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.
It shall be unlawful for any person traveling
upon any bicycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or any toy vehicle
to cling to or attach himself or such conveyance to any other moving
vehicle upon any roadway.
The driver of any vehicle, before starting,
stopping, turning from a direct line or backing, shall first see that
such movement can be made in safety. If the operation of another vehicle
should be affected by a stopping or turning movement, the driver of
such vehicle shall be given a plainly visible signal, as required
by statute law.
[Added 2-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-2; amended 6-21-2016 by Ord. No. 16-40; 8-2-2022 by Ord. No. 22-16]
The use of engine brakes shall be prohibited along the entire
length of Westover Road, McKinstry Avenue, Grattan Street, and Carew
Street except for emergency. Any violation of this section shall be
punishable by a fine of $300, enforced by the Police Department.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving
onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway
or driveway.
Colors and arrow indications in traffic control signals shall have the commands ascribed to them in this section and no other meanings, and every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance shall comply therewith, except when otherwise directed by an officer or by a lawful traffic regulating sign, other than a stop sign, signal or device, or except as provided in §
260-51B of this chapter. In no case shall a driver enter or proceed through an intersection without due regard to the safety of other persons within the intersection, regardless of what indications may be given by traffic control signals.
A. Flashing green. A flashing green lens shall indicate
an intersection or pedestrian crosswalk in use or subject to use by
entering or crossing traffic. Drivers may proceed only with caution
and shall be prepared to comply with a change in the signal to a red
or red and yellow indication.
B. Flashing red. When a red lens is illuminated in a
traffic control signal by rapid intermittent flashes, and its use
has been specifically authorized by the Department of Public Works,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, drivers shall stop before entering
the nearer line or crosswalk of the street intersection, or at a stop
line when marked, and the right to proceed shall then be governed
by provisions of MGL c. 89, § 8.
C. Green. While the green lens is illuminated, drivers
facing the signal may proceed through the intersection, but shall
yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and vehicles lawfully within
a crosswalk or the intersection at the time such signal was exhibited.
Drivers of vehicles making a right or left turn shall yield the right-of-way
to pedestrians crossing with the flow of traffic.
D. Flashing yellow. A flashing yellow lens shall indicate
the presence of a hazard, and drivers may proceed only with caution.
E. Red.
(1) Traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if none, before entering
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then
before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until an
indication to proceed is shown, except as allowed by MGL c. 89, § 8.
(2) No driver of a vehicle facing a circular red signal indication shall make a right turn where official traffic signs are installed and maintained prohibiting such turn at the intersections as listed in §
260-72 of this chapter.
F. Red and yellow. While the red and yellow lenses are
illuminated together, drivers shall not enter the intersection, and
during such time the intersection shall be reserved for the exclusive
use of pedestrians.
G. Right, left and vertical green arrows. When a right
green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal may turn right.
When a left green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal
may turn left. When a vertical green arrow is illuminated, drivers
facing said signal may go straight ahead. When a green arrow is exhibited
together with a red or a yellow lens, drivers may enter the intersection
to make the movement permitted by the arrow, but shall yield the right-of-way
to vehicles and pedestrians proceeding from another direction on a
green indication.
H. Yellow. While the yellow lens is illuminated, waiting
drivers shall not proceed, and any driver approaching the intersection
or a marked stop line shall stop at such point unless so close to
the intersection that a stop cannot be made in safety; provided, however,
that if a green arrow is illuminated at the same time, drivers may
enter the intersection to make the movement permitted by such arrow.
I. In accordance with the foregoing, the intersections listed in §
260-74 of this chapter are hereby declared to constitute traffic signal intersections, and said §
260-74 is hereby specifically incorporated in this section.
Upon such roadway 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.
At any junction or crossing of ways where the
roadway grades have been separated and where the ways are connected
by ramps and at any intersection of ways in which there are traffic
islands, drivers of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official
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 City, either audibly or by signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon
any sidewalk except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
No operator shall back or turn a vehicle so as to proceed in the direction opposite to that in which said vehicle is headed or traveling on the streets listed in §
260-76.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride
on any portion of a vehicle not designated or intended for the use
of passengers when the vehicle is in motion. This provision shall
not apply to any employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a
duty or within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.