having the equivalency of the minimum vehicle liability limits;
(3) Self-insurance, pursuant to 47 O.S. § 7-503, having the equivalency of the minimum vehicle liability limits; or
(4) For vehicles registered pursuant to 47 O.S. § 1127, a policy meeting or exceeding the minimum vehicle liability limits; provided, the policy may be issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state or residence or domicile of the member of the Armed Forces and the motor vehicle license agent or other registering agency shall accept the security verification form issued by such insurance company.
SECURITY VERIFICATION FORM. A form, approved by the Insurance Commissioner, verifying the existence of security required by the compulsory insurance law.
(B) Required Insurance and Proof of Insurance.
(1) Every person using or operating a motor vehicle within the Town, or in any other area over which the Town is authorized to exercise jurisdiction, shall comply with the Oklahoma Compulsory Insurance Law.
a. Unless otherwise provided by law, no motor vehicle shall be operated in the Town, or in any other area over which the Town is authorized to exercise jurisdiction, unless there is in effect with respect to the vehicle an owner's policy or security for the payment of loss resulting from the liability imposed by law for bodily injury, death and property damage sustained by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of the vehicle.
b. Every person, while operating or using a motor vehicle in the Town, or in any other area over which the Town is authorized to exercise jurisdiction, that is not owned by the person, shall maintain in force an operator's policy or security for the payment of loss resulting from the liability imposed by law for bodily injury, death or property damage sustained by any person arising out of the operation or use of the vehicle, unless the security has been provided by the owner in accordance with Oklahoma law which does not exclude the person from coverage.
(2) A security verification form shall be carried in the vehicle at all times and shall be produced for inspection upon request by any law enforcement officer or representative of the Department of Public Safety and, in the case of an accident, proof of security shall be shown upon request to any person affected by the accident.
a. An owner or operator who fails to produce for inspection a valid and current security verification form or equivalent form upon the request of any peace officer or he Department of the Public Safety shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of $200.
b. Any person producing proof that a current security verification form or equivalent form reflecting compliance with the Oklahoma Compulsory Insurance Law for such person at the time of the alleged offense shall be entitled to dismissal of such charge, so long as said owner's policy, operator's policy, or security was in effect at the time of the alleged offense.
(3) Any sentence imposed for any violation of this section may be suspended or deferred in whole or in part by the court.
(4) Upon conviction or bond forfeiture for an offense under this section, the Court Clerk or the Deputy Court Clerk shall forward an abstract to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety as required by 47 O.S. § 18-101.
(C) Exemptions. The following shall not be required to carry an owner's or operator's security verification form or an equivalent form from the Department of Public Safety during operation of the vehicle and shall not be required to surrender a security verification 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 a business, corporation or utility on the exterior and which is in compliance with the provisions of the Compulsory Insurance Law according to records of the Corporation Commission which reflect a deposit or fleet policy;
(3) Fleet vehicles maintaining current vehicle liability insurance as required by the Corporation Commission or any other regulating entity;
(4) Any licensed taxicab; and
(5) Any vehicle owned by a licensed used motor vehicle dealer.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-5) (Ord. 03142024-4, passed 3-14-2024) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or property shall immediately stop his or her vehicle at the scene of such accident, or as close thereto as possible, return to and remain at the scene of the accident until he or she has given his or her name, address and the registration of his or her vehicle and shall, upon request, exhibit his or her driver’s license to the person injured or the driver or occupant of, or person attending, any vehicle collided with and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying or making arrangement for the carrying of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical and surgical treatment if it is apparent that this treatment is necessary, or if such is requested by the injured person. Each such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(B) The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or in which it is apparent that damage to one vehicle or to the property is in excess of $300 shall, as soon as practicable, report such accident to a police officer. If a driver makes out a written report of the accident in the office of the County Sheriff’s Department as soon as practicable after the accident, which report is to be forwarded to the state’s Department of Public Safety in accordance with state law, the driver shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-6) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Authority to close streets.
(1) Town employees or contractors, while repairing or improving the streets of the town, and utility company personnel, when installing, improving or repairing lines or other utility facilities in the streets, are hereby authorized as necessary, subject to control by the Board of Trustees, to close any street or section thereof to traffic during such repair, maintenance or construction.
(2) In exercising such authority, the employees, personnel or contractors shall erect or cause to be erected proper control devices and barricades to warn and notify the public that the street has been closed to traffic.
(B) Obedience to barricades and traffic-control devices.
(1) When any street has been closed to traffic under the provisions of division (A) above and traffic-control devices or barricades have been erected, it is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle through, under, over or around the traffic-control devices or barricades, or otherwise to enter the closed area.
(2) The provisions of this division (B) above shall not apply to persons while engaged in the construction, maintenance and repair, or to persons entering therein for the protection of lives or property.
(3) Persons having their places of residence or places of business within the closed area may travel, when possible to do so, through the area at their own risk.
(C) Traffic-control devices required during construction. Whenever construction, repair or maintenance of any street or utility line or facility is being performed under traffic, the employees, personnel or contractor concerned shall erect, or cause to be erected, traffic-control devices to warn and guide the public; and every person using the street shall obey all signs, signals, markings, flaggers or other traffic-control devices which are placed to regulate, control and guide traffic through the construction or maintenance area.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-7)
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