2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 189 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE 189.337 Traffic control signs, uniform standards to be prescribed -- Sign to conform -- Prohibited activities.
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189.337 Traffic control signs, uniform standards to be prescribed -- Sign to
conform -- Prohibited activities.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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