§ 71.09 OPERATIONAL PROHIBITIONS.
   (A)   Driving over new pavement. No person shall operate any vehicle over or across any newly-made pavement at which there is a barrier, a person, or a sign giving warning to such effect.
   (B)   Boarding or alighting from vehicles. No person shall board or alight from a vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
   (C)   Jumping on or off a moving train. It shall be unlawful for any person to jump on or off any moving train while the same is in motion in the city limits.
   (D)   Mufflers. Every vehicle with an internal combustion, steam, or air motor shall be equipped with a suitable and efficient muffler, and it shall be unlawful while on a public street to operate said vehicle with the muffler cut-out or removed. No cut-out shall be so arranged or connected as to permit the operation or control thereof by the driver of any vehicle while in position for driving.
   (E)   Drivers in a procession. Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and safe.
   (F)   Limitations on backing. The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic.
   (G)   Riding on motorcycles. A person operating a motorcycle shall not ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto or carry any other person, nor shall any other person ride upon such motorcycle other than upon a firmly attached seat to the rear or side of the operator.
   (H)   Injury to streets. No person shall willfully operate any vehicle on any street, public way, or thoroughfare in the city in such a manner as to do injury thereto.
   (I)   Racing on street or endurance tests. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or propel any motor vehicle in any race, endurance test, or speed contest upon any street in the city.
   (J)   Leaking contents. No vehicle shall be operated upon any public way or street in the city unless it is so constructed as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from such vehicle.
   (K)   Horn, brakes, steering apparatus, windshield wipers, or rear vision mirrors.
      (1)   Every motor vehicle, when in operation on a public street of this city, shall be provided with good and sufficient brakes and with a suitable horn or other signal device capable of making an abrupt sound sufficiently loud to be heard for a distance of not less than 50 feet under all ordinary conditions of traffic. It shall be the duty of the operator of any motor vehicle to sound said horn or other device whenever there is danger of collision or accident.
      (2)   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle on the streets, ways, alleys, or thoroughfares of the city that is equipped with a faulty or defective steering device, wheel, or appliance.
      (3)   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle without a rear vision mirror and without two windshield wipers on the front windshield of said motor vehicle.
(2010 Code, § 71.09) Penalty, see § 71.99