It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the instructions of any automatic traffic signal placed in service by authority of the Town Council, except on direction of a police officer.
(A) “Green” indications shall have the following meanings.
(1) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a circular green may proceed straight through or turn right or left except as such movement is modified by lane use signs, turn prohibition signs, land markings or roadway design. But, vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles, and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk, at the time such signal indication is exhibited.
(2) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a green arrow, shown alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
(3) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal, pedestrians facing any green indication, except when the sole green indication is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(B) “Steady yellow” indications shall have the following meanings.
(1) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow 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. The driver must be through the intersection or have completed a turn and be through the intersection to the right or left before the yellow signal ends and the red signal begins.
(2) Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
(C) “Steady red” indications shall have the following meanings.
(1) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain stopped until an indication to proceed is shown except as provided in division (C)(3) below.
(2) Vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another signal, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain stopped until an indication permitting the movement indicated by such red arrow is shown except as provided in division (C)(3) below.
(3) Except when the sign is in place prohibiting a turn, vehicular traffic facing any steady red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to turn right after stopping as required by divisions (C)(1) and (C)(2) above. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
(4) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian’s signal, pedestrians facing a steady circular red or red arrow signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
(Ord. 43-2005, passed 7-25-2005) Penalty, see § 70.99