SPECIAL STOPS
Stop signs shall be erected at entrances to through streets and at one or more entrances to stop intersections. Every driver of a vehicle shall stop at such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering an intersection, except when directed to proceed by a peace officer or traffic-control signal.
The driver of a vehicle emerging from a private roadway, alley, driveway, or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk area and thereafter the driver shall proceed into the sidewalk area only when the driver can do so without danger to pedestrian traffic and the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicular traffic on the street into which the driver's vehicle is entering.
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road or driveway shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving on said highway and shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on said highway.
('91 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.353]
When stop signs are erected at grade crossings of railroads, the driver of any vehicle shall stop in accordance with Section 259 within fifty feet but not less than ten feet from the nearest track of such grade crossing and shall proceed only upon exercising due care. Grade crossings where stops are required are listed in Section 547 of this ordinance. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.342]
Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing and warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the immediate approach of a train, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than ten feet from the nearest track of such railroad and shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely. The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain standing and not traverse such a grade crossing when a crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a train. ('91 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.341]
The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, a school bus, or a vehicle carrying hazardous material and required to stop before crossing a railroad track by motor carrier safety rules adopted by the State of Iowa, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, shall stop the vehicle within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail. While stopped, the driver shall listen and look in both directions for an approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely.
No stop need be made at any such crossing where a police officer or traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed. No stop need be made at a crossing designated by an "exempt" sign. An "exempt" sign shall be posted only where the tracks have been partially removed on either side of the roadway.
This section shall not apply at street railway grade crossings within a business or residence district.
('91 Rev.; '95 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.343]
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