Obediencia a las señales de tráfico y su cumplimiento

Explicación Simple

Cuando manejas, debes seguir lo que dicen las señales de tráfico, a menos que un policía te diga lo contrario. Si no hay señales visibles, no puedes ser multado por no seguirlas.

Es como jugar un juego de mesa donde las reglas están escritas en cartas. Si no hay cartas visibles, no puedes perder por no seguir las reglas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está conduciendo y llega a una intersección donde hay una señal de alto. Él se detiene porque la señal le indica que lo haga. Pero si no hubiera ninguna señal, no podría ser multado por no parar, ya que no había ninguna indicación clara.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-5-950. Obedience to and required traffic-control devices. (a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device, applicable thereto placed or held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter. (b) No provision of this chapter for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place. (c) Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed or held in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed or held by the official act or direction of lawful authority unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence. (d) Any official traffic-control device placed or held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirement of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence. HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-304; 1952 Code SECTION 46-304; 1949 (46) 466; 1977 Act No. 147 SECTION 4.