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§2057-A
Title 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 19: OPERATION
Subchapter 1: RULES OF THE ROAD
§2059

§2058. Through ways

1.  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."  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
2.  Signs.  A through way designation is not effective until suitable warning signs or signals are erected.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 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.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 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.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 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.   [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §38 (NEW); PL 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.   [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §38 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]
[PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §38 (RPR); PL 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.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 452, §Q38 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF).
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