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CHAPTER II ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Section 2: POLICY - POLICE POWER. It is hereby declared to be the purpose and public policy of the City of Everett to co-operate with state authorities in every way that is reasonably possible in the enforcement of the uvashington highway License Act, the Washington Motor Vehicle Act, and all other laws and regulations of the State relating to the equipment and operation of vehicles on the public highways of the city of Everett, and this ordinance is enacted in furtherance of that purpose, and in the exercise of the police power of the City of Everett, to protect and preserve the public peace, health, safety and economic welfare, and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes. Section 3 POLICE TO ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE. (a) Except as otherwise herein provided, it shall be the duty of the police department to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. (b) The commissioner of Public Safety and all members of the Police Department are hereby authorized and empowered to direct all traffic, either in person or by means of visible or audible signal, in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance, provided that where necessary to expedite traffic, or to prevent or eliminate congestion, or to safeguard pedestrians, such officers, or in the event of a fire or other emergency, such officers and officers of the Fire Department, may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of this ordinance, and may, when necessary, divert or exclude all such traffic from any street, avenue, or public highway within the city of Everett. Section 4: REQUIRED OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this ordinance. Section 5: OBEDIENCE TO SIGNALS OF POLICE OFFICER. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, refuse or neglect to obey all signals of any peace officer or duly authorized flagman who is at the time discharging the duty of regulating and directing traffic or any fire department official when acting as authorized in this ordinance. section 6 : PERSONS RIDING BICYCLES OR OPERATING CONVEY- ANCES. Every person riding a bicycle or an animal or driving any animal or operating any nature of conveyance or drawing any vehicle upon any public highway in this city shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this ordinance which by their very nature can have no application. Section 7: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO OBEY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Govern- ment, this State, County or City, and it shall be unlawful for any said driver to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, except as otherwise permitted in this ordinance or by state statute. -7-