(A) For the purpose of this section, "STATIONARY" shall mean unmoving, whether stopped, or placed temporarily or permanently.
(B) No person driving, operating, or in charge of any motor vehicle, shall, by negligence cause or suffer or permit the same to come in collision with any stationary vehicle or moving vehicle of any nature whatever, or with any street sign, street post, water plug, mail box, or any other stationary obstacle or object whatever, in any alley, avenue, highway, or other public place whatever, in the city. Violation of this section shall be known as the offense of negligent collision.
(C) Negligence for the purposes of this section shall not be ordinary negligence. Negligence for the purposes of this section is defined as the following conduct:
(1) Failure to keep proper lookout when such failure is so grossly flagrant as to cause, and be the sole cause of, a collision that results in injury to person or property.
(2) Failure to make timely application of brakes when such failure is so grossly flagrant as to cause, and be the sole cause of, a collision that results in injury to person or property.
(3) Failure to control direction of movement of the vehicle when such failure is so grossly flagrant as to cause, and be the sole cause of, a collision that results in injury to person or property.
(D) Sole cause shall mean only cause except that proof of another or other negligent acts by a person charged with violation of this section, which acts were contributing causes of the collision, shall not be a defense and shall not be proof that the act complained of was not the sole cause.
(Ord. 362, passed ll-20-78) Penalty, see § 70.99