Sec. 14-302. "Yield" signs. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-302. "Yield" signs. The State Traffic Commission, on any state highway, or a local traffic authority, on any highway under its control, may designate intersections at which signs bearing the words "Yield" may be erected. The driver of a vehicle approaching a "Yield" sign shall, in obedience to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions, and shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection, provided, if such driver is involved in a collision, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of such driver's failure to yield the right-of-way.

      (1955, S. 1406d; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 40.)

      History: 1965 act deleted reference to state aid highway, words "right-of-way" after "Yield" and provision specifying application of collision proviso was to collisions with pedestrians or other vehicles, and changed driver's duty on approaching sign from slowing to 10 miles per hour and yielding so as to avoid collision to slowing to reasonable speed so as to avoid hazard.

      See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.