Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different colored lights or colored lighted arrows successively, one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red or yellow may be used, except for special pedestrian signals under § 70.100 of this chapter, and the lights indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
(A) Green indication.
(1) Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left, unless a sign at that place prohibits either turn.
(2) Vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent sidewalk at the time the signal is exhibited.
(3) Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow, or any other movement that is permitted by other indications shown at the same time.
(4) Vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
(5) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(B) Steady yellow indication.
(1) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated and that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
(2) Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown, and no pedestrian may start to cross the roadway at that time.
(C) Steady red indication.
(1) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown except as provided in division (C)(2).
(2) Except when a sign is in place prohibiting such a turn, vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal, after coming to a complete stop, may cautiously enter the intersection to make a right turn or, if turning from the left lane of a 1-way street into another 1-way street with the flow of traffic, a left turn after stopping as required by division (C)(1), but this vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic using the intersection.
(3) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal under § 70.100 of this chapter, pedestrians facing a steady circular red signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
(D) Nonintersection installations. The provisions of this section apply to traffic-control signals located at a place other than an intersection except those provisions which by their nature have no application. Any stop required under this division must be made at the signal except when the signal is supplemented by a sign or pavement marking indicating where the stop must be made.
(1979 Code, § 70.54) (Ord. 1477, passed 8-2-1950) Penalty, see § 70.999
Statutory reference:
Similar state law, see I.C. 9-21-1-2