(A) It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle which makes unusually loud or unnecessary noise; no motor vehicle shall be operated upon any street unless the same is provided with a muffler in efficient and actual working condition.
(B) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle upon any street or alley unless said vehicle is equipped with good and sufficient brakes in efficient working condition.
(C) It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle, the lights of which do not conform to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Laws of the State of Illinois.
(D) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a good and sufficient signaling device in efficient working condition. Such signaling device shall be sounded when necessary to give timely warning of approaching vehicle, but such horn or signaling device shall not be sounded for any purpose other than as a warning of impending danger. No motor vehicle other than an emergency vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, gong signaling device or musical horn.
(E) It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle which is so loaded or is in such a condition that the operator does not have a clear vision of all parts of the roadway essential to the safe operation of the vehicle. Any vehicle which is so constructed or loaded that the driver’s view of the roadway to the rear is obstructed, shall be equipped with a mirror so attached as to give him a view of the roadway behind him.
(F) The driver of a bus (hackney) or taxicab shall not park upon any street in any business district at any place other than at a bus stop, (hackney stand), or taxicab stand, respectively, except that this provision shall not prevent the driver of any such vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers.
(G) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, (or other than a hackney in a hackney stand), or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus, (hackney) or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(Prior Code, Art. 18, § 18.18)