El Cajon Municipal Code Ch. 10.08 General Provisions

Every person riding a bicycle, dockless vehicle, or riding or driving an animal upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by Chapters 10.04 through 10.32, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.

(Ord. 5076 § 9, 2019)

The provisions of Chapters 10.04 through 10.32 shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, the state, any county or city, and it is unlawful for any operator to violate any of the provisions of Chapters 10.04 through 10.32 except as otherwise permitted in Chapters 10.04 through 10.32 or by the Vehicle Code.

(Prior code § 17-5)

A. The provisions of Chapters 10.04 through 10.32 regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the police or fire department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.

B. The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or the consequences of his willful disregard of the safety of others.

(Prior code § 17-6)

A. The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including, but not limited to, any fire hydrant, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street, shall within twenty-four hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the police department.

B. Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person operating or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle, and shall briefly describe the property damage in such accident.

C. The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time he is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he shall make a report as required in subsection A within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such report.

(Prior code § 17-7)

It is unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of any person appointed by the chief of police to control traffic at school crossings; provided, that such person giving any order, signal or direction at such school crossings shall at the time be wearing some insignia, indicating such appointment. It is unlawful for any minor to direct or attempt to direct traffic unless authorized to do so by order of the chief of police.

(Prior code § 17-8)

No person shall attach him or herself with his or her hands, or catch on, or hold on with his or her hands or by other means, to any moving vehicle or train for the purpose of receiving motive power therefrom.

(Prior code § 17-9)

No person shall ride, drive, propel or cause to be propelled any vehicle or animal across or upon any sidewalk excepting over permanently constructed driveways, and excepting when it is necessary for any temporary purpose to drive a loaded vehicle across a sidewalk; provided further, that the sidewalk area be substantially protected by wooden planks two inches thick. Such protection shall not be permitted to remain upon such sidewalk area during the hours from six p.m. to six a.m.

(Prior code § 17-10)

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted markings in any street when a barrier sign, cone-marker or other warning device is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when any such device is in place indicating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.

(Prior code § 17-11)

No person, public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign on any street unless of a type approved by the city traffic engineer, or disobey the instructions, remove, tamper with or destroy any barrier or sign lawfully placed on any street by any person, public utility or by any department of the city.

No person shall operate a vehicle contrary to the directions or provisions of any barrier or sign erected:

A. Pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance of the city;

B. By any public utility;

C. By any department of the city;

D. By any other person pursuant to law or contract with the city;

Nor shall any authorized person move or alter the position of any such barrier or sign.

(Prior code § 17-12)

No operator of any vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.

(Prior code § 17-13)

Whenever the city traffic engineer finds that any hedge, shrubbery or tree growing in a parkway obstructs the view of any intersection, or any traffic upon the streets approaching the intersection, he shall cause the hedge, shrubbery or tree to be immediately removed or reduced in size.

(Prior code § 17-14)

A. No person shall cause or permit any railway train or railway car or similar vehicle on rails to stop or stand or to be operated in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for the purposes of travel for a period of time longer than ten minutes; except, that this provision shall not apply to railway trains, cars or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a crossing because of an accident which requires the operator of the train, car or similar vehicle on rails to stop at or near the scene of the accident.

B. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.

(Prior code § 17-15)

A. The city traffic engineer shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as follows:

1. Crosswalks shall be established and maintained by the city traffic engineer where it is necessary to indicate to the pedestrian a preferred route of travel to cross either a street or a complex intersection, subject to the limitation contained in subsection 2 of this section.

2. Other than crosswalks at intersections, no crosswalk shall be established in any block which is less than four hundred feet in length, and such crosswalk shall be located as nearly as practicable at mid-block.

3. The city traffic engineer may place signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

B. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.

(Prior code § 17-16)