Cross Reference — As to stop intersections see Sch. III;
as to through streets, see Sch. VI.
Whenever any ordinance of the City designates and describes
a through street it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his/her
designee to place and maintain a stop sign, or on the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation at any intersection a yield
sign, on each and every street intersecting such 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
(2) such through streets or at the intersection of a through street
and a heavy traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be
erected at the approaches of either of said streets as may be determined
by the Chief of Police or his/her designee upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic study.
The Chief of Police or his/her designee is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one (1) or more entrances to any such intersection in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required, or whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in Subsection (A) of Section 335.040, in which event he/she shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
A.
The
driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety
to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side
of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting
roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the
intersecting roadway.
B.
Except
when directed to proceed by a Police Officer or traffic control signal,
every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated
by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall
stop at a clearly marked stop line, but 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 the intersection.
Except when directed to proceed by a Police Officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop as required by Subsection (B) of Section 335.040, and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on said highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience
to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions
and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the
intersection; provided however, that if such a driver is involved
in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection, after driving past
a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima
facie evidence of his/her failure to yield right-of-way.
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district
emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle
immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the
right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision,
and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all
vehicles approaching on said roadway.
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/she is operating without
obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding
any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
A.
Whenever
any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing
under any of the circumstances stated in this Section, the driver
of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than
fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall
not proceed until he/she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements
shall apply when:
1.
A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning
of the immediate approach of a railroad train;
2.
A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues
to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train; or
3.
An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous
proximity to such crossing.
B.
No
person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing
gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier
is closed or is being opened or closed.
C.
No
person shall drive a vehicle through a railroad crossing when there
is not sufficient space to drive completely through the crossing.
D.
No
person shall drive a vehicle through a railroad crossing unless such
vehicle has sufficient undercarriage clearance necessary to prevent
the undercarriage of the vehicle from contacting the railroad crossing.
E.
Every
commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 302.700, RSMo., shall,
upon approaching a railroad grade crossing, be driven at a rate of
speed which will permit said commercial motor vehicle to be stopped
before reaching the nearest rail of such crossing and shall not be
driven upon or over such crossing until due caution has been taken
to ascertain that the course is clear. This Section does not apply
to vehicles which are required to stop at railroad crossings pursuant
to Section 304.030, RSMo.
Every motor vehicle transporting passengers, for hire, every
school bus, and every motor vehicle transporting high explosives,
or poisonous or compressed inflammable gases, and every motor vehicle
used for the transportation of inflammable or corrosive liquids in
bulk, whether loaded or empty, shall, upon approaching any railroad
grade crossing, other than a crossing that is specifically exempted
from the stopping requirement by order of the division of transportation
of the department of economic development, be brought to a full stop
within fifty feet, but not less than fifteen feet, from the nearest
rail of such railroad grade crossing, and shall not proceed until
due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear,
except that such full stop shall not be required at a streetcar crossing
within a business or residence district, nor at a railroad grade crossing
protected by a watchman or traffic officer on duty or by a traffic
control signal (not railroad flashing signal) giving positive indication
to approaching vehicles to proceed, nor when the division of transportation
has ordered the placement of an exempt sign at the crossing.