Colorado § 42-4-602 - Local traffic control devices.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 42-4-602 — Local traffic control devices., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 42-4-602. Local traffic control devices.
(1) No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign or traffic control signal at any location so as to require the traffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been obtained from the department of transportation.
(2) Where practical no local authority shall maintain three traffic control signals located on a roadway so as to be within one minute's driving time (to be determined by the speed limit) from any one of the signals to the other without synchronizing the lights to enhance the flow of traffic and thereby reduce air pollution.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2340, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-503 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-602 was relocated to § 42-4-702.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Interstate Legal Barriers to Transportation in the Trans-Missouri West", see U. Colo. L. Rev. 476 (1966).
Annotator's note. Since § 42-4-602 is similar to § 42-4-503 as it existed prior to the 1994 amending of title 42 as enacted by SB 94-1, a relevant case construing that provision has been included with the annotations to this section.
The regulation of traffic at street intersections in a home-rule city is a matter of local concern. Freeland v. Fife, 151 Colo. 339, 377 P.2d 942 (1963).
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Section 42-4-602 ("Local traffic control devices.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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