(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle across public or private property marked with signs "No Through Traffic" or words of similar import for the purpose of passing from one roadway to another.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle across public or private property for the purpose of avoiding compliance with a traffic control device.
(c) It shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section for the operator of a motor vehicle to cross public or private property as provided herein without using the service of such property, stopping the engine or both.