Chapter 23 - Traffic
Division 2 - Through, One-Way And Yield Right-Of-Way Streets And Stop Intersections
SEC. 23.2-1 THROUGH STREETS. The streets and parts of streets of the Town designated by ordinance as through streets are hereby declared to be through streets. The driver of a vehicle shall stop at the entrance to a through street and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection or which are approaching so close on a through street as to constitute an immediate hazard unless directed otherwise by the traffic officer or a traffic-control signal.
SEC. 23.2-2 ONE-WAY STREETS OR ALLEYS. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle on any streets or alleys designated as one-way streets or alleys by ordinance in any direction other than that so designated.
SEC. 23.2-3 STOP STREETS. The driver of a vehicle shall stop in obedience to a stop sign at an intersection where a stop sign is erected pursuant to ordinance, at one or more entrances thereto and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to the vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so close as to constitute an immediate hazard, unless traffic at such intersection is controlled by a police officer on duty in which event the directions of the police officer shall be complied with.
SEC. 23.2-4 YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY STREETS. Any street designated by ordinance as a yield right-of-way street and so posted is hereby declared to be a yield right-of-way street.
The driver of a vehicle in obedience to a yield right-of-way sign shall reduce the speed of his vehicle and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersecting street, either from the right or left or which are approaching so closely on such intersection as to constitute a hazard; but said driver having so yielded may proceed at such time as a safe interval occurs.
If a driver is involved in a collision at an intersection or interferes with the movement of other vehicles after driving past a yield right-of-way sign, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield right-of-way.
SEC. 23.2-5 POSTING SIGNS. Appropriate signs shall be posted to show all through, stop and yield right-of-way streets; all one-way streets and alleys; and all stop intersections.
SEC. 23.2-6 CHIEF OF POLICE EMPOWERED TO MAKE REGULATIONS. The Chief of Police, by and with the approval of the Town Engineer, is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of the Town of Normal and make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulations shall remain in effect for more than 180 days.
The Town Engineer may test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic.
No provision of this section dealing with temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.