ARTICLE
III
VEHICLE
EQUIPMENT
Sec.
23-232. Engine exhaust brakes prohibited.
(a) All motor vehicles driven and operated on the
streets of
(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
Secs.
23-235 to 23-239. Reserved.