STOPS REQUIRED

Raleigh City Code pt. 11, ch. 2, art. D

in effect

Raleigh City Code § 11-2071 ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS.

Sec. 11-2071. - ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS. (a) Where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals installed as provided in this chapter, exhibiting different colored lights successively, the following colors, lights and arrows in lights indicate as follows: (1) Green light. Vehicular traffic facing the signals may proceed straight through, or unless a sign prohibits such turn, may turn right or left. 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) Yellow or amber light, when appearing immediately after, or coincidentally with, a green light. Such yellow or amber light shall serve as a warning that a red light and the applicable stop restrictions shall be exhibited immediately following. (3) Red light. Any person operating a vehicle facing such light shall bring the same to a stop before entering the nearest crosswalk or boundary of an intersection or at such other point as may be indicated by a limit line, and shall remain standing until a plain green light or green arrow is shown illuminated alone; provided, however, that a right turn may be made after bringing the vehicle to a complete stop and after yielding to pedestrians and other vehicles, unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter. (b) The electronic traffic-control signals described in this section shall be located, and the regulations provided in this section shall be effective, as designated in official Traffic Schedule No. 1, "Electronic Traffic Control Signals." (c) Violation of this section is an infraction and may also be enforced through issuance of a civil penalty pursuant to §14-1005, through injunctive or other equitable relief, or a combination of remedies. (Ord. No. 2022-339, §20, 2-15-22)

Raleigh City Code § 11-2072 STOP INTERSECTIONS.

Sec. 11-2072. - STOP INTERSECTIONS. (a) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a designated stop intersection which shall be indicated by a stop sign or, in the discretion of the transportation director, a flashing red light, shall stop before entering the crosswalk, on the near side of the intersection, or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. (b) The driver having stopped in obedience to a stop sign or flashing red light at an intersection shall proceed cautiously, yielding the right-of-way to all vehicles not so obliged to stop which are approaching the intersection. (c) Stop intersections and the location of signs or flashing red lights at those intersections shall be in accordance with official Traffic Schedule No. 2, Stop Intersections. (d) Violation of this section is an infraction and may also be enforced through issuance of a civil penalty pursuant to §14-1005, through injunctive or other equitable relief, or a combination of remedies. (Ord. No. 2022-339, §21, 2-15-22)

Raleigh City Code § 11-2073 YIELD SIGNS.

Sec. 11-2073. - YIELD SIGNS. (a) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign erected at designated locations, shall, and in obedience to the sign, slow down and yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian crossing the roadway on which he is driving and to any vehicle in movement on the main traveled or through highway or street which is approaching so as to arrive at the intersection at approximately the same time as the vehicle entering the main traveled or through street or highway. (b) The driver of the vehicle approaching a yield sign, if required to stop, shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line; but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. (c) In accordance with the above, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, drivers of vehicles, when entering designated or main-traveled or through streets from intersecting streets in the direction or directions shown, shall yield the right-of-way to approaching pedestrians or vehicles. (d) Yield signs shall be located, and the regulations applicable thereto shall be effective, as designated in official Traffic Schedule No. 3, Yield Signs.

Raleigh City Code § 11-2074 THROUGH STREETS.

Sec. 11-2074. - THROUGH STREETS. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to stop at a stop sign or yield at a yield sign, as required by Chapters 20-158 and 20-158.1 of the General Statutes and §11-2072 and §11-2073 above, before entering any of the streets or parts of streets listed in official Traffic Schedule No. 4, Through Street; provided, if any such intersections are controlled by traffic signals, stop signs, yield signs, or other traffic-control devices as provided for in §11-2071, §11-2072 or §11-2073 of this Code, such controls shall take precedence over this section. Traffic stop or yield signs shall be erected at all streets intersecting the through streets designated in official Traffic Schedule No. 4 unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.

Raleigh City Code § 11-2075 EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY.

Sec. 11-2075. - EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop that vehicle immediately prior to driving on to a sidewalk or into a sidewalk area across any alleyway, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway. (Code 1959, §21-18)

Raleigh City Code § 11-2076 STOP WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED.

Sec. 11-2076. - STOP WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED. It shall be unlawful for a driver to enter any intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. (Code 1959, §21-43)

Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT11TR_CH2MOVETR_ARTDSTREFetched: 11/1/2026