When any roadway has been divided into lanes,
a driver of a vehicle shall so drive as to be entirely within a single
lane and shall not move from the lane in which he is operating or
driving, until he has first ascertained that such movement may be
safely made.
Upon all roadways, the driver of a vehicle shall
drive in the lane nearest the right side of the roadway, when the
said lane is available for travel, except when overtaking another
vehicle or when preparing for a left turn.
The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and
pass a vehicle, proceeding in the same direction, unless and until
there is sufficient 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.
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, upon suitable
and audible signal being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle;
and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle unless and until completely
passed by the overtaking vehicle.
No person shall drive in such a manner as unnecessarily
to obstruct the normal movement of the traffic upon any street or
highway. Police officers are hereby authorized to require the driver
who fails to comply with this section to drive to the side of the
roadway and to wait until such traffic, as has been delayed, has passed.
No driver shall enter an intersection of 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 which he is operating, without obstructing
the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any
traffic control signal indication to proceed.
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 the condition
of the street or the highway.
Upon roadways less than 27 feet in width, and
upon which vehicular traffic is permitted to move in both directions,
the driver of a slow moving vehicle, when driving outside the business
or residential district, shall not follow another slow moving vehicle
within 200 feet, but this shall not be construed to prevent slow-moving
vehicles from overtaking and passing other slow-moving vehicles. This
section shall not apply to funerals and to other lawful processions.
The driver of any vehicle, before starting,
stopping, turning from a direct line or backing, shall first see that
such movement can be made with safety. If such movement cannot be
made with safety, or if it interferes unduly with the normal movement
of other traffic, said driver shall wait for a more favorable opportunity
to make such movement. If the operation of another vehicle should
be affected by a stopping or by a turning movement, the driver of
such other vehicle shall be given a plainly visible signal. The driver
of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle around a corner, or into an
intersecting way or street or intersection; and shall not, in any
event, or in any place, back a vehicle, unless and until such backing
movement can be made with reasonable safety.
No operator shall back or turn a vehicle so as to proceed in a direction opposite to that in which said vehicle is headed or traveling, in the one-way laterals described in § 207-53.
The driver of a vehicle, emerging from an alley
or driveway or garage, shall stop such vehicle, immediately prior
to driving on to a sidewalk or on to the sidewalk area, extending
across the alley way or driveway.
Upon such roadways as are divided by a parkway,
grass plot, reservation or by any structure or area, drivers shall
keep to the right of such division, except when directed by a police
officer, signs, signals or markings.
No operator shall enter upon the road surface
of any street or highway or section thereof, when, by reason 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, signals have been erected and maintained to indicate that
all or part of the road surface is closed to travel, or that the highway
is not to be used, or when so advised by an officer, a watchman, member
of a street highway gang or crew or employee of the Town, either audibly
or by signs and signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon
any sidewalk, except with the express permission of an officer or
otherwise than at a temporary or permanent driveway.
Whenever any vehicle is stopped to permit a
pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of another vehicle, approaching
from the rear, shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle, notwithstanding
the provisions of any other section.
A funeral procession, composed partly or entirely
of a procession of vehicles, shall be identified as such by means
of black pennants, bearing a purple cross, or by other suitable insignia,
attached to the first and to the last vehicles of such procession.
It shall be the duty of each driver in a funeral
procession or other processions, to keep as near to the right edge
of the roadway, as is feasible and to follow the vehicle ahead as
closely as is practicable and safe so to do. At an intersection where
a stop sign is indicated, that is, located, the operator of the first
vehicle in a funeral procession or other procession shall be the only
one governed by the stop sign.
A.
No person shall operate a vehicle in such condition,
or so constructed or so loaded, as to be likely to cause delay in
traffic or accident or injury to man, beast or property.
B.
No person shall operate any vehicle loaded with material
extending more than four feet beyond the rear or front of such vehicle,
unless there is attached thereto a red flag of sufficient size, during
the hours of daylight, and a red light, during the hours of darkness,
both of which shall be plainly visible.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from a private
road, driveway or garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior
to driving upon the sidewalk area extending across such driveway or
garage, and where no such sidewalk exists, the stop shall be made
at the building or property line, as the case may be, and upon entering
the roadway shall yield the right of way to vehicles approaching on
the roadway.
[Added 12-10-1980]
All vehicles are prohibited from driving on
so-called Keith Cross Road from November 15 to April 15 in each year.
[Added 6-24-1981; amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
Vehicular traffic is restricted to vehicles
authorized by the Selectboard on the portion of Old Albany Road and
Boyden Lane in the Village of Old Deerfield.
