Section 2058 - Through ways1.Designation. The Department of Transportation may designate a state or state aid highway as a "through way." The Department of Transportation, after notice, may revoke any such designation. Municipal officers may designate a way under their jurisdiction as a "through way." [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5(AFF).]
2.Signs. A through way designation is not effective until suitable warning signs or signals are erected. [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5(AFF).]
3.Intersection. For the purpose of this section, a way joining a through way at an angle, whether or not crossing, is deemed to intersect the through way. [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5(AFF).]
4.Other stop signs. The Department of Transportation or municipal officers may designate an intersection as a stop intersection and erect stop signs at one or more entrances. [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5(AFF).]
5.Yield. The Department of Transportation or municipal officers may erect standard signs requiring operators to yield the right-of-way at certain intersections. A. Yield signs may be designated where it is expedient to allow traffic to move through or into the intersection at a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, yielding the right-of-way to vehicles or pedestrians approaching from either direction on the intersecting street. [2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §38(NEW); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2(AFF).]B. A vehicle approaching on a through way so as to arrive at an intersection at approximately the same instant as a vehicle approaching on another way has the right-of-way. [2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §38(NEW); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2(AFF).] [2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §38(RPR); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2(AFF).]
6.Procedure. A through way designation pursuant to this section is exempt from the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5(AFF).]
1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW) . 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF) . 2003, c. 452, §Q38 (AMD) . 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF) .