CHAPTER 5
GENERAL TRAFFIC PROVISIONS

SECTION:

6-5-1: Tampering With Motor Vehicles

6-5-2: Following Fire Apparatus; Crossing Fire Hose

6-5-3: Funeral Processions

6-5-4: Parades And Processions, Permit

6-5-5: Driving On Sidewalk

6-5-6: Starting Parked Vehicle

6-5-7: Limitation On Backing

6-5-8: Opening And Closing Vehicle Doors

6-5-9: Obstructing Driver's View Or Driving Mechanism

6-5-10: Clinging To Vehicles

6-5-11: Boarding Or Alighting From Vehicles

6-5-12: Unlawful Riding

6-5-13: Placing Dangerous Objects In Streets

6-5-14: Playing Sports In Streets

6-5-1: TAMPERING WITH MOTOR VEHICLES:

No person, without the consent of the owner or the person in charge of a motor vehicle, shall change the position of the levers, switches or other parts of said motor vehicle, or in any way use, occupy, injure, deface, scratch, cut, tamper with or molest any motor vehicle. This section shall not apply when police or peace officers, for lawful purposes, in case of emergency, must move a vehicle, or when it is necessary for anyone to move a motor vehicle temporarily, without starting the motor thereof, for the purpose of extracting another vehicle from a congested position. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-3)

6-5-2: FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS; CROSSING FIRE HOSE:

   A.   Following Fire Apparatus: The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet (500') or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-4)

   B.   Crossing Fire Hose: No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the fire department when laid down on any street or private driveway to be used at any fire or alarm office, without the consent of the fire department official in command. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-5)

6-5-3: FUNERAL PROCESSIONS:

   A.   Driving Through Processions: No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this title. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-6)

   B.   Drivers In Procession: Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right hand edge of the roadway as practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-7)

   C.   Funeral Processions Identified: A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified by headlights turned on or by the display upon the outside of each vehicle of an identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined and designated by the police department. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-8; amd. 2016 Code)

6-5-4: PARADES AND PROCESSIONS, PERMIT:

No funeral, procession or parade containing two hundred (200) or more persons or fifty (50) or more vehicles, except the military forces of the United States and the military forces of this state, shall occupy, march or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued by the chief of police and such other regulations as are set forth herein which may apply. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 12-9)