(A) (1) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right except as otherwise provided herein.
(2) The driver of any vehicle traveling at an unlawful speed shall forfeit any right-of-way which he or she might otherwise have hereunder.
(B) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a public highway from an alley, building, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such public highway.
(C) (1) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right-of-way to Police and Fire Department vehicles when the latter are operated upon official business, and ambulances, and the drivers thereof sound audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle.
(2) The provision of this section shall not operate to relieve the driver of a Police or Fire Department vehicle or ambulance from the duty to drive with due regard to the safety of all persons using the highway nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequence of an arbitrary exercise of such right-of-way.
(D) (1) Highway and street maintainers in the performance of their duties of maintaining the streets shall have preference or right-of-way and shall be permitted to drive upon the left hand side of the traveled portion of the highway for the purpose of dumping materials, or repairing the streets and also for smoothing the road surface.
(2) A highway maintainer shall not indiscriminatorily block traffic but shall allow reasonable room on the traveled portion of the highway for other vehicles to pass; such highway maintainers shall not, however, be required to turn to the right when meeting other vehicles or allowing them to pass when his or her work requires him or her to remain on the other side of the traveled portion of the street; such maintainer, however, shall be subject to the other rules of this chapter except when the performance of their maintenance work requires them to do otherwise.
(Prior Code, § 7.01.23) (Ord. 500, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 70.99