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442.03 BRAKES.
   Every motor vehicle, while in use on the streets of the City, shall be equipped with effective brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, provided that motorcycles need be equipped with only one brake. All vehicle brakes shall be maintained in good working order.
(1958 Code § 16.101)
442.04 LIGHTS GENERALLY.
   From one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise each vehicle operated in the City shall have burning two or more whitish lights on the front thereof, one on each side, which lights and all other lighting devices, including a tail light, used on such vehicle, shall be in compliance with the laws of the State. No person shall operate on the streets of the City any motor or other vehicle which is equipped with an electric light that gives off light which confuses travelers or pedestrians on streets or crosswalks. Every motor vehicle having a width of eighty inches or more shall display clearance lights as required by the laws of the State.
(1958 Code § 16.102)
442.05 RED FLAG OR LIGHT FOR PROTECTING LOADS.
   When any vehicle is loaded in such a manner that any portion of the load extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or of the body of such vehicle, a red flag shall be carried by day and a red light after sunset, securely fastened in a conspicuous position at the extreme rear end of such load.
(1958 Code § 16.105)
442.06 HORN OR OTHER SIGNAL DEVICE.
   Each motor vehicle operated in the City shall be equipped with a good and sufficient horn in good working order or other efficient signal device. All horns on motor vehicles shall be capable of emitting sound audible, under normal conditions, from a distance of not less than 200 feet. No operator of any motor vehicle shall use his horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning, nor shall any person use any horn or warning device upon a vehicle to make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound.
   Every Police and Fire Division and fire patrol vehicle and every ambulance or other authorized emergency vehicle used for emergency calls shall be equipped with a bell, siren or exhaust whistle of a type approved by the Mayor and Council. No other vehicle in the City shall be equipped with nor shall any person use on any other vehicle any such bell, siren or whistle.
(1958 Code § 16.106)
442.07 MUFFLER; MUFFLER, CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.
   (a)   Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.
   (b)   No person shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.
442.08 REAR-VIEW MIRROR.
   No person shall drive on a street or alley of the City any motor vehicle if the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent the driver from obtaining a view of the street to the rear by looking backward from the driver's position, unless such vehicle is equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the street for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
(1958 Code § 16.108)
442.09 SIGNS, POSTERS, ETC., ON WINDOWS.
   (a)   No person shall drive upon a street or alley of the City any motor vehicle with a sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be so displayed by law.
(1958 Code § 16.109)
   (b)   No person shall, by himself or through his agent, place or post any poster, sign, picture or advertising material on the windshield or glass of either his own motor vehicle or that of any other person.
(1958 Code § 16.29)
442.10 WINDSHIELD WIPERS.
   Every windshield on a motor vehicle driven in the City shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
(1958 Code § 16.110)
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