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A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and shall not carry any other person nor shall any person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat, designed for such purposes.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
A person who drives a vehicle that is not on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm at a distance closer than 500 feet or drive into or park a vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(IC 9-21-12-7) (Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the Fire Department when laid down on any street or private driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire Department official in command.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) A person may not drive a vehicle when any of the following conditions exist:
(1) The vehicle is loaded in a manner or has more than three persons in the front seat so as to obstruct the view of the person who drives the vehicle to the front or sides of the vehicle.
(2) The vehicle is loaded in a manner or has more than three persons in the front seat so as to interfere with the person’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(B) A passenger in a vehicle shall not ride in a position that interferes with the view ahead or to the sides of the person who drives the vehicle, or interfere with the person’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(IC 9-21-8-43) (Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
A person upon a bicycle, coaster, roller skates, or toy vehicle shall not attach the bicycle, coaster, roller skates, or toy vehicle to a vehicle upon a roadway.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, when the person who drives the authorized emergency vehicle is giving audible signal by siren or displaying alternately flashing red, red and white, or red and blue lights, a person who drives another vehicle shall do the following unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer:
(1) Yield the right-of-way.
(2) Immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection.
(3) Stop and remain in the position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed.
(B) Upon approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, when the authorized emergency vehicle is giving a signal by displaying alternatively flashing red, red and white, or red and blue lights, a person who drives an approaching vehicle shall:
(1) Proceeding with due caution, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the authorized emergency vehicle, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, if on a highway having at least four lanes with not less than two lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; or
(2) Proceeding with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle*, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe.
* Editor’s note:
IC 9-21-8-35 currently reads “reduce the speed of the vehicle to a speed at least ten miles per hour less than the posted speed limit.”
(C) This section shall not operate to relieve the person who drives an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.
(IC 9-21-8-35) (Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district emerging from an alley, driveway, or building, shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, sound his horn and yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 70.99
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