Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Disregarding a Stop

Q: Can I get a ticket if there is no posted erected stop sign, just a stop on the ground before the stop?

A: You live out of state so I can only answer for Indiana in this case. Depending upon how the intersection is marked, yes. IC 9-21-8-32 states that " A person who drives a vehicle shall stop at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one (1) or more entrances to a through highway that are not a part of the through highway and proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles that are not required to stop." If a sign is knocked down for example, but is typically in place, you could be cited for failure to stop, I suppose.

Labels: out of state, stops

posted by South Bend Police Department at 4:48 PM

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