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55-8-109. Obedience to any required traffic-control device.

(a) The driver of any vehicle and the operator of any streetcar shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.

(b) (1) No provision of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(2) Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, that section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 8; T.C.A., § 59-809; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]

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55-8-109. Obedience to any required traffic-control device.

(a) The driver of any vehicle and the operator of any streetcar shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.

(b) (1) No provision of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(2) Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, that section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 8; T.C.A., § 59-809; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]

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55-8-109. Obedience to any required traffic-control device.

(a) The driver of any vehicle and the operator of any streetcar shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.

(b) (1) No provision of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.

(2) Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, that section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 8; T.C.A., § 59-809; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]