THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY THE CHINCOTEAGUE POLICE DEPARTMENT:
STOP BEFORE ENTERING HIGHWAY OR SIDEWALK FROM PRIVATE ROAD, ETC; YIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY
VA CODE SECTION 46.2-826
THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE ENTERING A PUBLIC HIGHWAY OR SIDEWALK FROM A PRIVATE ROAD, DRIVEWAY, ALLEY, OR BUILDING SHALL STOP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE ENTERING SUCH HIGHWAY OR SIDEWALK AND YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO VEHICLES APPROACHING ON SUCH PUBLIC HIGHWAY AND TO PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLES APPROACHING ON SUCH PUBLIC SIDEWALK.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ROADS CONTROLLED BY A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AT ANY SUCH INTERSECTION, ALL MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC ONTO AND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.