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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS
21.402 - MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS FOP TRAFFIC CONTROL
DEVICES
ALL TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALS AND DEVICES
SHALL CONFORM TO THE MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS
APPROVED BY A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE
BODY OF THIS COUNTY. ALL SIGNS AND SIGNALS REQUIRED
HEREUNDER FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL SO FAR AS
PRACTICABLE BE UNIFORM AS TO TYPE AND LOCATION
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ALL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES SO
ERECTED AND NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
STATE LAW OR THIS ACT SHALL BE OFFICIAL
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.
21.403 - OBEDIENCE TO OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
THE DRIVER OF ANY VEHICLE SHALL OBEY THE
INSTRUCTIONS OF ANY OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE
APPLICABLE THERETO PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY A
TRAFFIC OR POLICE OFFICER, SUBJECT TO THE EXCEPTIONS
GRANTED THE DRIVER OF AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
21.404 - WHEN OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
REQUIRED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES
NO PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT 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.
21.405 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
PRESUMPTION OF LEGALITY
(A) WHENEVER OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
ARE PLACED IN POSITION APPROXIMATELY CONFORMING TO THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT, SUCH DEVICES SHALL BE
PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN SO PLACED BY THE OFFICIAL ACT OR
DIRECTION OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY
SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
(B) ANY OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE PLACED
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT AND PURPORTING
TO CONFORM TO THE LAWFUL REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO
SUCH DEVICES SHALL BE PRESUMED TO COMPLY WITH THE
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