Señales para vehículos comerciales detenidos en la carretera

Explicación Simple

Si un camión se detiene en la carretera, su conductor debe encender las luces de emergencia y poner tres señales de advertencia. Esto es para que otros conductores lo vean y no tengan un accidente.

Es como cuando pones conos de tráfico en una zona de construcción para que los autos tomen un desvío. Las señales ayudan a que los conductores sepan que hay un peligro.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un conductor de camión, tiene un problema mecánico y debe parar en la carretera. Primero, enciende las luces de emergencia y luego coloca tres señales rojas donde otros conductores puedan verlas, asegurándose de que estén lo suficientemente lejos para advertir a los que se acercan.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 46.2-111 - Flares and other signals relating to stopped commercial motor vehicles. A. Whenever any commercial motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-341.4 is stopped on any roadway or on the shoulder of any highway in the Commonwealth at any time for any cause other than stops necessary to comply with traffic control devices, lawfully installed signs, or signals of law-enforcement officers, the operator of such vehicle shall immediately activate the vehicular hazard warning signal flashers and as soon as possible, but in any event within 10 minutes of stopping, place or cause to be placed on the roadway or shoulder three red reflectorized triangular warning devices of a type approved by the Superintendent. One of the red reflectorized triangular warning devices shall be placed in the center of the lane of traffic or shoulder occupied by the stopped vehicle and not less than 100 feet therefrom in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane, a second not less than 100 feet from such vehicle in the opposite direction and a third at the traffic side of such vehicle not closer than 10 feet from its front or rear. However, if such vehicle is stopped within 500 feet of a curve or crest of a hill, or other obstruction to view, the red reflectorized triangular warning devices in that direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to other users of the highway, but in no case less than 500 feet from the stopped vehicle. Vehicular hazard warning signal flashers shall continue to flash until the operator has placed the three red reflectorized triangular warning devices required in this subsection. The placement of red reflectorized triangular warning devices is not required within the corporate limits of cities unless, during the time which lights are required