[RSMo. 300.255; Ord. No. 662 §1]
Those streets and parts of streets described by ordinances of the City are declared to be through streets for the purposes of Sections
335.010 to
335.090.
[RSMo. 300.260: Ord. No. 662 §1]
Whenever any ordinance of the City designates and describes
a through street it shall be the duty of the City Traffic Engineer
to place and maintain a stop sign, or on the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation at any intersection a yield sign, on each
and every street intersecting such through street unless traffic at
any such intersection is controlled at all times by traffic control
signals; provided, however, that at the intersection of two such through
streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic
street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches
of either of said streets as may be determined by the City Traffic
Engineer upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study.
[RSMo. 300.265; Ord. No. 662 §1]
The City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate intersections where particular hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection in which event he shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where a stop is required, or whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different street at such intersection as prescribed in Subsection
A. of Section
335.040, in which event he shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required.
[RSMo. 300.270; Ord. No. 662 §1]
A. The driver
of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop
shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection
or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line,
but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where
the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
B. Except
when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal,
every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated
by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall
stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point
nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching
traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.
[RSMo. 300.275; Ord. No. 662 §1]
Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop as required by Subsection
B. of Section
335.040, and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is approaching so closely on said highway as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
[RSMo. 300.280; Ord. No. 662 §1]
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience
to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions
and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the
intersection; provided, however, that if such a driver is involved
in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection, after driving past
a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima
facie evidence of his failure to yield right-of-way.
[RSMo. 300.285; Ord. No. 662 §1]
The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district
emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle
immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk
area extending across any alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the
right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision,
and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all
vehicles approaching on said roadway.
[RSMo. 300.290; Ord. No. 662 §1]
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked cross walk
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection
or cross walk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing
the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any
traffic control signal indication to proceed.
[RSMo. 300.295; Ord. No. 662 §1]
A. Whenever
any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing
under any of the circumstances stated in this Section, the driver
of such vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet, but not less than
fifteen (15) feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall
not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements
shall apply when:
1. A clearly
visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the
immediate approach of a railroad train;
2. A crossing
gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give
a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;
3. An approaching
railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to
such crossing.
B. No person
shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate
or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed
or is being opened or closed.
[Ord. No. 738 §90.250; Ord. No. 875 §§1 —
3]
A. The driver
of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way
to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different way,
provided, however, there is no form of traffic control at such intersection.
B. When
two vehicles enter an intersection from different ways at approximately
the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the
right-of-way to the driver of the vehicle on the right. This Subsection
shall not apply to vehicles approaching each other from opposite directions
when the driver of one such vehicle is attempting to or is making
a left turn.
C. The driver
of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left
shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite
direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as
to constitute an immediate hazard.
D. The traffic
commission may designate through ways and erect stop signs or yield
signs at specified entrances thereto, or may designate any intersection
as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs
or yield signs at one or more entrances to such intersection.
1. Except
when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal,
every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection, indicated
by a stop sign, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none,
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where
the driver has a view of approaching traffic in the intersecting roadway
before entering the intersection. After having stopped, the driver
shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle which has entered the
intersection from another way or which is approaching so closely on
the way as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when
such driver is moving across or within the intersection.
2. The
driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to
the sign slow down to a speed reasonable to the existing conditions
and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked
stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting
way where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting
way. After slowing or stopping the driver shall yield the right-of-way
to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another way so
closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such
traffic is moving across or within the intersection.
E. The driver
of a vehicle intending to make a left turn into an alley or private
way shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the
opposite direction when the making of such left turn would create
a traffic hazard.
F. The traffic
commission on any section where construction or major maintenance
operations are being effected, may fix a speed limit in such areas
by posting of appropriate signs, and the operation of a motor vehicle
in excess of such speed limit in the area so posted shall be deemed
prima facie evidence of careless and imprudent driving and a violation
of this Section.