Regulating Traffic Upon the Public Streets of the City of South Bend

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-12- (b) Official signs may be erected directing slow moving traffic to use a des- ignated lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction, and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign. sec. 62. "Turning at intersections. " - -The driver of.a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (a) Both the approach for a right turn and right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right -hand curb or edge of the roadway. (b) Approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the venter line thereof, and after entering the inter- section the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center lane of the roadway being entered. Sec. 63.. "Vehicles approaching or entering intersection. " - -(a) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right -of -way to the vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway. (b) :'hen two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right -of -way to the vehicle on the right. (c) The foregoing rules are modified at through highways and otherwise as hereinafter stated in this article. sec. 64. "Vehicle turning left at intersection. "--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, but said driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by this act, may make such left turn, and the drivers of all other vei;iclea approaching the intersection from said opposite direction shall yield the right -of -way to the vehicle making the left turn. sec. 65. "Vehicle entering through highway or stop intersection. " - -(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by this act at the entrance to a through highway and shall yidld the right -of -way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from said through highway, or which are approaching so olosely on said through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver having so yielded, may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on said through highway shall yield the right -of- way to the vehicle so proceeding into or acsross the through highway. (b) The driver of a vehicle shall likewise stop in obedience to a stop sign as required herein at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one or more entnances thereto, although not a part of a through highway, and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, but may then proceed. Sec. 66. "Operation of vehicles and street cars on approach of authorized emergency vehicles. " - -(a) upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, ,hen the driver is giving audible signal br siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right -of -way and shall ii.,mediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right -hand edge or burb of the highway, clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed,