(A) R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 31-12-12 and 31-20-6 authorize the Council to designate any highway as a through highway and to require that all vehicles stop before entry thereon or crossing thereof, and to designate any street intersection as a stop intersection and to require that no vehicles stop at one or more entrances to such intersection.
(B) Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or in the event there is no crosswalk shall stop at a clearly marked stop line but if none, then at a point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highway before entering the intersection except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
(R.I. Gen Laws § 31-20-9) ('73 Code, § 15-2) (Ord. passed 4-7-47) Penalty, see § 70.99