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(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)
(a) The head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps of motor vehicles shall be so constructed, arranged, adjusted and used that they will, under normal atmospheric conditions and on a level road produce a driving light sufficient to render clearly discernible a person or vehicle at least 500 feet ahead, except when approaching an oncoming vehicle, when it shall be sufficient to render clearly discernible a person or vehicle 75 feet ahead. Auxiliary lamps may emit either a white or amber light.
(b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver, and in no case shall the high intensity portion which is projected to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle be aimed higher than the center of the lamp from which it comes at a distance of 25 feet ahead, and in no case higher than the level of 42 inches above the level upon which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead.
(c) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated upon a highway or a portion thereof, which is sufficiently lighted to reveal a person or vehicle on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead, it shall be permissible to dim the head lamps or to tilt or depress the dimmer downwards or substitute therefor the light from an auxiliary driving lamp or pair of such lamps, subject to the restrictions as to glaring lights set forth in the foregoing section; provided, that at nighttime at least two lights shall be displayed to the front of and on opposite sides of every moving motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, bicycles with motor attached, road roller, road machinery, or farm tractor.
(d) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two head lamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this section.
(e) Every head lamp, upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle, shall be located at a height measured from the center of the head lamp of not more than 54 inches nor less than 28 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands.
(f) The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single beam or multiple beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: every said head lamp or head lamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 25 or more miles per hour; provided, that no person shall operate any motor-driven cycle between the hours of one-half hour after sunset to one half- hour before sunrise, at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour, unless such motor-driven cycle is equipped with a head lamp or lamps which are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of 300 feet ahead.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and any other vehicle which is being drawn in a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one rear lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as herein before required, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
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