Regulating the Use of Streets, Alleys and Courts in the City of South Bend

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sign or device upon or in view of any street, which simulates any official sign or which directs or purports to direct the action of op- erators of vehicles generally or the movement of traffic, or to will- fully deface, mote or remove, injure or interfere with, any sign placed in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance or the directions of the Board of Public Safety pursuant to its provisions. Section 23. Police Supervision of Traffic and Parking. -- Officers of the Police Department, in the discharge of their duties, shall have authority to direct all traffic at all times and places by voice or other signal. The signals and orders of a police officer shall take precedence over any other form of signal or sign, and it shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any order, signal or other direction of a police officer made for the dispatch and control of traffic. Whenever public safety, necessity or convenience requires, police officers may remove or direct the removal of vehicles from any location or position on any street or public place and it shall be un- lawful for any owner or driver to wilfully disobey any such order. geetion 24. Pedestrian Traffic. -- Except in cases of em- ergency, pedestrians should follow the course of using only the side- walks and crosswalks. The roadbeds of highways and streets are primarily intended for vehicles. Crossing the street at other points than at crosswalks is dangerous and also interferes with vehicular traffic . Pedestrians should give close attention to traffic control signals in crossing streets. Before stepping from the sidewalk to the roadbed pedestrians should look both ways for approaching vehicles. Section 25. Pedestrians on crosswalks have right of way. -- Vehicles making left or right turns shall yield the right of way to I _ pedestrians actually in crosswalks when they are crossing with the signals at traffic controlled intersections. Section 26. Pedestrians crossing the streets at other places. -- i Any- pedestrian crossing a street except at street intersection cross- walks shall yield the right of way to vehicles. -10-