Traffic Laws

The maximum-posted speed limit on West Valley College Campus is 20-MPH.  No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than posted speed limit having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the street, and in no event at a speed, which endangers the safety of persons or property. 

The maximum-posted speed limit on Mission College Boulevard Campus Road (perimeter road) is 25-MPH.  No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than posted speed limit having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the street, and in no event at a speed, which endangers the safety of persons or property.

The maximum-posted speed limit on West Valley and Mission College Campus Parking lots is 10-MPH.  No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than posted speed limit having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the street, and in no event at a speed, which endangers the safety of persons or property.

The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within, an intersection, shall go into a complete stop at a limit line, if marked, otherwise before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.  If there is no limit line or crosswalk, the driver shall go into a complete stop at the entrance to the intersection before proceeding.

The driver of any vehicle approaching any intersection which is controlled by a yield right-of-way sign shall, upon arriving at the sign, yield the right-of-way to any vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians which have entered the intersection, or which are approaching on the intersecting highway close enough to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to those vehicles until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety.

A person may not operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or over are properly restrained by a safety belt.  A driver may not transport on any street or highway a child in a motor vehicle without properly securing the child in a rear seat in a child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety and standards.

It is unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to fail to obey a sign or signal defined as regulatory in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or a Department of Transportation approved supplement to that manual of a regulatory nature erected or maintained to enhance traffic and public safety.

It is unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to fail to obey a sign or signal defined as regulatory in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or a Department of Transportation approved supplement to that manual of a regulatory nature erected or maintained to enhance traffic and public safety.