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The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the foregoing limits shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed when approaching a crossing, or intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions; and speed shall be decreased as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance or on entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1850, passed 6-28-1965; Ord. 2376, passed 1-15-1973)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 2376 was passed as an emergency ordinance; therefore changes contained within were not permanent in nature.
In every charge of violation of this section, the complaint, also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, also the lawful speed applicable within the district or at the location.
(Ord. 2376, passed 1-15-1973)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 2376 was passed as an emergency ordinance; therefore changes contained within were not permanent in nature.
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any civil action from the burden of proving negligence upon the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1850, passed 6-28-1965; Ord. 2376, passed 1-15-1973)
Editor’s note:
Ord. 2376 was passed as an emergency ordinance; therefore changes contained within were not permanent in nature.
ARTICLE V. TURNING MOVEMENTS
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign, and when authorized marks, buttons or other indications 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 such indications.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Statutory reference:
Similar State law, see MCLA 257.650
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by this section, may make such left turn and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from said opposite directions shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn. Provided, that at an intersection at which a traffic signal is located, a driver intending to make a left turn shall permit vehicles bound straight through in the opposite direction which are awaiting a go signal to pass through the intersection before making the turn.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1703, passed 1-14-1963)
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