GENERALLY

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. II, ch. 441, art. III, div. 1

in effect

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-311 Exemptions for authorized emergency vehicles.

Sec. 441-311. - Exemptions for authorized emergency vehicles. (a) The driver of any authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to and carrying out an emergency call, upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall sound a siren or other warning device in time to warn other traffic and shall slow down as necessary for safety, but may proceed cautiously past the red signal or stop sign. Any officer stationed at any intersection shall give such vehicle the right-of-way. At other times, drivers of authorized emergency vehicles shall stop in obedience to a stop sign or signal, or direction of a traffic or police officer. (b) No driver of any authorized emergency vehicle shall assume any special privilege under this chapter, except when the vehicle is being operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law; in which events the authorized emergency vehicle shall have the right-of-way and may be driven on either side and in any direction on all streets and ways. (Code 1975, § 29-116)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-312 Obstructing traffic.

Sec. 441-312. - Obstructing traffic. (a) It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any vehicle to operate or stop such vehicle in such a manner as to block or obstruct any street or highway within the city or prevent the free use of any street or highway for the purpose of travel thereon by other vehicles, either willfully or when such driver or operator is able to avoid so doing by ordinary care. (b) No driver 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. (Code 1975, § 29-117)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-313 Driving on or across sidewalks; yielding to bicycle operator on sidewalk.

Sec. 441-313. - Driving on or across sidewalks; yielding to bicycle operator on sidewalk. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any wagon, motorcycle, motor vehicle or any animal upon, over or across any curb, sidewalk or grassplot on any street in the city, except upon a driveway constructed over the same, or as otherwise permitted by this Code or by a permit therefor from the city. (b) The driver or operator of any motor vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any bicycle operator on a sidewalk. (Code 1975, § 29-118; G.O. 45, 2001, § 4; G.O. 118, 2009, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-314 Driving through processions.

Sec. 441-314. - Driving through processions. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive such vehicle between the vehicles comprising a funeral procession or other authorized civic, military, fraternal or public procession, while the vehicles comprising such procession are in motion, or otherwise to interfere therewith, whenever such vehicles are conspicuously designated or their character is apparent to such person. This section shall not apply at or in street intersections or elsewhere where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or by police officers, and vehicles can proceed without undue interference with any such procession, except that funeral processions shall have the right-of-way until past all such intersections. (Code 1975, § 29-119)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-315 Backing of vehicles restricted.

Sec. 441-315. - Backing of vehicles restricted. No driver or operator of any vehicle shall back such vehicle on any street, alley or highway without looking to avoid danger to others or to property, or when there is another vehicle approaching within fifty (50) feet from the rear of the vehicle about to be backed. (Code 1975, § 29-120)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-316 Driving over curb or sidewalk.

Sec. 441-316. - Driving over curb or sidewalk. The driver or operator of any vehicle shall not drive such vehicle across any curb or across or within any sidewalk or grassplot area, except at a permanent or temporary driveway and, in the latter instance, shall use due care not to break the curbing or cause other damage to property or injury to any person. (Code 1975, § 29-121)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-317 Hazardous driving.

Sec. 441-317. - Hazardous driving. (a) No driver of any motor vehicle shall drive or operate such vehicle in playing or engaging in the game, operation or maneuver commonly known as "boxcar" in concert with any other driver or drivers so as to surround or flank any other vehicle on two (2) or more sides, or willfully drive or back his motor vehicle onto or against any other vehicle, when both or all such vehicles have stopped, or stop suddenly and without excuse therefor in front of any other vehicle, thereby causing it to swerve or stop abruptly to avoid a collision, or actually causing a collision. (b) No driver of any motor vehicle in concert with, or pursuant to an express or tacit agreement with, the driver of any other motor vehicle shall drive or operate his vehicle abreast of or in a lane parallel to any other motor vehicle, while proceeding in the same direction, for the purpose of annoying, alarming or interfering with or forcing off of all or part of the roadway any other driver or drivers proceeding in the opposite direction upon any street or highway, or except as the exigencies of traffic may unavoidably require; provided, however, the prohibitions of this subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles of any armed forces of the United States, or of the National Guard, or to vehicles in any authorized procession, or to traffic police officers, any of which so proceed two (2) or more abreast in the regular course of their respective activities or missions. (Code 1975, § 29-122)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-318 Use of signaling devices.

Sec. 441-318. - Use of signaling devices. (a) The use of any horn or other sound warning device on any vehicle for any other purpose than as a warning of the approach of the vehicle while in traffic or as a danger signal to other traffic, vehicular or pedestrian, or as prescribed in this chapter or by statute and any unnecessary continuous sounding thereof is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful. (b) No siren, whistle, gong, bell, muffler cutout or excessively loud sound-producing device, including any of the foregoing used and permitted on authorized emergency vehicles, shall be used on any other vehicle or motorcycle, and the use thereof in the city on any unauthorized vehicle or motorcycle is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful. (Code 1975, § 29-123)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-319 Unreasonable quantity of smoke, noxious gases or vapor.

Sec. 441-319. - Unreasonable quantity of smoke, noxious gases or vapor. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, including buses and taxicabs, to operate such vehicle on any street or public place in the city when the vehicle is emitting from any source an unreasonable quantity of smoke, noxious gases or vapor, or when it is in a condition hazardous to other traffic, except while en route to a repair shop to remedy same and is being operated with due care. (Code 1975, § 29-124)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-320 Obstruction of streets.

Sec. 441-320. - Obstruction of streets. It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator of any railroad train or engine to direct the operation thereof while switching or in any other such manner so as to obstruct and prevent, for any time exceeding five (5) minutes, the free use of the parts of any street or roadway within the city which otherwise would be sufficient for purposes of travel thereon by other vehicles; provided, however, this section shall not apply to the operator of a train of cars who is either compelled to stop by causes beyond his control or when such vehicles consist of no more than thirty (30) cars and are both in motion and traveling upon their regular schedule and route. (G.O. 80, 1999, § 1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-320.1 Electric foot scooters.

Sec. 441-320.1. - Electric foot scooters. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an electric foot scooter on: (1) A sidewalk, (2) A greenway, or (3) Any pedestrian or multimodal path that is paved or unpaved in the city. (b) Multimodal path, for purposes of this chapter, shall not mean a path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. (G.O. 48, 2019, § 2)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIPUORSA_CH441TR_ARTIIIOPRE_DIV1GEFetched: 10/27/2026