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49 Nlotor and Common Carriers 341.19 341.14 DRIVING WHILE ILL OR FATIGUED. No motor vehicle shall be driven by any driver while his ability or alertness is so impaired through fatigue, illness, or any other cause as to make it unsafe for him to drive or to continue to drive a motor vehicle, nor shall he be required or knowingly permitted to drive while in such condition, except in cases of grave emergency. (Ord. 892. Passed 5-15-51. ) 341.15 LOOSE CARGO OR PARTS. No motor vehicle shall be driven unless the driver thereof shall have satisfied himself that the tail board or tailgate, tarpaulins, chains (except ground or contact chains), ropes, stakes, poles and the like, or any part of the load, are securely fastened to prevent dang- ling, flapping, swinging or falling from side, end, or top of load or body and that all pro- jecting cargo is properly guarded by red flag or red lantern. (Ord. 892. Passed 5-15-51. ) 341.16 LOAD NOT TO INTERFERE. No motor vehicle shall be so loaded as to obscure the driver's view ahead, or to the right and left sides, or to interfere with the free movement of his arms or legs, or to prevent his free and ready access to the accessories required for emergencies. (Ord. 892. Passed 5-15-51. ) 341.17 PRECAUTIONS DURING FUELING PROCESS. (a) No motor vehicle shall be fueled or be permitted to be fueled with engine running, or in the presence of any open flame. Care shall be exercised to prevent the ignition of fuel by lighted cigars, cigarettes, pipes or other sources of ignition. (b) No reserve supply of fuel shall be carried on any motor vehicle except in a properly constructed and mounted main fuel tank, cylinder or auxiliary tank except that this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the usP of a properly constructed cargo tank for liquefied fuel gases as a proper source of fuel supply. (Ord. 892. Passed 5-15-51. ) 341.18 HITCHHIKERS AND PASSENGERS. No person, except the carrier, employees of the carrier, representatives of the shipper when their presence is necessary for the safe care of livestock, representatives of the Public Utilities Commission, or public officials in the proper performance of their w duties, shall be transported upon any motor vehicle transporting property. Each person permitted by this section to be transported upon such motor vehicle, except those engaged in the actual operation of the motor vehicle, shall have printed or written authority there- for from the carrier. Nothing contained in this rule shall be so construed as to prohibit the carrying of any person in the case of an accident, or in other extreme emergencies. (Ord. 892. Passed 5-15-51.) 341.19 ACCIDENTS. The driver of any motor vehicle involved in any accident resulting in death or personal injury shall forthwith stop at the scene of the accident and remain there until he shall have