Regulación sobre banderas para personas con discapacidades en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Si una persona con discapacidad tiene problemas con su auto, puede usar una bandera blanca con una 'D' roja para que otros sepan que necesita ayuda. Esta bandera es especial y debe ser aprobada por el departamento de transporte.

Es como cuando pones una señal de peligro en la carretera para que otros conductores vean que algo no está bien y puedan ayudarte.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, que es parapléjico, se queda varado en la carretera con su coche. Él saca una bandera blanca con una 'D' roja para que otros conductores sepan que necesita asistencia. Gracias a esta bandera, un buen samaritano se detiene y le ayuda a solucionar el problema.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 42-4-611 – Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities (1) Any paraplegic person or person with a disability when in motor vehicle distress is authorized to display by the side of such person’s disabled vehicle a white flag of approximately seven and one-half inches in width and thirteen inches in length, with the letter "D" thereon in red color with an irregular one-half inch red border. Said flag shall be of reflective material so as to be readily discernible under darkened conditions, and said reflective material must be submitted to and approved by the department of transportation before the same is used. (2) Any person desiring to use such display shall make application to the department, and the department may in its discretion issue to such person with a disability upon application a card that sets forth the applicant’s name, address, and date of birth, the physical apparatus needed to operate a motor vehicle, if any, and any other pertinent facts that the department deems desirable, and in its discretion the department may issue a permit for the use of and issue to such person a display flag. Each such flag shall be numbered, and in the event of loss or destruction, a duplicate may be issued upon the payment of the sum of one dollar by such applicant. The department shall maintain a list of such applicants and persons to whom permits and flags have been issued and furnish a copy thereof to the Colorado state patrol upon request.