1117 - Traffic-control signals; malfunction.

§  1117. Traffic-control signals; malfunction. Except when directed to  proceed  by  a  police  officer,  every  operator  of  a  motor  vehicle  approaching  an  intersection governed by a traffic-control signal which  is out of service or otherwise malfunctioning shall stop in  the  manner  required  for stop signs set forth in section eleven hundred seventy-two  of this title, and proceed according to the rules of right  of  way  for  vehicles set forth in article twenty-six of this title.