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177.072 Motorcycle awareness signs.
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(2)
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(4)
(5)
As used in this section:
(a) "Local government" means:
1.
Any city organized and governed under KRS Chapter 83 or 83A;
2.
Any urban-county government organized and governed under KRS
Chapter 67A;
3.
Any consolidated local government organized and governed under
KRS Chapter 67C; and
4.
All of Kentucky's one hundred twenty (120) counties; and
(b) "Motorcycle awareness signs" means signs that increase the awareness
of the traveling public to the possible presence of motorcycles and which
are erected in the highway right-of-way of any highway that is part of the
state primary road system established under KRS 177.020.
All statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the cabinet shall permit any local
government, subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, to erect
motorcycle awareness signs.
The cabinet may, in addition to authorizing a local government to erect
motorcycle awareness signs, also erect motorcycle awareness signs.
Any local government wanting to erect motorcycle awareness signs shall
submit a written request to the cabinet. The request shall identify the routes
and the specific location on the routes where motorcycle awareness signs will
be erected. If the cabinet determines that any location identified in the request
would pose a traffic safety hazard, the cabinet shall identify an alternative
location for the placement of the motorcycle awareness signs.
The signs authorized to be erected under this section shall consist of two (2)
signs. The upper sign shall be diamond shaped with a motorcyclist pictured on
the sign. A second rectangular sign shall be placed directly below the diamond
shaped sign and contain the words "Share the Road." The signs shall conform
with the standards established in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices" published by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005.
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