(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any street or highway in the City of Flint any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required by this ordinance, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this ordinance, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this ordinance.
(b) Any police officer shall be authorized on reasonable grounds shown to stop any motor vehicle and inspect the same, and if any defects in equipment are found, to arrest the driver in the manner provided in the Motor Vehicle Code of the State of Michigan.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibited the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
(d) The provisions of this section with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, or farm tractors, except as herein made applicable.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1710, passed 3-18-1963)
Statutory reference:
Equipment on vehicles, see MCLA 257.683