Utah § 6a-311 - Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signal preemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense.
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§ 6a-311. Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signal preemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense.
Effective 5/12/2015 41-6a-311.
Interference with traffic-control devices prohibited -- Traffic signal preemption device prohibited -- Exceptions -- Defense.
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person may not alter, deface, damage, knock down, or remove any:
(a)
traffic-control device;
(b)
traffic-monitoring device; or
(c)
railroad traffic-control device.
(2)
Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person may not:
(a)
knowingly use a traffic signal preemption device to interfere with the authorized operation or the authorized cycle of a traffic-control signal; or
(b)
operate a motor vehicle on a highway while in possession of a traffic signal preemption device.
(3)
The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person authorized by the highway authority or railroad authority with jurisdiction over the device.
(4)
A violation of Subsection (1) or (2) is a class C misdemeanor.
(5)
It is an affirmative defense to a charge under Subsection (2)(b) that the traffic signal preemption device was inoperative and could not be readily used at the time of the citation or arrest.
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