CHAPTER 70: TRAFFIC REGULATION
Section
   70.01   Emergency vehicles
   70.02   Unlawful interference with signs
   70.03   Reckless and careless driving
   70.04   Drunken driving
   70.05   Drive on right
   70.06   Passing
   70.07   Overtaking vehicles
   70.08   Passing over left of center
   70.09   Turning
   70.10   Intersection rules
   70.11   Stop before entering highways
   70.12   Pedestrians
   70.13   Children
   70.14   Stopping for railroad signal
   70.15   View obstructed
   70.16   Stopping after an accident
   70.17   Speed restrictions
   70.18   Speed in city
   70.19   Speed at intersections and the like
   70.20   Removal of vehicles
   70.21   Unsafe equipment
   70.22   Exhibition driving prohibited
   70.23   Definitions
 
   70.99   Penalty
§ 70.01 EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety, under the direction of peace officers, in the chase or apprehension of persons charged with or suspected of any violation of law, nor to Fire Department vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public vehicles when traveling in emergencies, which vehicles shall be given the right-of-way if the driver thereof is giving audible signal by siren. This exemption shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his or her own negligence.
(1963 Code, § 40.01)
§ 70.02 UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH SIGNS.
   No person shall without lawful authority alter, deface, injure or remove any official traffic control device, or post any unauthorized sign.
(1963 Code, § 40.02) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.03 RECKLESS AND CARELESS DRIVING.
   No person shall drive a vehicle in a manner as to indicate either a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. No person shall drive, and no owner of a vehicle shall permit to be driven, any unsafe vehicle or load or connecting part thereof upon any highway.
(1963 Code, § 40.03) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 70.04 DRUNKEN DRIVING.
   No person, whether licensed or not, who is a habitual user of narcotics or who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotics shall drive any vehicle upon any highway.
(1963 Code, § 40.04) Penalty, see § 70.99
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