Title 12 — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 12.64 — DRIVING RULES
Palm Springs Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Palm Springs
§ 12.64.010. Driving through funeral processions.¶
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such processions are conspicuously so designated. (Prior code § 6151)
§ 12.64.020. Controlled intersections.¶
Section 12.64.010 shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by official traffic signals or police officers. (Prior code § 6151.1)
§ 12.64.040. Driving vehicles on sidewalks—Generally prohibited.¶
Unless otherwise expressly allowed by another provision of this title or other applicable law, no person shall drive a vehicle within any sidewalk area or parkway except at a permanent or temporary driveway. This section shall not apply to vehicles owned by the city of Palm Springs and used in the course and scope of official duties.
(Prior code § 6153; Ord. 985 § 1, 1975; Ord. 1373 § 1, 1991; Ord. 1644 § 6, 2004)
§ 12.64.050. New pavement.¶
No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshly painted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street or any portion thereof is closed.
(Prior code § 6154)
§ 12.64.060. Driving on rims of wheels.¶
No person shall drive, operate, tow or otherwise move any motor vehicle, equipped with rims to accommodate rubber tires, over or across any street in this city with tires removed or deflated so that the metal flanges or rims are in contact with the pavement, except to the nearest edge of the pavement from the point any such condition occurs through accident. (Prior code § 6155)
§ 12.64.070. Restricted access.¶
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority. (Prior code § 6156)
§ 12.64.080. Restrictions on use of freeways.¶
No person shall drive or operate any bicycle, motor driven cycle, or any vehicle which is not drawn by a motor vehicle upon any street established as a freeway, as defined by state law, nor shall any pedestrian walk across or along any such street so designated and described except in space set aside for the use of pedestrians, provided official signs are in place giving notice of such restrictions. (Prior code § 6157)
§ 12.64.090. Excessive acceleration.¶
No person shall operate a vehicle on a street or alley in such a manner as to facilitate its speed by means of leaving rear wheel frictional rubber marks, caused by rapid acceleration. (Prior code § 6158)
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