§ 74-129. Traveling, entering, crossing right-of-way streets; operation on approach of emergency vehicle.

Vehicles traveling on right-of-way streets and avenues shall have right-of-way over all vehicles crossing or turning into the right-of-way streets from an intersecting street. Any person driving a vehicle from an intersecting street across or into any right-of-way street shall not proceed until he has ascertained that no vehicle is traveling the right-of-way street sufficiently near the intersecting street to render collision or accident probable; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply at street intersections where and when traffic is being controlled by automatic signal lights, or where and when a police officer assumes direction of traffic; provided further, the provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency vehicles while on emergency calls. The driver of any vehicle shall, when the siren or other alarm of an emergency vehicle has been sounded, immediately draw to the righthand curb, and as close thereto as possible and stop and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed.

(Code 1958, § 16-24)

State law reference

Right-of-way, R.S. 32:121 et seq.