ARTICLE III

VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

Sec. 23-232.  Engine exhaust brakes prohibited.

        (a)   All motor vehicles driven and operated on the streets of St. James, Missouri are prohibited from using engine exhaust brakes.

        (b)   The exception being in the case of an emergency and the vehicle's normal brakes are inoperable.

        (c)   Any person failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Ord. 693)

Sec. 23-233.  Muffler required.

        All motor driven vehicles, driven and operated on the streets of the City of St. James, shall be equipped with mufflers, which shall conform to the requirements of the laws of the State of Missouri, and no cut-outs located between the motor and the muffler shall be open during the operation of any motor vehicle while being operated on the streets of the city, and any lever or connection to any cut-out must be detached.  Any person violating the provisions of this section, shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty herein-after provided.  (Ord. 49, §1.)

Sec. 23-234.  Lighting requirements.

        For the purpose of revealing its position and direction, a motor vehicle while on the streets and highways of the City of St. James, whether in operation or at rest, during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at all times when fog or other atmospheric conditions render the operation of motor vehicles dangerous on the streets and highways, shall carry lighted signal lamps as herein required;  such lamps shall be so constructed, mounted and adjusted as to protect the required kind of light so that it shall be plainly visible under normal conditions from a distance of at least five hundred feet in the direction projected.  Motor vehicles shall display at least two white lights mounted in front and directed forward, and one red light mounted at the back  and directed to the rear.  Motorcycles shall display one white light mounted in front and directed forward, and one red light mounted at the back and directed to the rear, and all lights shall be equipped with glasses in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Missouri.  (Ord. 49, §2.)

Secs. 23-235 to 23-239.  Reserved.