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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)
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do as follows:
(a) 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) Approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the centerline of the roadway being entered.
(c) Approach to a left turn from a two-way street into a one-way street shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof and by passing to the right of such centerline where it enters the intersection.
(d) A left turn from a one-way street into a two- way street shall be made by passing to the right of the centerline of the street being entered upon leaving the intersection.
(e) Where both streets or roadways are one- way, both the approach for a left turn and a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1065, passed 3-24-1953)
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street listed in this section, and shall not upon any other street so turn a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic; provided, further a driver shall not turn any vehicle around at any street intersection.
(b) No person shall reverse the direction of travel of any vehicle on any street within the area bounded by Fifth Street on the south, Third Avenue on the north, Harrison Street and Payne Street on the east, and Beach and Garland Street on the west.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
ARTICLE VI. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
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