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MORE THAN ONE MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION RESULTS FROM A SINGLE ACT OR OMISSION., THEN ONLY THE FIRST RADIO MICROWAVES IN THE ELECTRO -MAGNETIC SPECTRUM; WHICH MICROWAVES ARE EMPLOYED BY POLICE TO MEASURE THE SPEED OF MOTOR VEHICLES UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO USE ANY SUCH DEVICE OR MECHANISM UPON ANY SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY RECEIVER OF RADIO WAVES OF ANY FREQUENCY LAWFULLY LICENSED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY. ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL, UPON CONVICTION THEREOF5 BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN TEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. THE PRESENCE OF ANY SUCH PROHIBITED DEVICE OR MECHANISM IN OR UPON A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. THE CITY NEED NOT PROVE THAT THE DEVICE IN QUESTION WAS IN AN OPERATIVE CONDITION OR BEING OPERATED. • THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY THE CITY OR BY THE COMMONWEALTH OR BY SUCH CONVICTION SHALL CONSTITUTE AN OFFENSE. • IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTY HEREINABOVE SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION', IF ANY PERSON SHALL BE CONVICTED OF A FOURTH OFFENSE AS HEREIN PROVIDED., THE COURT IN WHICH SUCH CONVICTION IS HAD SHALL THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. REVOKE THE OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE OF SUCH PERSON FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. SECTION 31. CHAPTER 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING TO ARTICLE III THEREOF THE FOLLOWING 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING TO SECTION NUMBERED 18-32.1: SECTION 18-32.1. ANY PERSON WHO HAVING RECEIVED A VISIBLE OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL FROM ANY POLICE 18-104.1: OFFICER TO BRING HIS MOTOR VEHICLE TO A STOP, SHALL OPERATE SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IN A WILLFUL OR WANTON DISREGARD OF SUCH SIGNAL SHALL AS TO INTERFERE WITH OR ENDANGER THE OPERATION OF THE POLICE SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON VEHICLE OR ENDANGER OTHER PROPERTY OR PERSON, OR WHO SHALL INCREASE HIS SPEED AND ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE OR LOSE SUCH POLICE OFFICER SHALL BE GUILTY OF RECKLESS DRIVING ANDY UPON CONVICTION THEREOF, SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN SIXTY DAYS NOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND • IMPRISONMENT. WHEN ANY PERSON SHALL BE CONVICTED OF RECKLESS DRIVING UNDER THIS SECTIONS THEN IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES PROVIDED HEREIN., THE OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE OF SUCH PERSON MAY BE SUSPENDED BY THE COURT OR JUDGE FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR. IN THE CASE OF CONVICTION AND SUSPENSIONS THE COURT OR JUDGE SHALL ORDER THE SURRENDER OF THE LICENSE TO THE COURT, OR IT SHALL BE DISPOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 46.1-425 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. SECTION 32. CHAPTER 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION NUMBERED 18-37.1 TO a: READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 18-37.1. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY WHEN SUCH VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ANY DEVICE OR MECHANISM TO DETECT THE EMISSION OF RADIO MICROWAVES IN THE ELECTRO -MAGNETIC SPECTRUM; WHICH MICROWAVES ARE EMPLOYED BY POLICE TO MEASURE THE SPEED OF MOTOR VEHICLES UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO USE ANY SUCH DEVICE OR MECHANISM UPON ANY SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY RECEIVER OF RADIO WAVES OF ANY FREQUENCY LAWFULLY LICENSED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY. ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL, UPON CONVICTION THEREOF5 BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN TEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT. THE PRESENCE OF ANY SUCH PROHIBITED DEVICE OR MECHANISM IN OR UPON A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. THE CITY NEED NOT PROVE THAT THE DEVICE IN QUESTION WAS IN AN OPERATIVE CONDITION OR BEING OPERATED. • THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY THE CITY OR BY THE COMMONWEALTH OR BY IN THIS CITY WITH ANY OBJECT OTHER THAN REAR VIEW MIRRORS SUNVISOR OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS SUSPENDED FROM ANY PART OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLEY IN SUCH MANNER AS TO OBSTRUCT THE DRIVER'S CLEAR VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, THE FRONT SIDE WINDOWS OR THE REAR WINDOW. SECTION 34. CHAPTER 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING TO ARTICLE V, DIVISION 1, THEREOF THE FOLLOWING SECTION NUMBERED 18-115.1: • SECTION 18-115.1. (A) NO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE, DESIGNED AND LICENSED PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY AND MANUFACTURED FOR THE YEAR 1963 OR FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS, SHALL BE OPERATED ON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY UNLESS THE FRONT SEATS THEREOF ARE EQUIPPED WITH ADULT SAFETY BELTS OR SAFETY HARNESSES OF A TYPE APPROVED BY ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF AND WHICH ARE USED BY THE POLICE OF ANY SUCH GOVERNMENT NOR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. SECTION 33. CHAPTER 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING TO DIVISION 1, ARTICLE V, THEREOF THE FOLLOWING SECTION NUMBERED 18-104.1: SECTION 18-104.1. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A STREET IN THIS CITY WITH ANY OBJECT OTHER THAN REAR VIEW MIRRORS SUNVISOR OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS SUSPENDED FROM ANY PART OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLEY IN SUCH MANNER AS TO OBSTRUCT THE DRIVER'S CLEAR VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, THE FRONT SIDE WINDOWS OR THE REAR WINDOW. SECTION 34. CHAPTER 18 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING TO ARTICLE V, DIVISION 1, THEREOF THE FOLLOWING SECTION NUMBERED 18-115.1: • SECTION 18-115.1. (A) NO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE, DESIGNED AND LICENSED PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY AND MANUFACTURED FOR THE YEAR 1963 OR FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS, SHALL BE OPERATED ON THE STREETS OF THIS CITY UNLESS THE FRONT SEATS THEREOF ARE EQUIPPED WITH ADULT SAFETY BELTS OR SAFETY HARNESSES OF A TYPE APPROVED BY