CHAPTER 2
GENERAL TRAFFIC PROVISIONS
GENERAL TRAFFIC PROVISIONS
6-2-1 Violation of Statutes Adopted by Reference | 6-2-9 Excessive Tire Noise |
6-2-2 Speed Regulations | 6-2-10 Obstructing View at Intersections |
6-2-3 Turning Regulations | 6-2-11 Safety Belts |
6-2-4 Load and Weight Restrictions | 6-2-12 Child Restraint Systems |
6-2-5 Vehicles on Sidewalks | 6-2-13 Pedestrians |
6-2-6 Clinging to Vehicle | 6-2-14 Golf Carts |
6-2-7 Quiet Zones | 6-2-15 Public Mass Transit Vehicles |
6-2-8 Eluding or Attempting to Elude Pursuing Law Enforcement Vehicle | |
Any person who willfully fails or refuses to comply with any lawful order of a police officer or direction of a Fire Department officer during a fire, or who fails to abide by the applicable provisions of the following State statutory laws relating to motor vehicles and the statutory law of the road is in violation of this section. These sections of the Code of Iowa are adopted by reference and are as follows:
1. Section 321.17 – Misdemeanor to violate registration provisions.
2. Section 321.32 – Registration card, carried and exhibited; exception.
3. Section 321.37 – Display of plates.
4. Section 321.38 – Plates, method of attaching, imitations prohibited.
5. Section 321.57 – Operation under special plates.
6. Section 321.67 – Certificate of title must be executed.
7. Section 321.78 – Injuring or tampering with vehicle.
8. Section 321.79 – Intent to injure.
9. Section 321.91 – Limitation on liability; penalty for abandonment.
10. Section 321.98 – Operation without registration.
11. Section 321.99 – Fraudulent use of registration.
12. Section 321.104 – Penal offenses against title law.
13. Section 321.115 – Antique vehicles; model year plates permitted.
14. Section 321.174 – Operators licensed; operation of commercial vehicles.
15. Section 321.174A – Operation of motor vehicle with expired license.
16. Section 321.180 – Instruction permits, commercial learner’s permits, and chauffeur’s instruction permits.
17. Section 321.180B – Graduated driver’s licenses for persons aged fourteen through seventeen.
18. Section 321.193 – Restrictions on licenses; penalty.
19. Section 321.194 – Special minors’ licenses.
20. Section 321.208A – Operation in violation of out-of-service order; penalties.
21. Section 321.216 – Unlawful use of license and nonoperator’s identification card; penalty.
22. Section 321.216B – Use of driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card by underage person to obtain alcohol.
23. Section 321.216C – Use of driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card by underage person to obtain tobacco, tobacco products alternative nicotine products, vapor products, or cigarettes.
24. Section 321.218 – Operating without valid driver’s license or when disqualified; penalties.
25. Section 321.219 – Permitting unauthorized minor to drive.
26. Section 321.220 – Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
27. Section 321.221 – Employing unlicensed chauffeur.
28. Section 321.222 – Renting motor vehicle to another.
29. Section 321.223 – Driver’s license inspection for motor vehicle rental.
30. Section 321.224 – Record kept.
31. Section 321.232 – Speed detection jamming devices; penalty.
32. Section 321.234A – All-terrain vehicles, highway use.
33. Section 321.235A – Electric personal assistive mobility devices.
34. Section 321.235B – Low-speed electric bicycles.
35. Section 321.247 – Golf cart operation on City streets.
36. Section 321.257 – Official traffic control signal.
37. Section 321.259 – Unauthorized signs, signals, or markings.
38. Section 321.260 – Interference with devices, signs, or signals; unlawful possession; traffic signal preemption devices.
39. Section 321.262 – Leaving scene of traffic accident prohibited; vehicle damage only; removal of vehicles.
40. Section 321.263 – Information and aid; leaving scene of personal injury accident.
41. Section 321.264 – Striking unattended vehicle.
42. Section 321.265 – Striking fixtures upon a highway.
43. Section 321.266 – Reporting accidents.
44. Section 321.275 – Operation of motorcycles and motorized bicycles.
45. Section 321.276 – Use of electronic communication device while driving; text-messaging.
46. Section 321.277 – Reckless driving.
47. Section 321.277A – Careless driving.
48. Section 321.278 – Drag racing prohibited.
49. Section 321.281 – Actions against bicyclists.
50. Section 321.284 – Open container in motor vehicles, drivers.
51. Section 321.284A – Open container in motor vehicles, passengers.
52. Section 321.288 – Control of vehicle; reduced speed.
53. Section 321.295 – Limitation on bridge or elevated structures.
54. Section 321.297 – Driving on right-hand side of roadways; exceptions.
55. Section 321.298 – Meeting and turning to right.
56. Section 321.299 – Overtaking a vehicle.
57. Section 321.302 – Overtaking and passing.
58. Section 321.303 – Limitations on overtaking on the left.
59. Section 321.304 – Prohibited passing.
60. Section 321.305 – One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands.
61. Section 321.306 – Roadways laned for traffic.
62. Section 321.307 – Following too closely.
63. Section 321.309 – Towing.
64. Section 321.310 – Towing four-wheel trailers.
65. Section 321.312 – Turning on curve or crest of grade.
66. Section 321.313 – Starting parked vehicle.
67. Section 321.314 – When signal required.
68. Section 321.315 – Signal continuous.
69. Section 321.316 – Stopping.
70. Section 321.317 – Signals by hand and arm or signal device.
71. Section 321.318 – Method of giving hand and arm signals.
72. Section 321.319 – Entering intersections from different highways.
73. Section 321.320 – Left turns; yielding.
74. Section 321.321 – Entering through highways.
75. Section 321.322 – Vehicles entering stop or yield intersection.
76. Section 321.323 – Moving vehicle backward on highway.
77. Section 321.323A – Approaching certain stationary vehicles.
78. Section 321.324 – Operation on approach of emergency vehicles.
79. Section 321.324A – Funeral processions.
80. Section 321.329 – Duty of driver; pedestrians crossing or working on highways.
81. Section 321.330 – Use of crosswalks.
82. Section 321.332 – White canes restricted to blind persons.
83. Section 321.333 – Duty of drivers.
84. Section 321.340 – Driving through safety zone.
85. Section 321.341 – Obedience to signal indicating approach of railroad train or railroad track equipment.
86. Section 321.342 – Stop at certain railroad crossings; posting warning.
87. Section 321.343 – Certain vehicles must stop.
88. Section 321.344 – Heavy equipment at crossing.
89. Section 321.344B – Immediate safety threat; penalty.
90. Section 321.354 – Stopping on traveled way.
91. Section 321.359 – Moving other vehicle.
92. Section 321.362 – Unattended motor vehicle.
93. Section 321.363 – Obstruction to driver’s view.
94. Section 321.364 – Preventing contamination of food by hazardous material.
95. Section 321.365 – Coasting prohibited.
96. Section 321.366 – Acts prohibited on fully-controlled access facilities.
97. Section 321.367 – Following fire apparatus.
98. Section 321.368 – Crossing fire hose.
99. Section 321.369 – Putting debris on highway.
100. Section 321.370 – Removing injurious material.
101. Section 321.371 – Clearing up wrecks.
102. Section 321.372 – Discharging pupils, stopping requirements; penalties.
103. Section 321.381 – Movement of unsafe or improperly equipped vehicles.
104. Section 321.381A – Operation of low-speed vehicles.
105. Section 321.382 – Upgrade pulls; minimum speed.
106. Section 321.383 – Exceptions; slow vehicles identified.
107. Section 321.384 – When lighted lamps required.
108. Section 321.385 – Head lamps on motor vehicles.
109. Section 321.386 – Head lamps on motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and all-terrain vehicles.
110. Section 321.387 – Rear lamps.
111. Section 321.388 – Illuminating plates.
112. Section 321.389 – Reflector requirement.
113. Section 321.390 – Reflector requirements.
114. Section 321.392 – Clearance and identification lights.
115. Section 321.393 – Color and mounting.
116. Section 321.394 – Lamp or flag on projecting load.
117. Section 321.395 – Lamps on parked vehicles.
118. Section 321.398 – Lamps on other vehicles and equipment.
119. Section 321.402 – Spot lamps.
120. Section 321.403 – Auxiliary driving lamps.
121. Section 321.404 – Signal lamps and signal devices.
122. Section 321.404A – Light-restricting devices prohibited.
123. Section 321.405 – Self-illumination.
124. Section 321.408 – Back-up lamps.
125. Section 321.409 – Mandatory lighting equipment.
126. Section 321.415 – Required usage of lighting devices.
127. Section 321.417 – Single-beam road-lighting equipment.
128. Section 321.418 – Alternate road-lighting equipment.
129. Section 321.419 – Number of driving lamps required or permitted.
130. Section 321.420 – Number of lamps lighted.
131. Section 321.421 – Special restrictions on lamps.
132. Section 321.422 – Red light in front, rear lights.
133. Section 321.423 – Flashing lights.
134. Section 321.430 – Brake, hitch, and control requirements.
135. Section 321.431 – Performance ability.
136. Section 321.432 – Horns and warning devices.
137. Section 321.433 – Sirens, whistles, air horns, and bells prohibited.
138. Section 321.434 – Bicycle sirens or whistles.
139. Section 321.436 – Mufflers, prevention of noise.
140. Section 321.437 – Mirrors.
141. Section 321.438 – Windshields and windows.
142. Section 321.439 – Windshield wipers.
143. Section 321.440 – Restrictions as to tire equipment.
144. Section 321.441 – Metal tires prohibited.
145. Section 321.442 – Projections on wheels.
146. Section 321.444 – Safety glass.
147. Section 321.445 – Safety belts and safety harnesses; use required.
148. Section 321.446 – Child restraint devices.
149. Section 321.449 – Motor carrier safety rules.
150. Section 321.449A – Rail crew transport drivers.
151. Section 321.449B – Texting or using a mobile telephone while operating a commercial motor vehicle.
152. Section 321.450 – Hazardous materials transportation regulations.
153. Section 321.454 – Width of vehicles.
154. Section 321.455 – Projecting loads on passenger vehicles.
155. Section 321.456 – Height of vehicles.
156. Section 321.457 – Maximum length.
157. Section 321.458 – Loading beyond front.
158. Section 321.460 – Spilling loads on highways.
159. Section 321.461 – Trailers and towed vehicles.
160. Section 321.462 – Drawbars and safety chains.
161. Section 321.463 – Maximum gross weight; exceptions, penalties.
162. Section 321.465 – Weighing vehicles and removal of excess.
163. Section 321.466 – Increased loading capacity; reregistration.
1. General. Every driver of a motor vehicle on a street shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the street and of any other conditions then existing, and no person shall drive a vehicle on any street at a speed greater than will permit said driver to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead, such driver having the right to assume, however, that all persons using said street will observe the law.
2. State Code Speed Limits. The following speed limits are established in Section 321.285 of the Code of Iowa, and any speed in excess thereof is unlawful unless specifically designated otherwise in this chapter as a special speed zone:
A. Business District, 20 MPH.
B. Residence or school district, 25 MPH
C. Suburban district, 45 MPH.
3. Cemeteries and Parking Lots. A speed in excess of 15 MPH in any cemetery or parking lot, unless specifically designated otherwise in this chapter, is unlawful.
4. Special Speed Restrictions. In accordance with requirements of the Iowa Department of Transportation, or whenever the Council shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any speed limit listed in Subsection 2 of this section is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the City street system, the Council shall determine and adopt by ordinance such higher or lower speed limit as it deems reasonable and safe at such location. The following special speed zones have been established:
A. Special 20 Miles MPH Zones. A speed in excess of 20 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Streets within City parks.
B. Special 25 MPH Zones. A speed in excess of 25 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Campus Drive.
(2) Clark Street, from the east boundary line of N.W. 114th Street to the east boundary line of Cownie Park Plat, an official Auditor’s plat, located in and forming a part of the City.
(3) Forest Avenue, from the west boundary line of N.W. 114th Street to the most westerly point thereof lying east of Interstate I-35/I-80.
(4) N.W. 114th Street, from the south boundary line of Hickman Road south to a point located 500 feet south of the south end of the bridge over Walnut Creek.
C. Special 25 MPH School Zones. A speed in excess of 25 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof during the designated school speed limit hours as designated by flashing amber lights and warning signs:
(1) Douglas Parkway, from 200 feet west of the Berkshire Parkway east to corporate limits.
D. Special 30 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 30 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(2) N.W. 86th Street, from the south line of University Boulevard to south line of Hickman Road.
(1) Swanson Boulevard, from the west line of N.W. 86th Street west to a point located at the west property line of 9289 Swanson Boulevard and Swanson Boulevard.
E. Special 35 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 35 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Alice’s Road, from 280th Street north to a point two-tenths of a mile south of Meredith Drive.
(2) Douglas Parkway, from east corporate limits to west corporate limits.
(3) Hickman Frontage Road, from the east line of N.W. 111th Street to the west line of N.W. 108th Street.
(4) N.W. 86th Street, from the south corporate limits to the south line of University Boulevard.
(5) N.W. 100th Street, from the south corporate limits to the north corporate limits.
(6) N.W. 114th Street, from the south boundary line of Interstate Investment Subdivision, an official plat, located in and forming a part of the City to the north boundary line of University Avenue.
(7) N.W. 128th Street, from the south corporate limits to the north corporate limits.
(8) N.W. 142nd Street.
(9) N.W. 156th Street, from the south corporate limits north to the north corporate limits.
(10) Polk County, to the north boundary line of University Avenue.
(11) Swanson Boulevard, from the east line of N.W. 100th Street east to a point located at the west property line of 9289 Swanson Boulevard and Swanson Boulevard.
(12) University Avenue, from the east corporate limits to a point located 700 feet west of the intersection with the southbound exit ramp of Interstate I-35/I-80.
(13) University Boulevard, from the eastern terminus thereof west to the east line of N.W. 86th Street.
F. Special 40 MPH Speed Zones. Based upon State Department of Transportation study and recommendation, a speed in excess of 40 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Hickman Road from a point located 1,300 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 86th Street to the east corporate limits.
G. Special 45 MPH Speed Zones. Based upon State Department of Transportation study and recommendation, a speed in excess of 45 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Hickman Road or U.S. Highway 6 from a point located 565 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 128th Street east to a point located 250 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 111th Street.
(2) Hickman Road or U.S. Highway 6 from a point located 650 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 100th Street to a point located 1,300 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 86th Street.
H. Special 50 MPH Speed Zones. Based upon State Department of Transportation study and recommendation, a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Hickman Road, also known as U.S. Highway 6 from a point located 250 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 111th Street east to a point located 650 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 100th Street.
(2) Hickman Road, also known as U.S. Highway 6 from a point located 565 feet west of the intersection with N.W. 128th Street west to the west corporate limits.
I. Special 65 MPH Speed Zones. A speed in excess of 65 MPH is unlawful on any of the following designated streets or parts thereof:
(1) Interstate I-35/I-80 from the south corporate limits to the north corporate limits.
5. Minimum Speed. No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, or in compliance with law.
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