The Board of Trustees of the Village of Valley
Stream is hereby authorized and empowered to place and maintain or
cause to be placed and maintained all official traffic signs and signals.
All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose
shall be, so far as practicable, uniform as to type and location throughout
the Village.
No provision of this article for which signs
are required shall be enforceable against an alleged violation if
at the time and place of the alleged violation the sign hereunder
required is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be
seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section
does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective
without signs being erected to give notice thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any operator or person
to fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any lawful instruction,
directions or regulations displayed upon post, standard sign or device
installed or placed for the regulations, directions or instruction
of traffic in any public street.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control
signals exhibiting the words "Go," "Caution" or "Stop" or exhibiting
different colored lights successively one at a time, the following
colors only shall be used, and said terms and lights shall indicate
as follows:
A.
Green alone, or "Go":
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight
through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits
either such turn, but vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way
to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection
at the time such signal is exhibited.
(2)
Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the
roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
B.
Amber alone, or "Caution," when shown following the
green or "Go" signal:
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before
entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection, but if such stop
cannot be made in safety, a vehicle may be driven cautiously through
the intersection.
(2)
Pedestrians facing such signal are thereby advised
that there is insufficient time to cross a roadway, and any pedestrian
then starting to cross shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles.
C.
Red alone, or "Stop": Vehicular traffic facing the
signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk, at an intersection
or at such other point as may be indicated by a clearly visible line,
and shall remain standing until green or "Go" is shown alone.
Whenever flashing red or amber signals are used,
they shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
A.
Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated
by rapid, intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before
entering the nearest crosswalk, at an intersection or at a limit line
when marked, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules
applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
B.
Flashing amber (caution signal). When an amber lens
is illuminated with rapid, intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles
may proceed through the intersection or pass such signal only with
caution.
