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§ 27-52-105. Devices on state highways

(a) The State Highway Commission shall place and maintain traffic control devices conforming to its manual and specifications upon all state highways as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. (b) No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic […]

§ 27-52-106. Local devices

(a) (1) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. (2) All traffic control devices erected shall conform […]

§ 27-52-107. Signal legend

(a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words “GO”, “CAUTION”, or “STOP”, or exhibiting different colored lights successively one (1) at a time or with arrows, the following colors only shall be used, and the terms and lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows: (1) Green […]

§ 27-52-101. Penalty for interference with highway or railroad sign, etc

(a) No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, mutilate, injure, knock down, destroy, or remove any official highway traffic-control device, road marker, lighting equipment, or any railroad crossing sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or transcription thereon or any part thereof. (b) (1) It is a misdemeanor for […]

§ 27-52-102. Penalty for interference with devices in construction areas

(a) Any unauthorized person who willfully moves, covers, uncovers, alters, tampers with, defaces, or damages any sign, signal, or device erected in a construction area to control the flow of motor vehicle traffic or pedestrian traffic in, through, or around the construction area shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Any person […]

§ 27-52-103. Obedience to official traffic control devices required

The driver of a motor vehicle or operator of a streetcar shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter unless he or she is: (1) Directed by a police officer; or (2) Yielding the right-of-way to a funeral procession as required by § 27-51-1409.

§ 27-52-104. Adoption of uniform system

(a) The State Highway Commission shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices consistent with the provisions of this chapter for use upon highways within this state. (b) The uniform system shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the system then current as approved by the […]