Section 13-61. Following Fire Apparatus Prohibited.
- The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred (500) feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
- The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any emergency vehicle or shall not purposely drive to any location on a highway where an emergency exists which would interfere with the free movement of authorized emergency vehicles or any other traffic using the highway at that location. For the purpose of this Article, the definition of any emergency shall include traffic accidents, airplane accidents, disasters, explosions, civil disturbances, and (without limitation by the foregoing) any other related circumstances which tend to cause traffic congestion.
Section 13-62. Crossing Fire Hoses.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the Fire Department when laid down on any street or private driveway to be used at any fire without consent of the Fire Department official in command.
Section 13-63. Driving Through Funeral or Other Processions.
No driver of any motor vehicle, or any other moving object, shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral, or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this Chapter.
Section 13-64. 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 practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
Section 13-65. Funeral Processions to be Identified.
A funeral composed of a procession of vehicles shall be identified as such by display upon the outside of each vehicle of a pennant or other identifying insignia or by such other method as may be determined and designated by the Police Department.
Section 13-66. Vehicles Shall Not be Driven on a Sidewalk.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon a sidewalk or within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
Section 13-67. Starting Parked Vehicle.
No person shall start a parked vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
Section 13-68. Limitations on Backing.
- No vehicle shall be backed upon any street, highway, avenue, or public thoroughfare except for such distance as may be necessary to permit the vehicle to enter the proper driving lane from a parked position. Such backing shall be done after the driver of said vehicle has ascertained that such movement can be made without endangering or interfering with other traffic.
- No vehicle shall be backed from a parking space unless such movement can be made without endangering or interfering with other traffic.
Section 13-69. Opening and Closing Vehicle Doors.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a motor vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load a passenger.
Section 13-70. Overtaking Stopped School Bus Prohibited.
The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a school bus that is stopped to take on or discharge school children or other occupants, and on which the red loading signals are in operation, is to stop his vehicle before it reaches the school bus and not proceed until the loading signals are deactivated and then proceed past such school bus at a speed which is reasonable and with due caution for the safety of such school children and other occupants.
Section 13-71. Obstructions to Driver’s View or Driving Mechanisms.
- No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three (3) as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or to the sides of vehicles or as to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
- No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such a position as to interfere with the driver’s view ahead or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
- No person shall drive any vehicle so constructed or closed in by obstructions to view so as to prevent the driver from having a clear view ahead and at all sides of such vehicle.
Section 13-72. Clinging to Vehicles.
No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway.
Section 13-73. Controlled Access.
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
Section 13-74. Boarding or Alighting From Vehicles.
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
Section 13-75. Unlawful Riding.
No person shall ride, nor shall the driver of any vehicle permit another person to ride, on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to any person riding within truck bodies or to persons engaged in the lawful delivery of newspapers, and who are riding on the tailgate of a vehicle in a safe and prudent manner.
Section 13-76. Driving Through Safety Zone Prohibited.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within any safety zone or island.
Section 13-77. Dangerous Objects in Streets.
- No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway, street, avenue, or public thoroughfare any glass bottle, glass, nails, tack, wire, cans, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon such highway, street, avenue, or public thoroughfare.
- Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway, street, avenue, or public thoroughfare any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
- Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway, street, avenue, or public thoroughfare shall remove any glass or other injurious substances dropped upon the public thoroughfare from such vehicle.
- No person shall throw any substance at a vehicle or any occupant thereof, nor shall any person throw any substance at a person on or adjacent to a highway, street, avenue, or public thoroughfare.
Section 13-78. Motor Scooters, etc.: Operation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor-driven cycle, including a motor scooter or motor-driven bicycle, on a street in this Town during a time when state law prohibits the operation of such vehicle.
Section 13-79. State Driver’s License.
No person shall operate an auto, bus, or motor vehicle upon the public streets of this Town without an operator’s license as required under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and no person shall permit a person to operate an auto, bus, or motor vehicle upon the public streets of this Town without one of the above valid licenses.
Section 13-80. Noise Control Upon Braking or Slowing.
The driver of any vehicle, including, but not limited to motor carriers, trucks, semi-trailers, and tractor-trailers, shall not cause their vehicle to brake or slow by any method which increases the noise emission levels of the engine, including, but not limited to the method commonly known as Jake Braking, wherein engine compression is used to slow the vehicle in lieu of applying the clutch or brakes.