Prohibiciones sobre animales y vehículos en autopistas controladas

Explicación Simple

No puedes llevar animales ni ciertos vehículos en las autopistas, a menos que un policía te diga que lo hagas. Sin embargo, hay caminos al lado de estas autopistas donde sí puedes andar en bicicleta o caminar.

Es como si en una fiesta no se permitieran las mascotas, pero hay un área afuera donde sí pueden estar. Así, en las autopistas hay reglas, pero hay alternativas seguras donde se permite el paso.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan quiere ir en bicicleta a la tienda, pero la única ruta es una autopista. Como es una carretera controlada, no puede andar allí. Sin embargo, si el gobierno local decide que no hay otra ruta segura y permite el uso de la autopista para bicicletas, entonces Juan podría usarla.

Penalidades

Las violaciones a estas prohibiciones pueden resultar en sanciones, aunque no se detallan en el texto.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-5-3860. Animals and certain vehicles prohibited on controlled-access highways; exceptions; penalty. (A)(1) No person, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer, shall occupy any space within the limits of the roadway and shoulders of the main facility of a freeway with an animal-drawn vehicle, a ridden or led animal, herded animals, a pushcart, a bicycle, a bicycle with motor attached, a motor-driven cycle with a motor which produces not to exceed five brake horsepower, an agricultural tractor or other farm machinery, except in the performance of public works or official duties. (2) The prohibitions imposed by this subsection on the use of freeways do not apply to service roads alongside the highways. (B)(1) A local governing body may authorize a partial exemption from the provisions contained in subsection (A) that would allow bicyclists and pedestrians to use the roadway and shoulders of the main facility of a noninterstate freeway. (2) The local governing body may authorize a partial exemption to subsection (A) for bicyclists and pedestrians if the local governing body: (a) determines that bicyclists and pedestrians have no other reasonably safe or viable alternative route and the use of the freeway route is at least ten percent less than the shortest conventional alternate route; (b) adopts an ordinance allowing bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the shoulder of a main facility of the noninterstate freeway and allowing bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the roadway when utilizing the shoulder is not practicable because of an obstruction or an unpaved shoulder, or when necessary to cross an access ramp in compliance with accepted bicycle safety standards and practices; and (c) notifies the department that the ordinance has been adopted. (3) Upon