(A) The driver of a vehicle approaching a “yield” sign shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, yielding the right-of-way to all vehicles on the intersecting street or highway which have entered the intersection or which are so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(B) The driver having so yielded may then proceed and drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding. A driver who enters a yield intersection without stopping and has or causes a collision with a pedestrian at a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection shall prima facie be considered not to have yielded as required herein.
(1) The provisions of this section shall not release the drivers of other vehicles approaching the intersection at a distance as not to constitute immediate hazard from the duty to drive with due care to avoid a collision.
(2) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, if required for safety to stop, shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection before entering the intersection.
(3) If there is no crosswalk, the driver shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, or if there is not a stop line, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
(Prior Code, § 16-603)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-403