A. 
The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass a vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless there is sufficient clear space ahead on the right side of the roadway to permit the overtaking to be completed without impeding the safe operation of any vehicle ahead.
B. 
The driver of a vehicle, when about to be overtaken and passed by another vehicle approaching from the rear, shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on suitable and audible signal being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle, and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
A. 
No person shall drive in such a manner as to obstruct unnecessarily the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway. Officers are hereby authorized to require any driver who fails to comply with this section to drive to the side of the roadway and wait until such traffic as has been delayed has passed.
B. 
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk and on the right half of the roadway to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
C. 
No person shall in any way obstruct the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway. This section shall be enforceable pursuant to MGL c. 272, § 59, and each violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of $50 for each offense.
[Added 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09]
D. 
The following streets shall be marked with boxes painted in white and a "Do not block the box" sign indicating the area of the marked street that shall remain open to traffic entering from the intersecting street. Any person who violates this section shall be fined $100.
[Added 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-51]
Street To Be Open
Side
At Intersection of
Front Street
[Added 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 05-178; amended 10-20-2015 by Ord. No. 15-59]
South
Wheatland Avenue
Granby Road
[Added 5-15-2007 by Ord. No. 07-41]
North
Entrance to 7-Eleven (opposite 1195 Granby Road)
Grattan Street
[Added 7-2-2024 by Ord. No. 24-41]
North/south
In front of 739 Grattan Street
Meadow Street
[Added 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 14-8]
—
In front of 5 Meadow Street parking lot
Montgomery Street
[Added 9-15-2015 by Ord. No. 15-50]
—
Northbound lane in front of 508 Montgomery Street beginning at a point at the southern curb cut that forms the existing driveway opening on the east side of the road and ending at a point approximately 18 feet in a northerly direction from that point.
Montgomery Street
[Added 2-17-2015 by Ord. No. 15-11]
East
Entrance to Big Y/BJ's plaza
Montgomery Street
[Added 2-17-2015 by Ord. No. 15-10]
East
Entrance to Sunoco gas station
Montgomery
West
Entrance to CVS pharmacy
Montgomery
[Added 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 04-61]
South
Entrance to Wells Avenue
New Ludlow Road
[Added 10-18-2022 by Ord. No. 22-39]
Dollar General shopping center
Pendleton Avenue
[Added 1-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-2]
—
In front of Cumberland Farms driveway
St. James Avenue
[Added 9-6-2016 by Ord. No. 16-52]
—
At the intersection of Beauchamp Terrace and St. James Avenue
St. James Avenue
[Added 10-6-2020 by Ord. No. 20-21]
–
At St. James Avenue and Beauchamp Terrace
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.
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.
A. 
Every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance approaching an intersection of ways where there exists facing him an official sign bearing the word "stop" and authorized by this section, said sign having apart from this regulation the written approval of the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and such approval being in effect, shall, before proceeding through the intersection, bring such vehicle, railway car or other conveyance to a complete stop at such point as may be clearly marked by a sign or line or, if a point is not so marked, then at a place between said stop sign and the nearer line of the street intersection. In the case of a line of two or more vehicles approaching such stop sign, the drivers of the second and third vehicles in line in any group shall not be required to stop more than once before proceeding through the intersection.
B. 
This section shall not apply when the traffic is otherwise directed by an officer or by a lawful traffic regulating sign, signal or device, or except as provided in § 260-51C of this chapter.
C. 
In accordance with the foregoing, the streets listed in §§ 260-73 and 260-73.1 of this chapter are hereby declared to constitute isolated stop streets, and said §§ 260-73 and 260-73.1 are hereby specifically incorporated in this section.
[Amended 9-21-2004 by Ord. No. 04-97]
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.
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.
A. 
Right turns. No driver of a vehicle shall make a right turn at the intersections listed in § 260-77 and in the direction specified.
B. 
Left turns. No driver of a vehicle shall make a left turn at the intersections listed in § 260-77 and in the direction specified.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle, except on signal from a police officer, to drive the same over or through a safety zone.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle entering Westover Industrial Air Park West, except on a signal from a security police, guard or watchman, to drive the same through a safety zone or controlled area. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $20 for each offense.
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.
A. 
Commercial motor vehicles having a carrying capacity of more than two tons are excluded from the streets listed in § 260-79, except when said commercial motor vehicles are delivering goods to or taking goods from points on these said streets.
B. 
This section shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles going to or coming from places upon said streets for the purpose of making deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise to or similar collections from abutting land or buildings or adjoining streets or ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained; or to vehicles used in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of said streets or public utilities therein; or to federal, state, municipal or public service corporation owned vehicles.