A.
The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass
a vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless there is sufficient
clear space ahead on the right side of the roadway to permit the overtaking
to be completed without impeding the safe operation of any vehicle
ahead.
B.
The driver of a vehicle, when about to be overtaken
and passed by another vehicle approaching from the rear, shall give
way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on suitable and
audible signal being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle,
and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed
by the overtaking vehicle.
A.
No person shall drive in such a manner as to obstruct
unnecessarily the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway.
Officers are hereby authorized to require any driver who fails to
comply with this section to drive to the side of the roadway and wait
until such traffic as has been delayed has passed.
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 and on the right half of the roadway to
accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage
of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control
signal indication to proceed.
C.
No person shall in any way obstruct the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway. This section shall be enforceable pursuant to MGL c. 272, § 59, and each violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of $50 for each offense.
[Added 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09]
D.
The following streets shall be marked with boxes painted
in white and a "Do not block the box" sign indicating the area of
the marked street that shall remain open to traffic entering from
the intersecting street. Any person who violates this section shall
be fined $100.
[Added 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-51]
|
Street To Be Open
|
Side
|
At Intersection of
|
|---|---|---|
|
Front Street
[Added 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 05-178; amended 10-20-2015 by Ord. No.
15-59] |
South
|
Wheatland Avenue
|
|
Granby Road
[Added 5-15-2007 by Ord. No. 07-41] |
North
|
Entrance to 7-Eleven (opposite 1195 Granby Road)
|
|
Meadow Street
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord.
No. 14-8] |
—
|
In front of 5 Meadow Street parking lot
|
|
Montgomery Street
[Added 9-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-50] |
—
|
Northbound lane in front of 508 Montgomery Street beginning
at a point at the southern curb cut that forms the existing driveway
opening on the east side of the road and ending at a point approximately
18 feet in a northerly direction from that point.
|
|
Montgomery Street
[Added 2-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-11] |
East
|
Entrance to Big Y/BJ's plaza
|
|
Montgomery Street
[Added 2-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-10] |
East
|
Entrance to Sunoco gas station
|
|
Montgomery
|
West
|
Entrance to CVS pharmacy
|
|
Montgomery
[Added 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 04-61] |
South
|
Entrance to Wells Avenue
|
|
New Ludlow Road
[Added 10-18-2022 by Ord. No. 22-39] |
Dollar General shopping center
| |
|
Pendleton Avenue
[Added 1-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-2] |
—
|
In front of Cumberland Farms driveway
|
|
St. James Avenue
[Added 9-6-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-52] |
—
|
At the intersection of Beauchamp Terrace and St. James Avenue
|
|
St. James Avenue
[Added 10-6-2020 by Ord. No. 20-21] |
–
|
At St. James Avenue and Beauchamp Terrace
|
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another
vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard
to the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of
the street or highway.
It shall be unlawful for any person traveling
upon any bicycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or any toy vehicle
to cling to or attach himself or such conveyance to any other moving
vehicle upon any roadway.
The driver of any vehicle, before starting,
stopping, turning from a direct line or backing, shall first see that
such movement can be made in safety. If the operation of another vehicle
should be affected by a stopping or turning movement, the driver of
such vehicle shall be given a plainly visible signal, as required
by statute law.
[Added 2-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-2; amended 6-21-2016 by Ord. No. 16-40; 8-2-2022 by Ord. No. 22-16]
The use of engine brakes shall be prohibited along the entire
length of Westover Road, McKinstry Avenue, Grattan Street, and Carew
Street except for emergency. Any violation of this section shall be
punishable by a fine of $300, enforced by the Police Department.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving
onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway
or driveway.
Colors and arrow indications in traffic control signals shall have the commands ascribed to them in this section and no other meanings, and every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance shall comply therewith, except when otherwise directed by an officer or by a lawful traffic regulating sign, other than a stop sign, signal or device, or except as provided in § 260-51B of this chapter. In no case shall a driver enter or proceed through an intersection without due regard to the safety of other persons within the intersection, regardless of what indications may be given by traffic control signals.
A.
Flashing green. A flashing green lens shall indicate
an intersection or pedestrian crosswalk in use or subject to use by
entering or crossing traffic. Drivers may proceed only with caution
and shall be prepared to comply with a change in the signal to a red
or red and yellow indication.
B.
Flashing red. When a red lens is illuminated in a traffic control signal by rapid intermittent flashes, and its use has been specifically authorized by the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, drivers shall stop before entering the nearer line or crosswalk of the street intersection, or at a stop line when marked, and the right to proceed shall then be governed by provisions of MGL c. 89, § 8.
C.
Green. While the green lens is illuminated, drivers
facing the signal may proceed through the intersection, but shall
yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and vehicles lawfully within
a crosswalk or the intersection at the time such signal was exhibited.
Drivers of vehicles making a right or left turn shall yield the right-of-way
to pedestrians crossing with the flow of traffic.
D.
Flashing yellow. A flashing yellow lens shall indicate
the presence of a hazard, and drivers may proceed only with caution.
E.
Red.
(1)
Traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown, except as allowed by MGL c. 89, § 8.
F.
Red and yellow. While the red and yellow lenses are
illuminated together, drivers shall not enter the intersection, and
during such time the intersection shall be reserved for the exclusive
use of pedestrians.
G.
Right, left and vertical green arrows. When a right
green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal may turn right.
When a left green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal
may turn left. When a vertical green arrow is illuminated, drivers
facing said signal may go straight ahead. When a green arrow is exhibited
together with a red or a yellow lens, drivers may enter the intersection
to make the movement permitted by the arrow, but shall yield the right-of-way
to vehicles and pedestrians proceeding from another direction on a
green indication.
H.
Yellow. While the yellow lens is illuminated, waiting
drivers shall not proceed, and any driver approaching the intersection
or a marked stop line shall stop at such point unless so close to
the intersection that a stop cannot be made in safety; provided, however,
that if a green arrow is illuminated at the same time, drivers may
enter the intersection to make the movement permitted by such arrow.
A.
Every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance
approaching an intersection of ways where there exists facing him
an official sign bearing the word "stop" and authorized by this section,
said sign having apart from this regulation the written approval of
the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and
such approval being in effect, shall, before proceeding through the
intersection, bring such vehicle, railway car or other conveyance
to a complete stop at such point as may be clearly marked by a sign
or line or, if a point is not so marked, then at a place between said
stop sign and the nearer line of the street intersection. In the case
of a line of two or more vehicles approaching such stop sign, the
drivers of the second and third vehicles in line in any group shall
not be required to stop more than once before proceeding through the
intersection.
Upon such roadway as are divided by a parkway,
grass plot, reservation, viaduct, subway or by any structure or area,
drivers shall keep to the right of such a division except when otherwise
directed by an officer, signs, signals or markings.
At any junction or crossing of ways where the
roadway grades have been separated and where the ways are connected
by ramps and at any intersection of ways in which there are traffic
islands, drivers of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official
signs, signals or markings.
No operator shall enter upon the road surface
of any street or highway or section thereof when, by reasons of construction,
surface treatment, maintenance or the like or because of some unprotected
hazard, such road surface is closed to travel and one or more signs,
lights or signals have been erected to indicate that all or part of
the road surface of the street or highway is not to be used or when
so advised by an officer, watchman, member of a street or highway
crew or employee of the City, either audibly or by signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon
any sidewalk except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
No operator shall back or turn a vehicle so as to proceed in the direction opposite to that in which said vehicle is headed or traveling on the streets listed in § 260-76.
A.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle,
except on signal from a police officer, to drive the same over or
through a safety zone.
B.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle entering
Westover Industrial Air Park West, except on a signal from a security
police, guard or watchman, to drive the same through a safety zone
or controlled area. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $20 for each offense.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride
on any portion of a vehicle not designated or intended for the use
of passengers when the vehicle is in motion. This provision shall
not apply to any employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a
duty or within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
A.
Commercial motor vehicles having a carrying capacity of more than two tons are excluded from the streets listed in § 260-79, except when said commercial motor vehicles are delivering goods to or taking goods from points on these said streets.
B.
This section shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles
going to or coming from places upon said streets for the purpose of
making deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise to or similar
collections from abutting land or buildings or adjoining streets or
ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained; or to vehicles used
in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of said
streets or public utilities therein; or to federal, state, municipal
or public service corporation owned vehicles.
