Ordinance 3211 - Laserfiche WebLink

• section 8: EXEMPTIONS TO AUTHORIZED EiviEhGE:\CY VEHICLES. The provisions of this ordinance shall be applicable to the operation of any and all vehicles upon the public highways of the City of Everett except that tney shallnot apply in the following cases: (a) To any authorized emergency vehicle properly equipped as required by law and actually responding to an emergency call or in immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, within the purpose for which such emergency vehicle has been author- i4ed. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not relieve the operator of an authorized vehicle of the duty to operate with due regard for the safety of all persons using the public highway, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others. Provided, further, the provisions of this section shall in no event extend any special privilege or immunity in operation of an authorized emergency vehicle for any purpose other than that for which the same has been author- ized. (b) To any persons, teams, vehicles or other equipment while actually engaged in authorized work upon the surface of a public highway in so far as suspension of the provisions of this act are reasonably necessary for the carrying on of such work, and provided reasonable precautions are taken to apprise and protect the users of such public highway, but such provisions shall apply to such persons, teams, vehicles and other equipment when traveling to and from such work. (c) To any persons, vehicles or otherwise, in so far as the same may be specifically exempted from any provisions of this ordinance. Section 9: OBEDIEiqC.L TO POLICE. It shall be unlawful for any person while operating or in charge of any vehicle to refuse when requested by a peace officer to give his name and addressand the name and address of the owner of such vehicle, or for such person to give a false name and address, and it shall likewise be unlawful for any such person to refuse and neglect to stop when signalled to stop by any peace officer or to refuse upon demand of such peace officer to produce his certificate of license registration or his vehicle operator ' s license or to refuse to permit such officer to take any such license or certificate for the purpose of examination thereof, or to refuse to permit the examination of any equipment of such vehicle or the weighing of such vehicle or to refuse or neglect to produce the certificate of license registration of such vehicle or his vehicle operator ' s license when requested by any court. Section 10: SCHOOL PATROL AUTHbRITY. The L'hief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the superintendent of schools, the school board and other school officials in supervising the establishment, organization, training and operation of the school patrol in the city of Everett as authorized by Section 130, Chapter 189, Laws of 1937. The members of such school patrol shall wear a badge or other appropriate insignia marked "school patrol" when in pvformance of their duties, and they are hereby authorized to display stop" or other proper traffic directional signs or signals at school crossing or other points where school children are crossing or about to cross a public highway, but such members of the school patrol shall be subject to and obey the order of any peace officer present nd having jurisdiction. -8-