Indiana § 9-21-4-3 Local authorities; jurisdiction; duties; traffic calming devices

Indiana Statutes

§ 9-21-4-3 — Local authorities; jurisdiction; duties; traffic calming devices

Indiana·Title 9 MOTOR VEHICLES·Art. 21 TRAFFIC REGULATION·Ch. 4 Traffic Control Devices

(a)As used in this section, "traffic calming device" means a device erected to slow traffic on residential streets, including the following:

(1)traffic circles;

(2)curb extensions;

(3)neck downs;

(4)diagonal diverters;

(5)truncated diagonal diverters; or

(6)chicanes.

(b)A local authority shall place and maintain traffic control devices upon highways under the authority's jurisdiction, not including state highways, the authority considers necessary to indicate and to carry out this article or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All traffic control devices, except traffic calming devices, erected under this section after June 30, 1939, must conform to the Indiana manual on uniform traffic control devices for streets and highways, ("the state manual") and

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(a) As used in this section, "traffic calming
device" means a device erected to slow traffic on residential streets,
including the following:
(1) traffic circles;
(2) curb extensions;
(3) neck downs;
(4) diagonal diverters;
(5) truncated diagonal diverters; or
(6) chicanes.
(b) A local authority shall place and maintain traffic control devices
upon highways under the authority's jurisdiction, not including state
highways, the authority considers necessary to indicate and to carry out
this article or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide
traffic. All traffic control devices, except traffic calming devices,
erected under this section after June 30, 1939, must conform to the
Indiana manual on uniform traffic control devices for streets and
highways, ("the state manual") and design specifications. However, the
design and use of traffic calming devices shall conform to generally
accepted engineering principles of road design, and shall not affect the
requirements of the state manual and design specifications as regards
any other traffic control device, as used in this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-32.]

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