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 safety 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 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.
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 a bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or any toy
vehicle to cling to, or attach himself or his vehicle to any moving
vehicle or streetcar upon any roadway.
A.
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 such movement cannot be made in 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.
B.
If the operation of another vehicle should be affected
by a stopping or turning movement, the driver of such other vehicle
shall be given a plainly visible signal, as required by statute law.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or a garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to
driving on to a sidewalk or on to the sidewalk area extending across
alleyway or driveway.
A.
For isolated stop signs. In accordance with the provisions
of MGL c. 89, § 9, the following streets are designated
as stop streets at the intersections and in the direction indicated.
In accordance with the foregoing, the streets listed in Schedule VI
of this chapter are hereby declared to constitute isolated stop streets
or flashing red signal intersections, as the case may be, and said
Schedule VI is hereby specifically incorporated in this section.[1]
B.
Yield intersections. In accordance with the provisions
of MGL c. 89, § 9, the following streets are designated
as yield streets at the intersections and in the direction indicated.
In accordance with the foregoing, the streets listed in Schedule VII
of this chapter are hereby declared to constitute yield intersections,
as the case may be, and said Schedule VII is hereby specifically incorporated
in this section.[2]
Upon such roadways 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 a 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 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 employees of the Town, either audibly or by signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon
any sidewalk except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
It shall be unlawful for any reason 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.
The use and operation of heavy commercial vehicles
having a carrying capacity of more than 2 1/2 tons, are hereby
restricted on the following named streets or parts thereof, and in
the manner outlined and during the period of time set forth.[1]
B.
Exemptions. Subsection A of 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.
