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(A) The operator of any vehicle upon a highway shall operate the vehicle in a careful manner, with regard for the safety and convenience of pedestrians and other vehicles upon the highway.
(B) No person shall willfully operate any vehicle on any highway in such a manner as to injure the highway.
(KRS 189.290) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) Upon the approach of an emergency vehicle equipped with, and operating, one (1) or more flashing, rotating, or oscillating red or blue lights visible under normal conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of the emergency vehicle; or when the driver is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and stop and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer or firefighter.
(B) Upon the approach of any emergency vehicle operated in conformity with the provisions of division (A) above, the operator of every vehicle shall immediately stop clear of any
intersection and shall remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed, unless directed otherwise by a police officer or firefighter.
(C) No operator of any vehicle, unless he or she is on official business, shall follow any emergency vehicle being operated in conformity with the provisions of division (A) above closer than five hundred (500) feet, nor shall he or she drive into, park the vehicle into, or park the vehicle within, the block where the vehicle has stopped in answer to an emergency call or alarm, unless he or she is directed otherwise by a police officer or firefighter.
(D) No vehicle, train, or other equipment shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when the hose is laid down on any street, private driveway, or track for use at any fire or fire alarm unless the fire department official in command consents that the hose be driven over.
(E) The provisions of division (F) below shall apply to any driver approaching a stationary:
(1) Emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when the emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is giving a signal by displaying alternately flashing yellow, red, red and white, red and blue, or blue lights; or
(2) Disabled vehicle, when the disabled vehicle is displaying some type of warning signal, such as emergency flashers, flares, or retroreflective signals.
(F) The driver of a vehicle that is approaching a vehicle described in division (E) above shall, while proceeding with due caution:
(1) Yield the right-of-way by moving to a lane not adjacent to that of the vehicle, if:
(a) The person is driving on a highway having at least four lanes, with at least two lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; and
(b) It is possible to make the lane change with due regard to safety and traffic conditions; or
(2) Reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed to road conditions, if the road has less than four lanes or if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe.
(G) This section does not operate to relieve the person who drives an emergency vehicle from the duty to operate the vehicle with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.
(KRS 189.930) Penalty § 71.99
Every vehicle when on a highway shall be so equipped as to make a minimum of noise, smoke, or other nuisance, to protect the rights of other traffic, and to promote the public safety.
(KRS. 189.020) Penalty, see § 71.99
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or concern to operate or permit to be operated any vehicle propelled by any type of combustible engine or motor, including motorcycles and scooters, without a muffler of standard make and model, functioning in the manner in which it was designed to function by the manufacturer thereof, so as to minimize noise from the operation of the engine or motor.
(Ord. 560.1, passed 5-29-64) Penalty, see § 71.99
(A) For the purpose of this section the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ROAD BLOCK.
A practice whereby individuals station themselves in a portion of a street, highway, or right-of-way adjacent thereto, not for the purpose of walking, running, or traveling thereupon, and engaging in the solicitation of passing motorists for donations of money, or the distribution of literature by road block participants to passing motorists.
(B) No person shall conduct a road block in the city.
(Ord. 0-87-004, passed 1-27-86) Penalty, see § 71.99
VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS
(A) No person, firm or corporation shall operate on Thompson Road in the city any vehicle, truck, semi-trailer truck, tractor trailer unit, object or contrivance which exceeds twenty-five (25) tons or fifty thousand (50,000) pounds.
(B) Any vehicle which exceeds twenty-five (25) tons or fifty thousand (50,000) pounds which needs to travel Thompson Road and has no alternative route shall cross the C&O right-of-way at either the Pauley Bridge or Quail Ridge Subdivision and use the old road running on the opposite side of the C&O Railroad Company tracks which runs parallel to Thompson Road.
(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of divisions (A) and (B), any vehicle which exceeds twenty-five (25) tons or fifty thousand (50,000) pounds and has no alternative route other than Thompson Road, including the old C&O right-of-way road, may apply for a permit to exceed the twenty-five (25) tons or fifty thousand (50,000) pounds weight restriction on Thompson Road up to a maximum gross weight, including the load, of forty (40) tons or eighty thousand (80,000) pounds.
(1) The City Building Inspector may issue a permit to exceed the twenty-five (25) tons or fifty thousand (50,000) pounds weight limit on Thompson Road (not to exceed forty (40) tons or eighty thousand (80,000) pounds) if in the opinion of the Building Inspector, the permittee has no alternative route other than Thompson Road.
(2) The Building Inspector shall have the right to designate an appropriate length for the vehicle, the number of axles, and the weight per axle so long as the gross weight does not exceed forty (40) tons or eighty thousand (80,000) pounds.
(D) Any peace officer having reason to believe that the weight of any vehicle is in excess of the maximum limit described by this section or by permit issued pursuant thereto and is in the possession of the operator, may weigh it either by portable or stationary scale, and may require it to be driven to the nearest scales, if such scales are within the distance of five (5) miles from the point at which the vehicle is first directed to stop. If the officer shall determine that the operation of the motor vehicle was unlawful, he or she shall require the operator of the vehicle to unload such portion of the load as may be necessary to decrease the gross weight of the vehicle or, at his or her option, require the operator to leave the road at its nearest point. The refusal of the operator to permit his or her motor vehicle to be weighed shall constitute a violation of this section.
(E) Nothing in this section shall permit the operator of any vehicle to exceed any statute, law or regulation adopted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky or United States of America concerning weight limits of vehicles upon public highways.
(Ord. 0-90-024, passed 7-23-90) Penalty, see § 71.99
For weight limits on city streets other than Thompson Road (§ 71.35 above), see Chapter 74, Schedule V.
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