§ 22-19. Right-of-way at intersections generally.

(a)

The driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection of a different street or roadway shall stop, yield and grant the privilege of immediate use of such intersection in obedience to any stop sign, yield right-of-way sign or traffic-control device erected by public authority, as required by this article.

(b)

The driver of a vehicle on a single lane street or roadway, or a street or roadway consisting of only two (2) traffic lanes, upon approaching the intersection, not otherwise controlled by traffic signs or signals, of a divided street or roadway, or of a street or roadway divided into three (3) or more marked traffic lanes, shall stop, yield and grant the privilege of immediate use of such intersection to vehicles on such other street which are within the intersection or approaching such intersection in such proximity thereto as to constitute a hazard, and after so stopping, may only proceed thereafter when such driver may safely enter the intersection without interference or collision with traffic using such different street or roadway.

(c)

The driver of a vehicle on an unpaved street or roadway approaching the intersection of a paved roadway shall stop, yield and grant the privilege of immediate use of such intersection to any vehicle on such paved roadway which is within the intersection or approaching such intersection in such proximity thereto as to constitute a hazard, and after so stopping, may only proceed thereafter when such driver may safely enter the intersection without interference or collision with traffic using such paved street or roadway.

(d)

The driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection of a different street or roadway, not otherwise regulated herein or controlled by traffic-control signs or signals, shall stop, yield and grant the privilege of immediate use of such intersection to any other vehicle which has entered the intersection from such driver's right or is approaching such intersection from such driver's right in such proximity thereto as to constitute a hazard, and after so stopping, may only proceed thereafter when such driver may safely enter such intersection without interference or collision with traffic using such different street or roadway.

(e)

A driver obligated to stop and yield the right-of-way in accord with this section, who is involved in a collision or interference with other traffic at such intersection, is presumed not to have yielded the right-of-way as required by this section.

(Ord. No. 345, § 2, 3-21-55)

State law reference

Similar provisions, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 545.151.