CHAPTER 12-2.
TRAFFIC CONTROL

12-2-1 Directing traffic

A.   The police department is hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand or signal.

B.   Officers of authorized fire departments, when at the scene of an emergency, may direct or assist the police department in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.

12-2-2 Traffic control devices

A.   The town shall place and maintain traffic control devices, signs and signals when and as required under the traffic regulations of the town to make effective the provisions of the regulations, and may place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the town or under state law or to guide or warn traffic.

B.   The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with the traffic regulations of the town unless otherwise directed by the chief of police or member of the police department, subject to the exceptions granted in this title or by state law.

12-2-3 Traffic preemptor devices

It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the town engineer to utilize, alter or interfere with any preemptor device to control an official traffic control device within the town limits.