Kentucky Statutes 189.337 – Traffic control signs, uniform standards to be prescribed — Sign to conform — Prohibited activities
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(1) As used in this chapter, “official traffic control devices” shall mean all signs, signals, markings, and devices placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or dividing traffic.
(2) The Department of Highways shall promulgate and adopt a manual of standards and specifications for a uniform system of official traffic control devices for use upon all roads and streets open to public travel. The manual and its future revisions and supplements shall be applicable to all roads and streets under the control of the Department of Highways or any county or incorporated city.
(3) All traffic control devices installed on any road or street after the adoption of the manual shall conform to the provisions thereof. Satisfactory operating traffic devices in use on the date of the adoption of the manual may continue to be used; however, if such devices are replaced or revised, they must be replaced or revised in conformance with the provisions of the manual.
(4) No person shall place, maintain, or display on or in the view of any highway any authorized sign, signal, marking, or device which resembles, purports to be, or is an imitation of an official traffic control device or signal.
(5) A person shall not attempt to or in fact alter, twist, deface, injure, knock down, or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device or signal, or any part thereof.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 15, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 46, secs. 1 to 3.
(2) The Department of Highways shall promulgate and adopt a manual of standards and specifications for a uniform system of official traffic control devices for use upon all roads and streets open to public travel. The manual and its future revisions and supplements shall be applicable to all roads and streets under the control of the Department of Highways or any county or incorporated city.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 189.337
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Department: means the Department of Highways. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(3) All traffic control devices installed on any road or street after the adoption of the manual shall conform to the provisions thereof. Satisfactory operating traffic devices in use on the date of the adoption of the manual may continue to be used; however, if such devices are replaced or revised, they must be replaced or revised in conformance with the provisions of the manual.
(4) No person shall place, maintain, or display on or in the view of any highway any authorized sign, signal, marking, or device which resembles, purports to be, or is an imitation of an official traffic control device or signal.
(5) A person shall not attempt to or in fact alter, twist, deface, injure, knock down, or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic control device or signal, or any part thereof.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 15, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 46, secs. 1 to 3.