Ordinance 3211 - Laserfiche WebLink

• Section 86: UNLAWFUL TO PASS ON HILLS, CURVES Oh WHEN VIEW OBSTRUCTED. It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to pass any overtaken moving vehicle or animal near the crest of a hill or on a curve at any point unless such operator has while so passing an uninterrupted view of the roadway ahead of not less than two hundred (200) yards. Section 87: TRAFFIC LAN. S. (1) The roadway of each street and public way includ- ing the roadway at each street intersection shall be considered as divided into traffic lanes with two or more lanes on each side of the center of the roadway. the lane next to the curb or right-hand side of the roadway shall be the outside traffic lane; the lane next to the center of the highway, the inside traffic lane; and those lying between, the center traffic lanes. (2) Whenever a roadway has been divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith, shall apply: (a) Every vehicle_ shall be operated as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the operator thereof has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety; (b) The Chief of Police may erect official signs directing slow moving or any particular class of traffic to be operated in a designated lane or allocating specific -lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and it shall be unlawful for any person oper- ating a vehicle upon the public highways of the city of Everett to disobey the directions of any sign or signs; (c) At street intersections vehicles making a right turn shall use the outside traffic lane keeping as near as practicable to the right-hand curb; vehicles making a left turn shall use the inside traffic lane ; and vehicles continuing across the intersection shall use any one of the two or more traffic lanes, keeping to the right or left, as the case may be, to facilitate traffic across the intersection; (d) In passing from one traffic lane to another, drivers shall give the proper right or left turn signal, as the case may be. Section 88: TURNING, STARTING AND STOPPING SIGNALS. It shall be the duty of every person operating a vehicle upon any public highway and intending to turn from a standstill or parked position, or while in motion intending to turn or stop, to give a timely signal from the left-hand side of such vehicle indicating the direction in which he intends to turn or that he intends to stop, as '. follows: If he intends to turn to the l ft he shall extend his arm in a horizontal position from the left side of such vehicle con- tinuously for a reasonable length of time; if he intends to turn to the right he shall extend his arm from the left sicxe of the vehicle with his forearm raised vertically continuously for a reasonable length of time; if he intends to stop he shall extend his arm from the left side of such vehicle with his forearm lowered vertically continuously for a reasonable length of time. For the purpose of this section, a reasonable length of time shall be that time required` to traverse a distance in feet equal to five times the maximum speed in miles per hour allowed by law during the approach to the point of turning or stopping. -30-