[Amended 10-4-1999]
The Selectmen are hereby authorized and, as
to those signs and signals required hereunder, it shall be their duty
to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained all official
traffic signs and signals. All signs required hereunder for a particular
purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location
throughout the town.
No provision of these rules and orders for which
signs are required shall be enforceable against an alleged violator
if at the time and place of the alleged violation the sign herein
required is not in the proper position and sufficiently legible to
be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section
does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective
without signs being erected to give notice thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any operator to disobey
the instructions of any official traffic sign or signal placed in
accordance with the provisions of these rules and orders, unless otherwise
directed by a police officer.
A flashing yellow light with a sign attached
to read "School Buses Entering Ahead" shall be installed in the vicinity
of the following school locations:
A.
Graniteville Road (near) High School entrance (200
Richardson Road).
B.
North Road near the McCarthy School (250 North Road).
C.
Boston Road near the South Row School (250 Boston
Road).
D.
Graniteville Road near the Parker School (75 Graniteville
Road).
E.
Richardson Road near the Harrington School and entrance
to High School (120 Richardson Road).
F.
Billerica Road near the Center School (84 Billerica
Road).
G.
Dalton Road near the Westlands School (170 Dalton
Road).
H.
Brick Kiln Road, the location of the Murdoch Charter
School.
[Added 12-2-2002]
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[NOTE: See Article 47, ATM 1973]
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A.
Colors in traffic control signals shall have the commands
ascribed to them in this section and no other meanings, and no driver
of a vehicle or operator of a railway car shall fail to comply with
said commands, except when otherwise directed by a police officer
or lawful traffic regulating sign, signal device.
(1)
Red. While the red lens is illuminated, no driver
of a vehicle facing the signal shall enter the intersection; provided,
however, that if a right, left or vertical green arrow is illuminated
at the same time, a driver may enter the intersection to make the
movement permitted by the green arrow or arrows.
(2)
Yellow. While the yellow lens is illuminated no waiting
driver of any vehicle shall proceed until the green lens is illuminated,
and any driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection who can stop
said vehicle with safety before reaching the intersection or a marked
stop line shall stop at such point; provided, however, that if a right,
left or vertical green arrow is illuminated at the same time a driver
may enter the intersection to make the movement permitted by the green
arrow or arrows.
(3)
Green.
(a)
While the green lens is illuminated, the driver
of a vehicle facing the signal may proceed in any direction, notwithstanding
the use or not of any special right, left or vertical green arrow
lens which may be incorporated in such signal.
(b)
Special green arrow. When a special right, left
or vertical (meaning straight ahead) green arrow lens is incorporated
in a signal, drivers facing said signal may, regardless of either
red or yellow indications, turn right or left or go straight ahead,
respectively, in accordance with the movement permitted by the green
arrow or arrows illuminated at the time. In no case shall a driver
proceed without due regard for the safety of those persons already
within the intersection.
(4)
Red and yellow. While the red and yellow lenses are
illuminated together no driver of a vehicle shall enter the intersection,
and during such time the intersection shall be reserved for the exclusive
use of pedestrians.
(5)
Flashing red. The red lens, when illuminated with
rapid intermittent flashes, shall indicate those intersections at
which a driver is required by law to stop before entering.
(6)
Flashing yellow. The yellow lens, when illuminated
with rapid intermittent flashes, shall indicate the presence of a
hazard and shall permit drivers to proceed only with caution.
B.
The word "intersection" as used in this section shall
mean any intersection of one or more ways with another and any intersection
of ways with a railroad.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place
or maintain or to display upon or in view of any street any unofficial
sign, signal or device which purports to be or is an imitation of
or resembles an official traffic sign or signals or which attempts
to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view any official
traffic sign or signals. Every such prohibited sign, signal or device
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the Selectmen are
hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without
notice.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
deface, injure, move or obstruct or interfere with any official traffic
sign or signal.
The Selectmen are hereby authorized to establish
and to designate and shall thereafter maintain or cause to be maintained,
by appropriate devices or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks
at intersections where, in their opinion, there is particular danger
to pedestrians crossing the roadway and at such other places as they
may deem necessary.
A.
The Selectmen are hereby empowered to establish safety
zones of such kind and character at such places as they may deem necessary
for the protection of pedestrians.
B.
The Selectmen are authorized to mark lanes for traffic
on street pavements at such places as they may deem advisable consistent
with the provisions of these rules and orders.
