Title 27 — Transportation
56 chapters · 1,818 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-101 Penalty for interference with highway or railroad sign, etc
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(a) No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, mutilate, injure, knock down, destroy, or remove any official highway traffic-control device, road marker, lighting equipment, or any railroad crossing sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-102 Penalty for interference with devices in construction areas
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(a) Any unauthorized person who willfully moves, covers, uncovers, alters, tampers with, defaces, or damages any sign, signal, or device erected in a construction area to control the flow of motor vehicle traffic or pedestrian traffic in, through, or around the construction area …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-103 Obedience to official traffic control devices required
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(1) The driver of a motor vehicle or operator of a streetcar shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter unless he or she is:(1) Directed by a police officer; or(2) Yielding the right-of-way to a fune…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-104 Adoption of uniform system
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(a) The State Highway Commission shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices consistent with the provisions of this chapter for use upon highways within this state. (b) The uniform system shall correlate with and so far as possible conf…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-105 Devices on state highways
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(a) The State Highway Commission shall place and maintain traffic control devices conforming to its manual and specifications upon all state highways as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. (b)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-106 Local devices
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(a) (1) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, w…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-107 Signal legend
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(a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words “GO”, “CAUTION”, or “STOP”, or exhibiting different colored lights successively one (1) at a time or with arrows, the following colors only shall be used, and the terms and lights shall indicate an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-108 Flashing signals
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(1) Whenever flashing red or yellow signals are used, they shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:(1) Flashing red, which is a stop signal, means when a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the near…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-109 Unauthorized signs, etc., prohibited — Removal
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(a) (1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-110 Automated enforcement device operated by county government or department of state government operating outside municipality — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Automated enforcement device” means a system operated by a county government or a department of state government that is operating outside of a municipality that:(A) Uses a device that is capable of detecting a speeding violation; and(B) Photograp…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-111 Automated enforcement device operated by municipality or department of state government operating within boundaries of municipality — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Automated enforcement device” means a system operated by a municipality or a department of state government that is operating within the boundaries of the municipality that:(A) Uses a device that is capable of detecting a speeding violation; and(B…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-201 Purpose
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(a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to make uniform the use of electrical traffic control signal devices in the State of Arkansas in order to promote the public safety and welfare. (b) All electrical traffic control signal devices used in the State of Arkansas on any public …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-202 Penalty
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Any person violating the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-203 Conformity to standards
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(a) Any electrical traffic control signal device installed on any street, road, or highway in this state shall be in conformance with the standards recommended by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, approved as an American Standard by the American National Standards Instit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-204 Duty of officials
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Any persons, officers, or officials charged with the duty of placing, operating, or maintaining electrical traffic control signal devices on the public streets or highways of this state shall arrange the electrical traffic control signal devices to conform with the provisions of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-205 Arrangement of signals
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(a) Whenever traffic upon any public road, street, or highway in the State of Arkansas is controlled by electrical traffic control signal devices exhibiting more than one (1) signal lens and color per signal face according to the signal legend set out in § 27-52-107, then the num…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-52-206 Exception for motorcycles
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a driver of a motorcycle approaches an intersection that is controlled by a traffic-control device, the driver may proceed through the intersection on a red light only if:(1) The traffic-control device uses a vehicle sensor;(2) T…