Regulación sobre señales y luces en vías públicas

Explicación Simple

No puedes poner señales o luces que parezcan señales de tráfico en las carreteras. Esto es para que los conductores no se confundan y puedan manejar con seguridad.

Es como cuando estás en una cocina y alguien pone un cartel que dice '¡Fuego!' aunque no hay fuego. Eso asusta a la gente y puede causar caos, igual que señales falsas en la carretera.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan decide poner una luz intermitente en su casa que se parece a las luces de una ambulancia. Esto podría confundir a los conductores que pasan por la calle, y la policía podría quitar esa luz porque no está permitida.

Penalidades

Se considera una molestia pública y las autoridades pueden remover las señales sin aviso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 257.615 - Signs or lights resembling traffic-control devices or emergency vehicles; commercial advertising on traffic signs; prohibition; public nuisance; removal; placement of street decorations and banners Sec. 615. (a) Except with authority of a statute or of a duly authorized public body or official, no person shall place, maintain, or display along any highway or upon any structure in or over any highway any sign, signal, marking, device, blinking, oscillating or rotating light or lights, decoration or banner which is or purports to be or is in imitation of or resembles or which can be mistaken for a traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. (b) No person shall place, maintain or display along any highway any blinking, oscillating or rotating light or lights sufficiently similar in color and design that they may be mistaken for the distinguishing lights authorized by law for emergency vehicles or that creates a hazard for the safety of drivers using said highways. (c) Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking, device, decoration or banner is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause to be removed without notice. (d) Decorations or banners which may be placed over the traveled portion of any street or highway shall be placed not closer than 10 feet on either side of traffic lights or signals and shall be so placed as