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ARTICLE IX. EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLES
(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
(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle, including two (2) separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two (2) wheels. If these two (2) separate means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one (1) part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two (2) wheels.
(b) Every motor vehicle or combination of motor drawn vehicles shall be capable at times and under all conditions of loading, of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from all loose material within a distance of thirty (30) feet from a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour, if equipped with brakes on all wheels, and within a distance of forty (40) feet from a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour on vehicles not equipped with brakes on all wheels.
(c) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with an emergency brake, capable of holding the vehicle on any grade which it can ascend.
(d) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order, and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite side of the vehicle.
(e) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, and bicycle with motor attached when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with at least one (1) brake which may be operated by hand or foot, and adequate to control the movement of such vehicle.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Cross-reference:
Statutory reference:
Brake equipment, see MCLA 257.705
(a) Every vehicle or trailer drawn by any motor propelled vehicle must be so attached to such vehicle with such forms of coupling devices as shall prevent such vehicle or trailer from being deflected more than six (6) inches from the path of the towing vehicle’s wheels. Such vehicle or trailer must also be connected to the towing vehicle by suitable safety chains or devices, one on each side of the coupling and at the extreme outer edge of the vehicle and each such chain or device and connection so used shall be of sufficient strength to haul the trailer when loaded.
(b) The draw bar or other connections between any two vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, shall not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other. Whenever such connection consists of a chain, rope or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a red flag or other signal or cloth not less than 12 inches in length and width.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit and unreasonable loud or harsh sound or whistle. No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance pertaining to authorized emergency vehicles.
No person shall use a muffler cut-out, bypass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Statutory reference:
Horns and warning devices, see MCLA 257.706
On or after January 1, 1955, every commercial vehicle, except truck tractors traversing between terminals at a speed not to exceed 25 miles per hour, and every combination of a commercial vehicle and trailer or semitrailer when used on a street or highway in the City of Flint shall be so constructed or equipped, or so operated, as to bar water or other road surface substances thrown from the rear wheels of such vehicle or combination at tangents exceeding 22-1/2 degrees measured from the road surface. If flap-type device is used, it shall not have attached any type of lamp, reflective material or reflecting buttons; nor can said device extend beyond the 96-inch maximum width of the vehicle.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1710, passed 3-18-1963; Ord. 2237, passed 11-16-1970)
Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended between the hours of one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, there shall be displayed upon the left side of such vehicle one or more lamps projecting a white light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet of the front thereof of such vehicle, and projecting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except when such vehicle is stopped or parked upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of 500 feet upon the highway. Any lighted head lamps upon a parked or stopped vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Statutory reference:
Lights on parked vehicles, see MCLA 257.694
Every vehicle being operated upon a street or highway within the corporate limits of the City of Flint during the period from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the street or highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps as required in this ordinance and subject to exemptions with reference to lights on parked vehicles as provided in this ordinance, except when light lamps and illuminating devices are required, no vehicle shall be operated upon any street or highway in the City of Flint with only the parking lights illuminated.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1710, passed 3-18-1963)
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