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No person shall drive a motor vehicle on the streets of the City unless all passengers of said vehicle are inside the vehicle in the place intended for their accommodation. No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, in-line skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or themselves to any vehicle upon a roadway.
It is unlawful for the driver of a motor vehicle to willfully fail to bring the motor vehicle to a stop or otherwise elude or attempt to elude a marked or unmarked official law enforcement vehicle driven by a police officer after being given a visual and audible signal to stop. The signal given by the police officer shall be by flashing red light, or by flashing red and blue lights, and siren.
It is unlawful to allow any tree, hedge, billboard, or other object to obstruct the view of an intersection by preventing persons from having a clear view of traffic approaching the intersection from cross streets. Any such obstruction is deemed a nuisance and in addition to the standard penalty may be abated in the manner provided by Title 5 Chapter 6 of this Code.
1. Required Use. The driver and front seat occupants of a type of motor vehicle subject to registration pursuant to Section 321.18 of the Code of Iowa, except a motorcycle or motorized bicycle as defined in Section 321.1 of the Code of Iowa, shall each wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt or safety harness any time the vehicle is in forward motion on a street or highway, except that a child under six years of age shall be secured as required in Section 6-2-14 of this chapter.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.445[2])
2. Exceptions. Subsection 1 of this section does not apply to:
A. The driver or front seat occupants of a motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped with safety belts or safety harnesses under rules adopted by the State Department of Transportation.
B. The driver and front seat occupants of a motor vehicle who are actively engaged in work which requires them to alight from and re-enter the vehicle at frequent intervals, provided the vehicle does not exceed 25 MPH between stops.
C. The driver of a motor vehicle while performing duties as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service. This exemption applies only between the first delivery point after leaving the post office and the last delivery point before returning to the post office.
D. Passengers on a bus.
E. A person possessing a written certification from a physician on a form provided by the State Department of Transportation that the person is unable to wear a safety belt or safety harness due to physical or medical reasons. The certification shall specify the time period for which the exemption applies. The time period shall not exceed 12 months, at which time a new certification may be issued.
F. Front seat occupants of an authorized emergency vehicle while they are being transported in an emergency. However, this exemption does not apply to the driver of the authorized emergency vehicle.
3. Failure to Use Safety Belts. The driver and the front seat passengers may each be charged separately for improperly used or unused equipment under this section.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.445[3])
1. Children Under Three. A child under three years of age who is being transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration which has a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less as specified by the manufacturer, except a school bus or motorcycle as defined in Section 321.1 of the Code of Iowa, shall be secured during transit by a child restraint system which meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and the system shall be used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. A person who is first charged for a violation of this subsection and who has not purchased or otherwise acquired a child restraint system shall not be convicted if the person produces in court, within a reasonable time, proof that the person has purchased or otherwise acquired a child restraint system which meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
2. Children Over Three But Under Six. A child, at least three years of age but under six years of age, who is being transported in any such motor vehicle described in Subsection 1 of this section shall be secured during transit by either a child restraint system that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, or by a safety belt or safety harness of a type approved under Section 321.445 of the Code of Iowa.
3. Exceptions. This section does not apply to the following:
A. Police officers acting on official duty;
B. Transportation of children in 1965 model year or older vehicles or authorized emergency vehicles; and
C. Transportation of a child who has been certified by a physician licensed under Chapter 148, 150, or 150A of the Code of Iowa, as having a medical, physical, or mental condition which prevents or makes inadvisable securing the child in a child restraint system, safety belt, or safety harness.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.446)
1. Pedestrian Use of Roadway. No person shall stand in a roadway, including the roadway medians, curbs, traffic islands, and shoulders, for the purpose of soliciting a ride, employment, or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.331)
2. Pedestrian Crossing. Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.328)
3. Pedestrian Crossings Established. Pedestrian crossings controlled by traffic control signals are hereby established at the intersections of the following designated streets:
A. Intersection of N.W. 86th Street (Clive Road) and Franklin Avenue.
B. Intersection of N.W. 86th Street (Clive Road) and Harbach Boulevard.
C. Intersection of N.W. 100th Street and University Avenue.
D. Intersection of University Avenue and N.W. 90th Street.
4. Pedestrian Traffic Control Legend. Whenever pedestrians are controlled by a traffic control signal at a pedestrian crossing, the following words shall be used and said words shall indicate the following:
A. Walk. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the pedestrian crossing within the marked crosswalk.
B. Don’t Walk. Pedestrians facing the signal shall stop before entering the street and shall not cross the street until “Walk” is shown.
5. Pedestrian Right-of-Way. The driver of any vehicle which is required to stop at a pedestrian crossing by a traffic control signal shall bring such vehicle to a full stop at a point 10 feet from the approach side of the marked crosswalk in accordance with such traffic control signal and shall yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians within the crosswalk.
6. Duty of Drivers. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian within a marked crosswalk at a pedestrian crossing and shall exercise due care upon observing any child or confused or incapacitated person within or in the vicinity of the marked crosswalk of a pedestrian crossing and shall yield the right-of-way to them.
7. Turning Through Crosswalks. No driver of a vehicle traveling on a street which intersects a street upon which a pedestrian crossing is located within close proximity of such pedestrian crossing shall turn a vehicle through the marked crosswalk when the traffic control signal controlling the pedestrian crossing exhibits the word “Walk.”
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