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Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. II, ch. 441, art. III, div. 5

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Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-351 Duty upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles.

Sec. 441-351. - Duty upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles. (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, in any direction, when the driver thereof is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, bell or other device, the driver of every other vehicle and motor vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, regardless of any contrary signs or signals or provisions of law, and shall immediately drive to a position parallel and as close as other vehicles or conditions render possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the highway and clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except as otherwise provided in this section or as directed by, a police officer. (b) Upon the approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, the motorman of every streetcar, or operator of any other public conveyance, shall immediately stop the car or vehicle clear of any intersection and keep it in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. (c) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive and control such vehicle, so far as is reasonably possible consistent with his duties, with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway. (d) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle proceeding in either direction on a one-way street under the conditions stated in subsection (a), the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall similarly and immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the edge or curb of the highway nearest to the side on which he is driving, whether right or left, and clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer; provided, however, he shall not so stop where doing so would leave a free lane less than ten (10) feet wide, if it is possible to move forward and avoid such condition. (Code 1975, § 29-192)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-352 Right-of-way of equestrians at bridle paths.

Sec. 441-352. - Right-of-way of equestrians at bridle paths. (a) Each person driving or operating any motor vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any person riding or leading a horse from any bridle path in the city, established by the board of parks and recreation or otherwise, while the person so riding or leading a horse is crossing or entering into or upon the following designated places and points, or any other places at any time so designated by the board and by ordinance. The operator of such motor vehicle, upon visible signal by raising of the hand and arm to a vertical position, or by any other means, of any person riding or leading a horse, shall bring his motor vehicle or motorcycle to a stop not less than fifteen (15) feet from the point of intersection or crossing of the bridle path and the points and places hereinafter designated, and shall not proceed forward until the horse has cleared the crossing or intersection. The intersections to which this section shall apply are as follows: (1) Twenty-third Street and Harding Street; (2) Twenty-third Street and East Riverside Drive; (3) The Bridle Path and Burdsal Parkway; (4) White River Parkway and the Bridle Path; (5) The Bridle Path, Cold Spring Road and Thirty-eighth Street. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person in control of or operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle, while stopped pursuant to subsection (a), to race the motor of the vehicle or to blow or use any horn or sound warning device on any such vehicle in such manner as is likely to frighten any horse. (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police, fire department or other emergency motor vehicles or motorcycles. (Code 1975, § 29-193)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-353 Through streets designated.

Sec. 441-353. - Through streets designated. Those streets and parts of streets described as being preferential streets in the schedule of intersection traffic controls, referred to in section 441-416 hereof and on file in the office of the city clerk, are hereby declared to be through streets for the purpose of this division and chapter. (Code 1975, § 29-194)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-354 Authority to erect stop and yield signs.

Sec. 441-354. - Authority to erect stop and yield signs. Whenever any provision of this chapter or any other ordinance of the city designates and lists any street as a through or preferential street, it shall be the duty of the board of public works, subject to the authority and discretion of the city-county council, to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, a stop sign or a yield sign on each and every street at its intersection with the through or preferential street at all portions thereof established as such in this division. Similar stop signs or yield signs shall be placed at all alleys intersecting such through or preferential street and at all alleys and streets entering same. (Code 1975, § 29-195; G.O. 15, 2001, § 31)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-355 Intersections where stop or yield signs required.

Sec. 441-355. - Intersections where stop or yield signs required. The board of public works is authorized, upon an engineering and traffic investigation, to determine and designate intersections where a particular hazard exists upon either through streets or other than through streets, and to determine whether vehicles shall stop or yield at one (1) or more entrances to any such intersection, and shall erect a stop sign or yield sign, and warning light signals if deemed necessary, at every such place where a stop or yield is required. (Code 1975, § 29-196; G.O. 15, 2001, § 31)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-356 Sign legend; visibility; placement.

Sec. 441-356. - Sign legend; visibility; placement. Every stop sign erected pursuant to this chapter shall bear the word "stop" in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height, and every yield sign shall bear the word "yield" in letters not less than six (6) inches in height. At night every stop sign and every yield sign shall be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination, or by a fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign. Every stop sign and every yield sign shall be located, as nearly as practicable, at the nearest line of the crosswalk on the right side of the curb at the intersection or, if no curb, at the nearest right line of the roadway. (Code 1975, § 29-197)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-357 Duty of driver upon approaching a stop sign or a yield sign.

Sec. 441-357. - Duty of driver upon approaching a stop sign or a yield sign. (a) When stop signs are erected pursuant to this division at or near the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop at the sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police or traffic officer or by a traffic-control signal. (b) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign, in obedience to such sign, shall slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions or shall stop, if necessary, and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway on which he is driving and to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another street so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard. The driver, having so yielded, may proceed and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding; provided, however, if the driver is involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, the collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure to yield the right-of-way. (Code 1975, § 29-198)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-358 Emerging from alley or private driveway.

Sec. 441-358. - Emerging from alley or private driveway. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, lot or building into a street shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, yielding the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid a collision and, upon entering the roadway of the street, shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching in either direction on the roadway. (Code 1975, § 29-199)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIPUORSA_CH441TR_ARTIIIOPRE_DIV5RI-WFetched: 10/27/2026