Regulación del tráfico y estacionamiento en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

Esta ley permite que las ciudades de Minnesota controlen el tráfico y el estacionamiento en sus calles. Por ejemplo, pueden poner señales para que los autos no se estacionen en ciertos lugares o para que todos los autos vayan en una sola dirección.

Es como cuando organizas una fiesta en casa y decides dónde se sientan tus amigos. Si no pones reglas, puede que todos se mezclen y no haya espacio suficiente para todos.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en la ciudad de Maplewood, el alcalde decide que en una calle principal solo se puede ir en una dirección para evitar accidentes. Coloca señales que informan a los conductores sobre esta regla. Un día, Juan, que vive cerca, se confunde y va en dirección contraria. La policía lo detiene y le explica la nueva regla.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, and with the consent of the commissioner, with respect to state trunk highways, within the corporate limits of a municipality, or within the limits of a town in a county in this state now having or which may hereafter have, a population of 500,000 or more, and a land area of not more than 600 square miles, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from: (1) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles; (2) regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-control signals; (3) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways; (4) designating particular highways as one-way roadways and requiring that all vehicles, except emergency vehicles, when on an emergency run, thereon be moved in one specific direction; (5) designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same, or designating any intersection as a stop intersection, and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections; (6) restricting the use of highways as authorized in sections169.80to169.88; (7) regulating speed limits through the use of a speed safety camera system implemented under section169.147; and (8) regulating traffic control through the use of a red light camera system implemented under section169.147. (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), shall be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted upon and kept posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or part thereof affected as may be most appropriate. (c) No ordinance or regulation