Section
General Provisions
74.001 Scope and effect of equipment requirements
Lights and Lamps
74.015 When lighted lamps are required
74.016 Clearance, identification and side marker lamps
74.017 Lamps on parked vehicles
74.018 Lamp or flag on projecting load
74.019 Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
74.020 Implements of husbandry or slow-moving vehicles; display of amber signal lamp
74.021 Spot lamps and auxiliary driving lamps
74.022 Signal lamps and signal devices
74.023 Additional lighting equipment
74.024 Use of headlamps
74.025 Number of driving lamps required or permitted
74.026 Special restrictions on lamps
74.027 Special lighting equipment on rural mail delivery vehicles
74.028 Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on motor vehicles
74.029 Operation of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
Brakes
74.040 Brakes
74.041 Brake fluid
Tires
74.055 Restriction as to tire equipment
74.056 Sale or offer of sale of First Division motor vehicle tires with other than original grooves
74.057 Sale or offer of sale of Second Division motor vehicle tires with other than original grooves
74.058 Sale or offer of sale of any regrooved motor vehicle tires without marking
74.059 Operating condition of passenger car tires
Glass, Windshields and Mirrors
74.070 Definition
74.071 Safety glaring material in motor vehicles
74.072 Mirrors
74.073 Obstruction to driver’s view
Miscellaneous Requirements
74.085 Definitions
74.086 Horns and warning devices
74.087 Mufflers; prevention of noise
74.088 Gas and smoke
74.089 Seat safety belts
74.090 Television receivers
74.091 Tow trucks; identification; equipment; insurance
74.092 Suspension system
74.093 Bumpers
74.094 Headset receivers
Special Requirements for Vehicles of the Second Division
74.105 Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices
74.106 Road oil vehicles
74.107 Vehicles transporting explosives
74.108 Vehicles transporting radioactive material
74.109 Vehicles transporting flammable liquids when lights required; marking with reflectorized paint; placarding
74.110 Fire apparatus; safety belts
74.111 Prohibition; liability insurance; penalty
74.112 Slow moving vehicle emblem
74.113 Rear fender splash guards
Special Requirements for School Buses
74.125 Definitions
74.126 Color
74.127 Identification
74.128 Stop signal arm
74.129 Other vehicles; color, stop signal arm and identification
74.130 Identification, stop signal arms and special lighting when not used as a school bus
74.131 Seat belt for driver; seat height
74.132 Fire extinguisher
74.133 First aid kit
74.134 Restraining device for handicapped passengers
74.135 Amber 3 bar clearance light
74.136 School bus safety glass
74.137 Crossing control arms
74.138 Rules and regulations
74.139 School bus driver communication devices
74.140 Strobe lamp on school bus
74.141 Emergency exits identification
74.142 Noise suppression switch
74.143 Pre- and post-trip inspection policy for school buses
74.144 Nursery school buses
74.145 Display of telephone number; complaint calls
Special Requirements for Religious Organization Buses
74.160 Color and markings
74.161 Special lighting equipment
City Vehicle Licenses
74.175 Motor vehicle defined
74.176 Vehicles requiring city license
74.177 Application for license
74.178 Exempt vehicles
74.179 Annual license fee
74.180 Time of payment; license year
74.181 License
74.182 Display of license
74.183 Reserved
74.184 License may be transferred
74.185 Duplicate licenses
74.186 Use of fund
74.187 Illegal use
74.188 Delegation of responsibility
Traffic Engineer and Emergency Regulations
74.200 Office of the City Traffic Engineer
74.201 City Traffic Engineer; general duties
74.202 Traffic Engineer to place traffic control devices
74.203 Traffic Engineer to mark crosswalks, safety zones and traffic lanes
74.204 Erection of signs regulating or restricting turns
74.205 Traffic Engineer to mark loading zones
74.206 Marking of taxicab and bus stands
74.207 Erection of signs indicating parking limitations
74.208 Traffic Engineer to erect stop signs and signs regulating speed
74.209 Traffic Engineer to erect yield right-of-way sign
74.210 Traffic Engineer to erect additional signs
74.211 Cooperation from other departments for personnel and supplies
74.212 Authorization for emergency and experimental regulations
74.213 Parking administration
74.999 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Bicycles, see Chapter 75
General traffic provisions, see Chapter 70
Pedestrians, see Chapter 72
Traffic regulations, see Chapter 71
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property, 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 in this chapter, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this chapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this chapter.
(B) The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or farm tractors or to farm-wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed 10,000 pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk fertilizer or to farm-wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed 1,200 gallons capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as field-storage “nurse tanks” supplying the fertilizer to a field applicator and moved on highways only for bringing the fertilizer from a local source of supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to another.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-101) Penalty, see § 74.999
LIGHTS AND LAMPS
(A) When upon any highway in this state, every motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, showing a white light, commonly known as a driving lamp, visible for at least 500 feet in the direction the motorcycle is proceeding. All other motor vehicles shall, during the period from sunset to sunrise, or at any other time when visibility is so limited as to require the use of lights for safety, exhibit two such lighted driving lamps showing white lights, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, visible for at least 500 feet in the direction the motor vehicle is proceeding. Parking lamps may be used in addition to but not in lieu of any such driving lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer shall also exhibit at least two lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500 feet in the reverse direction, except that a motorcycle or a truck tractor or road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968, need be equipped with only one such lamp.
(B) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light a rear registration plate when required and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the driving lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-201) Penalty, see § 74.999
(A) Every motor vehicle of the Second Division, the length of which together with any trailer or trailers in tow thereof, is more than 25 feet or the width of which is more than 30 inches exclusive of mirrors, bumpers and other required safety devices, while being operated on the highways of this state during the period from sunset to sunrise, shall display on the front of the vehicle two yellow or amber lights, one on each upper front corner of the vehicle, which shall be plainly visible at a distance of at least 500 feet; also on the rear thereof in a horizontal line, three red lights plainly visible at a distance of not less than 500 feet; also on the front of the body of that vehicle near the lower left-hand corner one yellow or amber tinted reflector, and near the lower right-hand corner one yellow or amber tinted reflector; also red reflectors on the rear of the body of that vehicle, not more than 12 inches from the lower left and right-hand corners. All motor vehicles of the Second Division more than 20 feet long, and all trailers and semi-trailers, except trailers and semi-trailers having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less including the weight of the trailer and maximum load, while being operated on the highways of this state during the period from sunset to sunrise, shall display on each side of the vehicle at approximately the one-third points of the length of the same, at a height not exceeding five feet above the surface of the road, and reflecting on a line approximately at right angles to the centerline of the vehicle, two amber tinted reflectors. After January 1974, all new motor vehicles of the Second Division more than 20 feet long, and all trailers and semi-trailers except trailers and semi-trailers having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less including the weight of the trailer and maximum load sold as new in this state, while being operated on the highways of this state during period from sunset to sunrise, shall display on each side of the vehicle, not more than 12 inches from the front, one amber tinted reflector, and not more than 12 inches from the rear one red reflector at a height not exceeding five feet above the surface of the road, and reflecting on a line approximately at right angles to the centerline of the vehicle, approved by the Department of Transportation.
(B) Every trailer and semi-trailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less including the weight of the trailer and maximum load, towed either by a motor vehicle of the First Division or a motor vehicle of the Second Division shall be equipped with two red reflectors, which will be visible when hit by headlight beams 300 feet away at night, on the rear of the body of such trailer, not more than 12 inches from the lower left-hand and lower right-hand corners.
(C) Every vehicle designated in divisions (A) or (B) above that is manufactured after December 31, 1973, shall, at the places and times specified in divisions (A) or (B) above, display reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps in conformance with the specifications prescribed by the Department.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-202) Penalty, see § 74.999
(A) During the period from sunset to sunrise every motorcycle or motor vehicle which is standing on any highway shall display a parking light on the front and at the rear of the same; however, any city, village or incorporated town may by ordinance, under rules and regulations it may prescribe, designate any part or parts of any street, or other highway under their jurisdiction, as parking places in which motorcycles and motor vehicles may be parked without having their lamps lighted, as otherwise required by this section.
(B) Any lighted driving lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(Prior Code, § 40-2-203) Penalty, see § 74.999
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