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COMMITTEE MEETINGS Stay Safe, Sun City
See page 141 for list of committee members. Submitted by the
See Sun City Texas Resident Directory or Georgetown Police Department
www.sctexas.org > Community Association
Info > CA Advisory Committees for GPD Answers your questions
description of duties for each committee.
COMMUNICATIONS QUESTION: If none of the signal lights at an intersection are
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 9:30 a.m., CCAN working, what do I do?
COVENANTS ANSWER:
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m., CCAN
ELECTIONS §544.007. TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS IN GENERAL
Thursday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m., AC MR 3/4 (i) An operator of a vehicle facing a traffic-control signal, other
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT than a freeway entrance ramp control signal or a pedestrian
Friday, Sept. 11, 9 a.m., AC MR 3/4 hybrid beacon, that does not display an indication in any
FINANCE of the signal heads shall stop ... as if the intersection had
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1 p.m., AC MR 3/4 a stop sign.
GOLF
Monday, Sept. 21, 3 p.m., AC MR 1/2 It is not uncommon for a traffic signal to go out, especially during
LANDSCAPED MAINTAINED HOMES bad weather or when there’s large amount of road construction
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m., AC MR 3/4 going on. If a traffic signal is out of order (that is, all of the lights
MODIFICATIONS are dark), then the intersection reverts to a four-way stop. Some
Thursday, Sept. 3, 8:30 a.m., CCAN drivers will assume that if the lights are off they can just keep
going, but if someone on the intersecting street thinks the same
*Open at 10 a.m. thing at the same time, an accident could occur.
Thursday, Sept. 17, 8:30 a.m., CCAN QUESTION: Can I use the center turn lane as a merge lane to
NOMINATING enter the roadway?
As needed ANSWER:
PROPERTY & GROUNDS
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1 p.m., AC MR 3/4 §545.060 - DRIVING ON ROADWAY LANED FOR TRAFFIC
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 3 p.m., AC MR 1/2 (b) If a roadway is divided into three lanes and provides for
SPORTS two-way movement of traffic, an operator on the roadway
Monday, Sept. 21, 8 a.m., AC MR 1 may not drive in the center lane except:
WILDLIFE (1) if passing another vehicle and the center lane is clear of
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 3 p.m., AC MR 1/2 traffic within a safe distance;
Other Committees or Task Forces: (2) in preparing to make a left turn; or
NEIGHBORHOOD REPS (3) where the center lane is designated by an official traffic-
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 9:30 a.m., CCF/G control device for movement in the direction in which the
COPS operator is moving.
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 9:30 a.m., AC MR 1/2
Georgetown has a lot of center lanes. Williams Drive always comes
6 | SUNRAYS SEPTEMBER 2015 to mind. It would be especially dangerous to use the center lane
on Williams Drive as a merge lane. Center turn lanes are for use
only when preparing to turn left from the main road onto a side
street or driveway only. Only enter the lane just before you are
ready to slow down for the turn. Some folks believe you can use
the center lane as an acceleration lane. However, it is important
to note that Texas law does not specifically permit this action.
Remember that center lanes marked as left turn lanes (only) cannot
be used for passing, as the traffic signs and pavement markings
indicating that the lane is for left turns only take precedence.
If you have questions you would like answered in Stay
Safe, Sun City, please email Lt. Jim Seals at Jim.seals@
georgetown.org.
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG
