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Whenever traffic is regulated or controlled exclusively by a traffic-control sign or signs exhibiting the words “Go,” “Caution,” or “Stop,” or exhibiting different colored lights for purposes of traffic control, the following colors only shall be used, and these terms and lights shall indicate and be obeyed as follows.
(A) Green alone or “Go.” Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at that place prohibits either turn. However, vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection at the time the signal is exhibited.
(B) Steady yellow alone or “Caution” when shown following the green or “Go” signal. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal may enter and clear the intersection.
(C) Red alone, double red, or “Stop.” Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at another point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall remain standing until green or “Go” is shown alone.
(D) Flashing red alone. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at another point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line, and shall not again proceed until it can do so without danger.
(E) Flashing amber alone. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall reduce its speed and proceed cautiously across the intersection controlled by the signal.
(F) “Yield Right-of-Way.” Vehicular traffic facing the “Yield Right-of-Way” sign shall bear the primary responsibility of safely entering the primary intersecting or merging right-of-way. All traffic facing the sign shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles and pedestrians within the primary intersecting or merging right-of-way. No vehicle facing a “Yield Right-of-Way” sign shall enter the merging or intersecting right-of- way at a speed in excess of 15 mph, except that this speed limit shall not apply to vehicles entering an expressway.
(G) Lane lights. When lane lights are installed over any street for the purpose of controlling the direction of flow of traffic, vehicular traffic shall move only in traffic lanes over which green arrows appear. However, when flashing amber lights appear above a lane, all left turns shall be made from that lane. Where red arrows appear above the lanes, vehicles shall not move against them. If flashing amber lights show above a lane, that lane shall be used only for passing and for left turns unless a sign at that place prohibits the turn.
Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Traffic-control signals, see KRS 189.338
The city shall establish and maintain all official traffic-control devices necessary within the city. All traffic-control devices, including signs, shall be employed to indicate one particular warning or regulation, shall be uniform, and, as far as possible, shall be placed uniformly. All traffic-control devices and signs shall conform to required state specifications.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the signal of any official traffic- control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this traffic code, or of a traffic barrier or sign erected by any of the public departments or public utilities of the city, or any electric signal, gate, or watchman at railroad crossings, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. However, the type and the right to or necessity for the barrier or sign must be approved by the city.
(B) The sign, signal, marking, or barrier shall have the same authority as the personal direction of a police officer.
Penalty, see § 70.99
No person shall, without authority, attempt to, or in fact, alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any part thereof.
Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, maintain, or display on or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be, is an imitation of, or resembles, an official traffic device or railroad sign or signal which attempts or purports to direct the movement of traffic, or which conceals, hides from view, or interferes with the effectiveness of any official control device or any railroad sign or signal. No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit on any street, any traffic sign or signal or any commercial advertising. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting any public department or public utility of the city in any emergency or temporarily from marking or erecting any traffic barrier or sign whose placing has been approved by the city.
(B) Every prohibited sign, signal, or marking is declared to be a public nuisance, and the city is empowered forthwith to remove it or cause it to be removed.
Penalty, see § 70.99
No provision of this traffic code for which signs or any other traffic-control device is required shall be enforceable against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, the required device was not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
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