2009 Vermont Code
Title 23 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 23 - TRAFFIC OFFENSES (Contains: §§ 2201 – 2207)
§ 2206 - Evidence
§ 2206. Evidence
(a) The court may permit to be amended any process or pleading for any omission or defect therein, or for any variance between the complaint and the evidence adduced at the trial. If the respondent is substantially prejudiced in the presentation of his case as a result of the amendment, the court shall adjourn the hearing to some future time, upon such terms as he or she shall think proper.
(b) Testimony of a witness as to the existence of a traffic control sign, signal, or marking, or sign establishing a speed zone, shall be prima facie evidence that any such traffic control device existed pursuant to a lawful statute, regulation or ordinance and that a defendant was lawfully required to obey the directions of such device. (Added 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
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