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Those streets and parts of streets described in Traffic Schedule XXIII are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose of this section. When yield right-of-way signs are placed, erected, or installed on streets, roads, or highways intersecting a through street at the entrance thereto, or at the entrance of any intersection, every driver of a motor vehicle shall, in obedience to the sign, slow down and yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in movement on the main-traveled or through street which is approaching so as to arrive at the intersection at approximately the same time as the vehicle entering the through street. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(‘58 Code, § 16-24.1) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
QUIET ZONES; PLAY STREETS
Whenever authorized signs are placed or installed indicating a zone of quiet, no person operating any vehicle within the zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of the vehicle, except in an emergency. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(‘58 Code, § 16-19) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
The City Council may declare any street or part thereof a play street and shall place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, barricades are placed, and the street is closed to all traffic; no person shall drive a vehicle on the street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within the closed area, and then any driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving on the street or portion thereof. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(‘58 Code, § 16-20) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“UNMUFFLED ENGINE COMPRESSION BRAKE.” A motor vehicle brake which is activated or worked by the compression of the engine of a motor vehicle, and which is not effectively muffled to prevent excessive noise.
(B) Prohibition.
(1) No person shall use an engine braking system within the corporate limits of the City of Albemarle which is in any way activated or operated by the compression of the engine of any such motor vehicle or any such unit or part thereof, except in cases of emergency or necessary for the protection of persons and/or property. Such braking is commonly referred to as compression braking or a “jake brake.”
(2) The City of Albemarle will identify the areas in which engine braking is prohibited and signs shall be conspicuously posted in such areas stating: “No engine braking” or its equivalent.
(C) Emergency vehicle exemption. All emergency vehicles are exempt from this order.
(Ord. 13-42, passed 10-7-13)
The City Council may declare any street or part thereof a play street and shall place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, barricades are placed, and the street is closed to all traffic; no person shall drive a vehicle on the street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within the closed area, and then any driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving on the street or portion thereof.
('58 Code, § 16-20) Penalty, see § 10.99
TURNING MOVEMENTS
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows.
(A) Right turns. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(B) Left turns on two-way roadways. At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of the center line where it enters the intersection. After entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered. All vehicles shall pass beyond the center of the intersection before attempting a left turn.
(C) Left turns on other than two-way roadways. At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at the intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in that direction on the roadway being entered.
(D) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(‘58 Code, § 16-29) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1- 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
When authorized markers, buttons, or other indicators are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of the indicators. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
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