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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR STOP LIGHTS AT CERTAIN STREET INTERSECTIONS; PROVIDING THAT ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS SHALL OBEY SAID TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; PROVIDING THE MANNER OF MAKING RIGHT TURNS; PROVIDING THAT PEDESTRIANS SHALL NOT CROSS THE STREET EXCEPT AT INTERSECTIONS OF STREETS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-51:011 ON AUGUST 20, 1951; ORD-53:008 ON APRIL 6, 1953; ORD-54:003 ON FEBRUARY 1, 1954; ORD-58:1776 ON MAY 5, 1958)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1. Traffic control devices or stop lights are hereby established and placed at the intersections of the following streets and avenues: Cate and Burke Avenues and South Main Street, Huntington Avenue and South Main Street, East and West Washington Avenue and South Main Street, East and West Nettleton Avenue and South Main Street.
SECTION 2. Every person, firm or corporation, operating any kind of vehicle and every pedestrian shall obey the traffic control devices at each intersection where the same may be installed.
SECTION 3. Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting the following lights, the said lights shall indicate as follows:
(A) Green alone or “Go”
1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. But vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection at the time such signal is exhibited.
2. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(B) Yellow alone or “Caution” when following the green or “Go” signal
1. Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at the intersection but if such stop cannot be made in safety a vehicle may be driven cautiously ...
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