Section
71.01 Obstruction of traffic
71.02 Speed restrictions
71.03 Speed restriction on parking lots
71.04 Limitation on backing
71.05 Turning at channelized intersections
71.06 Emerging from alley or private driveway
71.07 Riding upon sidewalks
71.08 Driving through funeral processions
71.09 Riding outside vehicle prohibited
71.10 Interference with view and control of driver
Cross-reference:
Speed of vehicles in cemeteries, see § 92.07
Statutory reference:
Municipality's authority to exercise control over streets, see G.S. § 160A-296
It shall be unlawful for a driver to enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(1985 Code, § 71.01) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway or street at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
(B) It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle in excess of 20 mph in any business district.
(1985 Code, § 71.02) Penalty, see § 70.99
Cross-reference:
Speed restrictions, see Ch. 74, Sch. IV
Statutory reference:
Municipality's right to regulate speeds, see G.S. § 20-141
It shall be unlawful to drive a motor vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing upon the grounds and premises, including any driveway, road, roadway, street or alley upon any grounds and premises, of any public or private hospital, school, church, institution maintained and supported by the state, the town, or any of their subdivisions, service station, drive-in theater, supermarket, store, shopping center, restaurant or office building, or any other business or municipal establishment, providing parking space for customers, patrons or the public, within the town.
(1985 Code, § 71.03) Penalty, see § 70.99
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same into an intersection or over a crosswalk and shall not in any event or at any place back a vehicle unless the movement can be made in safety.
(1985 Code, § 71.04) Penalty, see § 70.99
Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. § 20-169, on a street at any intersection where traffic has been channelized by lines painted on the street, or direction of traffic is indicated by arrows painted on the street, drivers of vehicles shall observe the direction of every like painted sign, and in preparation for a turn before approaching the intersection shall, with proper regard for the safety of others using the street, move into the proper allocated lane at least 50 feet before reaching the intersection, and shall make no turn to either right or left unless within a lane in which the turn is permitted.
(1985 Code, § 71.05) Penalty, see § 70.99
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