No person shall drive in such a manner as to obstruct unnecessarily the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway. Officers are hereby authorized to require any driver who fails to comply with this section to drive to the side of the roadway and wait until such traffic as has been delayed has passed.
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of the street or highway.
A.
Every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance, approaching an intersection of ways where there exists facing him an official sign, bearing the word "stop" and authorized by this section (said sign having, apart from this regulation, the written approval of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and such approval being in effect), shall, before proceeding through the intersection, bring such vehicle, railway car or other conveyance to a complete stop at such point as may be clearly marked by a sign or line, or if a point is not so marked, then at a place between the "stop" sign and the nearer line of the street intersection. This section shall not apply when the traffic is otherwise directed by an officer or by a lawful traffic-regulating sign, signal or device.
B.
In accordance with the foregoing, the erection and maintenance of an official "stop" sign or signs are authorized as follows:
Stop Sign on | Stop Sign Facing Drivers Traveling | At Intersection of | |
|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra Road | Westbound | Walnut Street | |
Archer Lane | Southbound | Summer Street | |
Bishops Lane | Southbound | Edgemere Road | |
Brook Drive | Northbound | Salem Street | |
Brook Drive | Southbound | Route 1 | |
Candlewood Road | Northbound | Juniper Road | |
Candlewood Road | Northbound | Perkins Lane | |
Candlewood Road | Southbound | Hart Road | |
Carpenter Road [Added 9-25-2017] | Northbound | Willowdale Drive | |
Carpenter Road | Southbound | Route 1 | |
Chatham Way | Northbound and southbound | Grey Lane | |
Chatham Way [Added 11-8-2011] | Southwestbound | Homestead Road | |
Chestnut Street | Eastbound | Main Street | |
Chestnut Street | Northbound | Lowell Street | |
Driftwood Lane | Eastbound | Wildewood Drive | |
Durham Drive | Southbound | Chatham Way | |
Edgemere Road | Southbound | Archer Lane | |
Essex Village | Northbound | Essex Street | |
Fairview Avenue | Southbound | Salem Street | |
Fairview Road | Eastbound | Salem Street | |
Fall Way | Northbound | Salem Street | |
Forest Hill | Northbound | Essex Street | |
Forest Hill | Southbound | Summer Street | |
Glen Drive | Westbound | North Hill Drive | |
Green Street | Westbound | Route 1 | |
Grove Street | Southbound | Salem Street | |
Hart Road [Added 6-18-2012] | Eastbound | Chestnut Street | |
Hart Road [Added 8-15-2016] | Eastbound and westbound | Candlewood Road | |
Homestead Road [Added 11-4-2015] | Eastbound and westbound | Oxbow Road | |
Juniper Road [Added 8-15-2016] | Eastbound and westbound | Candlewood Road | |
Keniston Road | Northeastbound | Essex Street | |
Kimball Lane | Northbound | Salem Street | |
Lakeview Drive | Eastbound | Route 1 | |
Lantern Lane | Westbound | Wildewood Drive | |
Locksley Road | Southbound | Moulton Drive | |
Locust Street | Southbound | Salem Street | |
Longbow Road | Northbound | Robin Road | |
Lowell Street | Eastbound | Main Street | |
Lowell Street | Westbound | Main Street | |
Main Street [Added 6-14-1999] | Northbound and southbound | Lowell Street | |
Maple Street | Northbound | Salem Street | |
Maple Street | Southbound | Route 1 | |
Moulton Drive | Eastbound | Route 1 | |
Moulton Drive | Westbound | Summer Street | |
Munroe Street | Westbound | Route 1 Connector | |
North Hill Drive [Added 10-13-1998] | Southbound | Lowell Street | |
Nottingham Road | Southwestbound | Summer Street | |
Orchard Lane | Eastbound | Cider Mill Road | |
Oxbow Road [Added 11-4-2015] | Northbound and southbound | Homestead Road | |
Pillings Pond Road | Northbound | Essex Street | |
Robin Road | Eastbound and westbound | Longbow Road | |
Ross Drive | Southbound | Salem Street | |
South Common Street | Eastbound | Summer Street | |
South Common Street | Westbound | Main Street | |
Summer Street | Eastbound | Salem Street | |
Summer Street | Eastbound | South Common Street | |
Summer Street | Westbound | Main Street | |
Tedford Lane | Northbound | Sparhawk Drive | |
Walnut Street | Northbound | Summer Street | |
Ward Terrace | Eastbound | Route 1 | |
Wildewood Drive | Southbound | Edgemere Road | |
Wildewood Drive | Westbound | Pillings Pond Road | |
Willis Lane | Eastbound | North Hill Drive | |
Willowdale Drive [Added 11-22-1999] | Northbound | Brook Drive | |
Willowdale Drive [Added 9-25-2017] | Southbound | Carpenter Road | |
Winchester Road | Northbound | Salem Street | |
Windsor Road | Northbound | Hart Road |
Upon such roadways as are divided by a parkway, grass plot, reservation, viaduct, subway or by any structure or area, drivers shall keep to the right of such a division except when otherwise directed by an officer, signs, signals or markings.
No operator shall enter upon the road surface of any street or highway, or section thereof, when, by reasons of construction, surface treatment, maintenance, or the like, or because of some unprotected hazard, such road surface is closed to travel, and one or more signs, lights or signals have been erected to indicate that all or part of the road surface of the street or highway is not to be used, or when so advised by an officer, watchman, member of a street or highway crew or employee of the Town, either audibly or by signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon any sidewalk except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway nor shall any owner of any vehicle knowingly permit such vehicle to be driven or moved on any street or highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or so loaded as to prevent its contents from spilling, dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. Vehicles loaded with any material which may be blown about by the wind shall be suitably covered to prevent the contents from being blown upon the streets or highways.
A.
Operation of and passage by trucks, except for the delivery of goods to homes or sites located in Lynnfield, on Walnut Street or streets intersecting with Walnut Street is hereby prohibited on the portion of said Walnut Street in Lynnfield beginning at the Lynnfield-Saugus line and ending at the line of the intersection of Walnut Street and Route I-95 (Route 128) furthest from Saugus.
B.
Operation of and passage by trucks in excess of 2 1/2 tons, except for the delivery of goods to homes or sites located in Lynnfield, on Essex Street or streets intersecting with Essex Street is hereby prohibited on all of Essex Street, beginning at the intersection of Main Street and ending at the Lynnfield-Peabody Town line.