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A. It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of the vehicle upon a highway in any manner unlawful.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or who has control, possession or charge of any vehicle to permit the following persons to drive, have charge of, operate or control the vehicle:
1. Anyone whose operator's or chauffeur's license has been denied, canceled, suspended or revoked by any authority.
2. A person who does not have a current valid unexpired operator's or chauffeur's license.
3. Any person who has a fictitious or fraudulently altered operator's or chauffeur's license.
4. Any person who is under the influence of intoxicating beverages, narcotics or drugs.
5. Any person who has not yet reached the sixteenth anniversary of the person's birth.
6. Any person who is either physically or mentally disabled, injured or incapacitated, either temporarily or permanently, when incapacity interferes with the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle in a safe manner. (1968 Code §6-1-7; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
In any prosecution charging a violation of the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of parking a registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred. (1968 Code §6-1-8; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
A police officer at the scene of a traffic accident may issue a written summons or notice to any driver of a vehicle involved in the accident when, based upon personal investigation, the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed any offense in connection with the accident. (1968 Code §6-1-9; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
A defendant may be convicted of an offense included in an offense charged in the summons and complaint. An offense is so included when it is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged, or when it differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury or risk of injury to the same person, property or public interest or a lesser kind of culpability suffices to establish its commission. The Municipal Court shall not be obligated to charge the jury with respect to a lesser included offense unless there is a rational basis for a verdict acquitting the defendant of the offense charged and convicting the defendant of the lesser included offense. If the same conduct is prohibited in different sections of this chapter, the offender may be prosecuted under any one or all of the sections. (1968 Code §6-1-10; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
Any person who drives a vehicle in a manner as to constitute a violation, when the violation interferes with the ability of another driver to yield the right of way, shall lose the right of way which the person would have had under ordinary circumstances. It is the obligation of the court hearing the case to determine that the violation substantially interfered with the ability of the driver to so yield. (1968 Code §6-1-11; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
The conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this chapter or other traffic regulation less than felony, shall not affect or impair the credibility of the person as a witness criminal proceedings. (1968 Code §6-1-14; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which any motor vehicle is brought which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident, or of being struck by a bullet, shall report or cause to be reported to the Police Department not later than twenty four (24) hours after the motor vehicle is received, and before any repairs are made to the vehicle, the engine number, the registration number and the name and address of the driver, owner or person in control of the motor vehicle with the description of the location and type of damage to the vehicle or any missing parts. (1968 Code §6-1-16; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
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