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THROUGH STREETS, STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS
Sections:
10.09.010 Through streets designated and entrances thereto
controlled.
10.09.020 Entering stop or yield intersection.
10.09.010 Through streets designated and entrances thereto
controlled.
A. Those streets and parts of streets so designated by state law and described
in traffic control schedules or official Lakewood street maps are declared to
be through streets.
B. Whenever a through street is designated and described as provided in this
title, it shall be the duty of the Traffic Engineer and other officials vested
with responsibility for traffic control to place and maintain a stop sign or
yield sign on each and every street intersecting through street unless traffic
at any such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic-control signals;
provided, however, that at the intersection of two such through streets or at
the intersection of a through street and a heavily traveled street not so designated,
stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of said streets as determined
upon the basis of a traffic investigation. (Ord. O-94-34 § 2, 1994; Ord.
O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.09.020 Entering stop or yield intersection.
A. The driver of a vehicle which is required by subsections (B) and (C) of this
section to stop in obedience to a stop sign or to yield or to stop in compliance
with a yield sign shall proceed cautiously yielding to vehicles not so obligated
to stop or yield and which are within the intersection or approaching so closely
as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across
or within the intersection; provided, that if such driver is involved in a collision
with a vehicle in the intersection, after driving past a yield sign, such collision
shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure to yield right-of-way.
B. Except when directed to proceed by a law enforcement officer, every driver
of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line,
but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver
has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering
it.
C. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign in obedience to such sign,
shall slow to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required
for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before
entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then
at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of
approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it.
D. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-77-86 § 4, 1977; Ord. O-75-96 § 4, 1975; Ord. O-74-44
§ 1 (part), 1974).
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