The Highway Commissioner shall place and maintain
official traffic control devices when and as required under the traffic
ordinances of this Town to make effective the provisions of the ordinances,
and may place and maintain such additional official traffic control
devices as he may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic
under the traffic ordinances of this Town or the State Vehicle Code.
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions
of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed
by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted
the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized:
A. To designate, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines
upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where
in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing
the roadway, and at such other places as he may deem necessary.
B. To establish safety zones of such kind and character
and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of
pedestrians.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to
mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where
a regular alignment of traffic is necessary.