(A) Authority to designate and erect signs. The Board of Trustees may determine and designate intersections where special hazards exist and to erect "yield right-of way" signs on one or more approaches thereto.
(B) Nature and location of signs. Every such "yield right-of-way" sign shall bear the word "yield" in letters not less than six inches in height and such sign shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by internal illumination or by a floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements in the face of the sign. Every such sign shall be erected as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the nearest side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, then as near as practicable to the nearest line of the intersection roadway.
(C) Obedience to signs. When "yield" signs are erected as provided in this section, at or near the entrance of an intersection, every driver of a vehicle approaching such sign shall slow down to a speed reasonable for existing conditions, or shall stop if necessary before entering the intersecting street, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, and shall yield the right-of way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway on which he is driving and to any vehicle in the intersection or which is approaching on another street so closely as to constitute an immediato hazard.
(D) Collision deemed evidence of failure to yield. If such driver is involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a "yield" sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure to yield right-of-way.
(Ord. 534, passed 9-16-87)