Article 148. Traffic lights reserved to certain vehicles.
When traffic lights display the illuminated silhouette of a cycle, their indications exclusively refer to cycles and mopeds.
When, exceptionally, the traffic light consists of an illuminated white strip on black ground, their indications exclusively refer to trams and fixed-route buses, unless a lane exists reserved for buses or buses, taxis and other vehicles; in such case, they only refer to traffic in that lane. The meaning of these traffic lights are as follows:
a) A steady horizontal white strip prohibits crossing as if it were a steady red light.
b) A steady vertical white strip allows one to proceed ahead.
c) A steady diagonal white strip, to left or right, indicates respectively that crossing is allowed to turn left or right.
d) A flashing vertical or diagonal white strip indicates the affected vehicles must stop as if it were a steady yellow light.
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Monday, 23 July 2007
Square vehicle or lane traffic lights
Article 147. Square vehicle or lane traffic lights.
Traffic lights for lane occupation exclusively affect vehicles travelling in the lane over which they are located or as indicated in a variable signaling panel and the meaning of the lights are as follows:
a) A red light in cross form prohibits occupying the indicated lane. Drivers of vehicles travelling in this lane must abandon it as soon as possible.
b) A green light in arrow form pointed downwards allows travelling in the corresponding lane. The authorization to use the lane does not exempt one from the obligation to stop before a circular red light nor from other signals having priority in Article 133, obliging stopping or to giving way, or in their absence, of the fulfillment of the general rules on priority.
c) A white or yellow light in arrow form, flashing or steady, pointing diagonally downwards, indicates to users of the corresponding lane the necessity to leave that lane incorporating themselves safely in the lane towards which it points, as the lane over which it is placed will shortly close to traffic.
Traffic lights for lane occupation exclusively affect vehicles travelling in the lane over which they are located or as indicated in a variable signaling panel and the meaning of the lights are as follows:
a) A red light in cross form prohibits occupying the indicated lane. Drivers of vehicles travelling in this lane must abandon it as soon as possible.
b) A green light in arrow form pointed downwards allows travelling in the corresponding lane. The authorization to use the lane does not exempt one from the obligation to stop before a circular red light nor from other signals having priority in Article 133, obliging stopping or to giving way, or in their absence, of the fulfillment of the general rules on priority.
c) A white or yellow light in arrow form, flashing or steady, pointing diagonally downwards, indicates to users of the corresponding lane the necessity to leave that lane incorporating themselves safely in the lane towards which it points, as the lane over which it is placed will shortly close to traffic.
Circular vehicle traffic lights
Article 146. Circular vehicle traffic lights.
The meaning of the lights and arrows are as follows:
a) A steady red light prohibits crossing. While it remains lit, vehicles may not pass the traffic light nor if it exists, the stop line in front of it. If the traffic light is inside or on the far side of an intersection, vehicles must not enter it or if it exists, cross the stop line located before it.
b) A flashing red light, or two alternatively flashing red lights, temporarily prohibits vehicles from crossing a level crossing, a movable bridge or a ferry crossing, on the approach to a fire station exit or on the approach of aircraft at low altitude.
c) A steady yellow light means that vehicles must stop in the same conditions that if it were a steady red light unless, when it lights, the vehicle is so near that it cannot stop before the traffic light sufficiently safely.
d) A flashing yellow light or two alternatively flashing yellow lights obliges drivers to exercise extreme caution and, if applicable, to give way. In addition, they do not exempt one from the requirement of other stop signals.
e) A steady green light means that crossing with priority is allowed, except in the cases mentioned in Article 59.1.
f) A black arrow on a steady red or yellow light does not change the meaning of these lights, but it exclusively limits it to the direction indicated by the arrow.
g) A green arrow on a black ground means that the vehicles can take the direction indicated, whatever light is simultaneously lit in the same or ajoining traffic light panel. Any vehicle that, when igniting the green arrow, is in a lane reserved exclusively for the Traffic in the direction and senses indicated by the arrow or that, without being reserved, is the one that this Traffic must use, will have to advance in this direction and sense. The vehicles that advance following the indication of a green arrow must make it with precaution, leaving happen to the vehicles that circulate around the lane to which they are gotten up and not putting in danger the pedestrians who are crossing the road.
The meaning of the lights and arrows are as follows:
a) A steady red light prohibits crossing. While it remains lit, vehicles may not pass the traffic light nor if it exists, the stop line in front of it. If the traffic light is inside or on the far side of an intersection, vehicles must not enter it or if it exists, cross the stop line located before it.
b) A flashing red light, or two alternatively flashing red lights, temporarily prohibits vehicles from crossing a level crossing, a movable bridge or a ferry crossing, on the approach to a fire station exit or on the approach of aircraft at low altitude.
c) A steady yellow light means that vehicles must stop in the same conditions that if it were a steady red light unless, when it lights, the vehicle is so near that it cannot stop before the traffic light sufficiently safely.
d) A flashing yellow light or two alternatively flashing yellow lights obliges drivers to exercise extreme caution and, if applicable, to give way. In addition, they do not exempt one from the requirement of other stop signals.
e) A steady green light means that crossing with priority is allowed, except in the cases mentioned in Article 59.1.
f) A black arrow on a steady red or yellow light does not change the meaning of these lights, but it exclusively limits it to the direction indicated by the arrow.
g) A green arrow on a black ground means that the vehicles can take the direction indicated, whatever light is simultaneously lit in the same or ajoining traffic light panel. Any vehicle that, when igniting the green arrow, is in a lane reserved exclusively for the Traffic in the direction and senses indicated by the arrow or that, without being reserved, is the one that this Traffic must use, will have to advance in this direction and sense. The vehicles that advance following the indication of a green arrow must make it with precaution, leaving happen to the vehicles that circulate around the lane to which they are gotten up and not putting in danger the pedestrians who are crossing the road.
Traffic lights reserved for pedestrians
Article 145. Traffic lights reserved for pedestrians.
The meaning these traffic lights is as follows:
a) Steady red light, in the form of a standing pedestrian, indicates to pedestrians that they must not start to cross the road.
b) Steady green light, in the form of a walking pedestrian, indicates to pedestrians that they may start to cross the road. When the light starts to flash, it means that pedestrians already on the crossing may finish and that the light will change to red.
The meaning these traffic lights is as follows:
a) Steady red light, in the form of a standing pedestrian, indicates to pedestrians that they must not start to cross the road.
b) Steady green light, in the form of a walking pedestrian, indicates to pedestrians that they may start to cross the road. When the light starts to flash, it means that pedestrians already on the crossing may finish and that the light will change to red.
Temporary signals and bollards
Article 144. Temporary signals and bollards.
1. Variable message panels aim to regulate traffic, adapting it to changing circumstances. They are used to give information to drivers, to warn of possible dangers and to give recommendations or instructions requiring compliance. The content of text and signals in variable message panels will comply with the official Catalogue of Traffic signals.
The modifications that these variable message panels introduce with respect to the normal signaling finish when either the panel changes or the causes which motivated its imposition return to normal.
2. The marking by bollards can be:
a) Barrier devices: they prohibit access to the part of the road that they delimit and are as follows:
i) Fixed barrier: prohibits access to the road or part of it which it delimits.
ii) Moving barrier or semi-barrier: Temporarily prohibits access, while it is in the horizontal position to the road at a level crossing, customs or toll position, or access to a site or other place.
iii) Provisional directional panel: prohibits access and indicates the direction of travel.
iv) Flags, cones or analogous devices: prohibit access through the real or imaginary line that joins them.
v) Steady red light: indicates the road is totally closed to traffic.
vi) Steady or flashing yellow lights: prohibit access through the imaginary line that joins them.
b) Guiding devices: Their purpose is to indicate the edge of the road, the presence of a bend, traffic direction, road work limits or other obstacles. They are as follows:
i) Separation marker: A semicylindrical bollard with symmetrically opposed triangles on its front, of reflective material, that indicates the point at which two lanes of traffic separate.
ii) Edge markers: A bollard whose fundamental purpose is to mark out the highway’s edges at night or in low visibility.
iii) Permanent directional panels: A panel intended as a directional guide and to indicate to users an imminent danger.
iv) Road studs or cat’s eyes: A reflective stud placed in the road surface to delimit lanes or mark the road edge at night or in poor visibility.
v) Reflective barriers: A reflective surface placed on barriers to mark their presence at night or in poor visibility.
vi) Flat bollards: Indicate the edge of the road, factory or works limits or other obstacles in the road.
vii) Cylindrical bollards: They reinforce any safety measure, prohibiting crossing of the imaginary line that joins them.
viii) Lateral barriers: Rigid, semi-rigid or moveable; they indicate the edge of the road and protect against leaving the road.
3. The form, color, design, symbols, meaning and dimensions of bollards will conform to that set down in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals.
1. Variable message panels aim to regulate traffic, adapting it to changing circumstances. They are used to give information to drivers, to warn of possible dangers and to give recommendations or instructions requiring compliance. The content of text and signals in variable message panels will comply with the official Catalogue of Traffic signals.
The modifications that these variable message panels introduce with respect to the normal signaling finish when either the panel changes or the causes which motivated its imposition return to normal.
2. The marking by bollards can be:
a) Barrier devices: they prohibit access to the part of the road that they delimit and are as follows:
i) Fixed barrier: prohibits access to the road or part of it which it delimits.
ii) Moving barrier or semi-barrier: Temporarily prohibits access, while it is in the horizontal position to the road at a level crossing, customs or toll position, or access to a site or other place.
iii) Provisional directional panel: prohibits access and indicates the direction of travel.
iv) Flags, cones or analogous devices: prohibit access through the real or imaginary line that joins them.
v) Steady red light: indicates the road is totally closed to traffic.
vi) Steady or flashing yellow lights: prohibit access through the imaginary line that joins them.
b) Guiding devices: Their purpose is to indicate the edge of the road, the presence of a bend, traffic direction, road work limits or other obstacles. They are as follows:
i) Separation marker: A semicylindrical bollard with symmetrically opposed triangles on its front, of reflective material, that indicates the point at which two lanes of traffic separate.
ii) Edge markers: A bollard whose fundamental purpose is to mark out the highway’s edges at night or in low visibility.
iii) Permanent directional panels: A panel intended as a directional guide and to indicate to users an imminent danger.
iv) Road studs or cat’s eyes: A reflective stud placed in the road surface to delimit lanes or mark the road edge at night or in poor visibility.
v) Reflective barriers: A reflective surface placed on barriers to mark their presence at night or in poor visibility.
vi) Flat bollards: Indicate the edge of the road, factory or works limits or other obstacles in the road.
vii) Cylindrical bollards: They reinforce any safety measure, prohibiting crossing of the imaginary line that joins them.
viii) Lateral barriers: Rigid, semi-rigid or moveable; they indicate the edge of the road and protect against leaving the road.
3. The form, color, design, symbols, meaning and dimensions of bollards will conform to that set down in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals.
Arm and other signals
Article 143. Arm and other signals.
1. Traffic officers regulating traffic will ensure that they are easily recognizable at a distance at all times, that their signals are visible. Their orders must be immediately obeyed by road users. The following persons must wear reflective clothing whilst working; Traffic Officers or Military Police regulating traffic, works personnel, those accompanying special transport regime vehicles, school patrols, civil protection personnel, sporting activities personnel, and others specified in section 4 of this Article. The relective clothing must be visible to approaching drivers at a minimum distance of 150 m.
2. As a general rule, traffic officers will use the following signals:
a) Arm raised vertically: obliges all drivers approaching the officer to stop, except drivers who cannot do so in conditions of sufficient safety. If at an intersection, it does not oblige drivers to stop who have already entered it. Stopping must occur before the nearest stop line or, in its absense, immediately before the officer. At an intersection, stopping must occur before entering it. After this signal, the officer may indicate the place where stopping must occur.
b) Arm or arms extended horizontally: obliges all road users approaching the officer from directions that cross the path indicated by the arm or extended arms from whatever direction to stop. This signal remains in force even if the officer lowers his arm or arms, until he changes position or gives another signal.
c) Waving a yellow or red light: obliges road users towards which the agent directs the light to stop.
d) Arm extended moving it alternatively up and down: this signal obliges drivers approaching the officer perpendicular to the side corresponding to the signalling arm to reduce their speed.
e) Other signals: when circumstances demand, officers may use any other signal different from the above in a clear manner. Officers may order vehicles to stop with short whistle blasts, and a ‘go’ signal with a long blast.
3. Officers may give orders or indications to road users while by using signal V-1 in the RGV, through loud hailer or by any other means that can be clearly understood, including the following:
a) Red flag: indicates that the road beyond the vehicle with the flag is temporarily closed to all traffic, except those accompanied or escorted by traffic officers.
b) Green Flag: indicates that the road beyond the vehicle with the flag is reopened to traffic.
c) Yellow Flag: indicates to other drivers and road users the presence of danger. This flag may also be used by personnel responsible for the order, control or safety during cycling events or any other activity, sporting or not, on roads subject to the LST.
d) Arm extended and inclined downwards: obliges the user indicated to stop on the right hand side.
e) Flashing yellow or red lights: obliges the driver preceding the officer to stop the vehicle on the right hand side, in front of the police vehicle, in a place where it does not create further risk or annoyance to other users, and to follow the instructions of the officer by means of loud speaker.
4. In the absence of traffic officers or to help them, and in the circumstances and conditions established in this regulation, Military Police, works personnel or those accompanying special transport vehicles may regulate traffic by means of signals R-2 and R-400, and by the same means, school patrols can require road users to stop. When the competent authority authorizes sporting or other activities that require traffic controls on urban or interurban roads, the authority responsible for the traffic may authorize civil protection personnel or the responsible organization to bar access of vehicles or pedestrians to the affected area or itinerary, in the conditions set out in Annex II.
When Security or Armed Forces of the State, in the scope of their duty, establish controls for public safety on the highway, they may regulate traffic in the absence of traffic officers.
The form and meaning of signals and orders of traffic officers will conform to that in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals. These signals also appear in Annex I.
1. Traffic officers regulating traffic will ensure that they are easily recognizable at a distance at all times, that their signals are visible. Their orders must be immediately obeyed by road users. The following persons must wear reflective clothing whilst working; Traffic Officers or Military Police regulating traffic, works personnel, those accompanying special transport regime vehicles, school patrols, civil protection personnel, sporting activities personnel, and others specified in section 4 of this Article. The relective clothing must be visible to approaching drivers at a minimum distance of 150 m.
2. As a general rule, traffic officers will use the following signals:
a) Arm raised vertically: obliges all drivers approaching the officer to stop, except drivers who cannot do so in conditions of sufficient safety. If at an intersection, it does not oblige drivers to stop who have already entered it. Stopping must occur before the nearest stop line or, in its absense, immediately before the officer. At an intersection, stopping must occur before entering it. After this signal, the officer may indicate the place where stopping must occur.
b) Arm or arms extended horizontally: obliges all road users approaching the officer from directions that cross the path indicated by the arm or extended arms from whatever direction to stop. This signal remains in force even if the officer lowers his arm or arms, until he changes position or gives another signal.
c) Waving a yellow or red light: obliges road users towards which the agent directs the light to stop.
d) Arm extended moving it alternatively up and down: this signal obliges drivers approaching the officer perpendicular to the side corresponding to the signalling arm to reduce their speed.
e) Other signals: when circumstances demand, officers may use any other signal different from the above in a clear manner. Officers may order vehicles to stop with short whistle blasts, and a ‘go’ signal with a long blast.
3. Officers may give orders or indications to road users while by using signal V-1 in the RGV, through loud hailer or by any other means that can be clearly understood, including the following:
a) Red flag: indicates that the road beyond the vehicle with the flag is temporarily closed to all traffic, except those accompanied or escorted by traffic officers.
b) Green Flag: indicates that the road beyond the vehicle with the flag is reopened to traffic.
c) Yellow Flag: indicates to other drivers and road users the presence of danger. This flag may also be used by personnel responsible for the order, control or safety during cycling events or any other activity, sporting or not, on roads subject to the LST.
d) Arm extended and inclined downwards: obliges the user indicated to stop on the right hand side.
e) Flashing yellow or red lights: obliges the driver preceding the officer to stop the vehicle on the right hand side, in front of the police vehicle, in a place where it does not create further risk or annoyance to other users, and to follow the instructions of the officer by means of loud speaker.
4. In the absence of traffic officers or to help them, and in the circumstances and conditions established in this regulation, Military Police, works personnel or those accompanying special transport vehicles may regulate traffic by means of signals R-2 and R-400, and by the same means, school patrols can require road users to stop. When the competent authority authorizes sporting or other activities that require traffic controls on urban or interurban roads, the authority responsible for the traffic may authorize civil protection personnel or the responsible organization to bar access of vehicles or pedestrians to the affected area or itinerary, in the conditions set out in Annex II.
When Security or Armed Forces of the State, in the scope of their duty, establish controls for public safety on the highway, they may regulate traffic in the absence of traffic officers.
The form and meaning of signals and orders of traffic officers will conform to that in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals. These signals also appear in Annex I.
Obligations relative to signaling
Article 142. Obligations relative to signaling.
1. The road owner or, if applicable, the authority in charge of regulating traffic will order the immediate removal and, if applicable, the substitution of signals unlawfully installed, have lost their purpose or those that do not meet their purpose due to deterioration (LST Art 58,1).
2. Except where justified to the contrary, nobody may install, remove, transfer, hide or modify road signaling without permission of its owner or, as applicable, the authority in charge of traffic regulation or the person in charge of its facilities (LST Article 58,2).
3. It is prohibited to modify the content of the signals or to place on them or in their environs plates, posters, marks or other objects that may cause confusion, reduce to their visibility or its effectiveness, dazzle road users or distract their attention, without prejudice to the competencies of the road’s owner (LST Art 58,3).
The relevant Jefatura Central de Tráfico, the autonomous authority or local person in charge of regulating traffic may alter at any time, the content of signals mentioned in Article 144,1 to adapt them to changing traffic circumstances, without prejudice to the competencies of the road’s owner.
4. Removing or damaging signals permanently or temporarily is a serious offence (LST Art 65.4.f).
1. The road owner or, if applicable, the authority in charge of regulating traffic will order the immediate removal and, if applicable, the substitution of signals unlawfully installed, have lost their purpose or those that do not meet their purpose due to deterioration (LST Art 58,1).
2. Except where justified to the contrary, nobody may install, remove, transfer, hide or modify road signaling without permission of its owner or, as applicable, the authority in charge of traffic regulation or the person in charge of its facilities (LST Article 58,2).
3. It is prohibited to modify the content of the signals or to place on them or in their environs plates, posters, marks or other objects that may cause confusion, reduce to their visibility or its effectiveness, dazzle road users or distract their attention, without prejudice to the competencies of the road’s owner (LST Art 58,3).
The relevant Jefatura Central de Tráfico, the autonomous authority or local person in charge of regulating traffic may alter at any time, the content of signals mentioned in Article 144,1 to adapt them to changing traffic circumstances, without prejudice to the competencies of the road’s owner.
4. Removing or damaging signals permanently or temporarily is a serious offence (LST Art 65.4.f).
Object and type of signals
Article 141. Object and type of signals.
Except where justified to the contrary, in any type of works or activities on the road, only signals, bollards and safety elements and devices included in the basic regulation to this effect by the Ministries of Public Works and the Interior may be used, as indicated in Annex I.
Except where justified to the contrary, in any type of works or activities on the road, only signals, bollards and safety elements and devices included in the basic regulation to this effect by the Ministries of Public Works and the Interior may be used, as indicated in Annex I.
Signaling of road works
Article 140. Signaling of road works.
Works that make impede in any way road traffic must be signed, by day and night, and marked out with bollards luminous at night, or when the meteorological or environmental conditions require it, at the cost of the contractor of the work, according to the basic regulation of the Ministry of Public Works and the Economy.
When road works are signed, the road marks will be of yellow color. Also the following vertical signals will have a yellow ground:
a) Danger warning signals P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4, P-13, P-14, P-15, P-17, P-18, P-19, P-25, P-26, P-28, P-30 and P-50.
b) Regulation signals R-5, R-102, R-103, R-104, R-105, R-106, R-107, R-200, R-201, R-202, R-203, R-204, R-205, R-300, R-301, R-302, R-303, R-304, R-305, R-306, R-500, R-501, R-502 and R-503.
c) Indication signals: all lane and direction signals.
Their meaning will be the same as those used when there are no works.
The form, color, design, symbols, meaning and dimensions of work signals are those that appear in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals. The form, symbols and nomenclature also appear in Annex I of this regulation.
Works that make impede in any way road traffic must be signed, by day and night, and marked out with bollards luminous at night, or when the meteorological or environmental conditions require it, at the cost of the contractor of the work, according to the basic regulation of the Ministry of Public Works and the Economy.
When road works are signed, the road marks will be of yellow color. Also the following vertical signals will have a yellow ground:
a) Danger warning signals P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4, P-13, P-14, P-15, P-17, P-18, P-19, P-25, P-26, P-28, P-30 and P-50.
b) Regulation signals R-5, R-102, R-103, R-104, R-105, R-106, R-107, R-200, R-201, R-202, R-203, R-204, R-205, R-300, R-301, R-302, R-303, R-304, R-305, R-306, R-500, R-501, R-502 and R-503.
c) Indication signals: all lane and direction signals.
Their meaning will be the same as those used when there are no works.
The form, color, design, symbols, meaning and dimensions of work signals are those that appear in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals. The form, symbols and nomenclature also appear in Annex I of this regulation.
Responsibility
Article 139. Responsibility.
1. The road owner is responsible for its maintenance in the best possible conditions for traffic safety and the installation and conservation on it of adequate road signals. The road owner also needs prior authorization to install on it other traffic signals. In an emergency, the agents of the authority may install temporary signals without prior authorization (LST Art 57,1).
2. The authority in charge of traffic regulation will be responsible for temporary signaling in regard to contingencies and for the necessary variable signaling in its control, in agreement with the legislation of highways (LST Art 57,2).
Therefore, the relevant Jefatura Central de Tráfico, the autonomous authority or local person in charge of traffic regulation will determine the types or stretches of road that require temporary or variable signaling or other means of traffic monitoring, regulation, control and remote management; the characteristics of the physical and technological elements that they have as auxiliary purposes of the traffic authority; the installation and maintenance of signaling and their physical or technological elements, as well as the control at all times of the uses and messages of variable message panels, without prejudice to the competencies that may belong to the road’s owner.
3. Responsibility for signaling of works done on roads subject to the LST will correspond to the organisations that carry them out or their subcontractors. Road users are required to follow the indications of the personnel designated to the regulation of vehicles in these works, according to the arrangements in Article 60.5.
When works are done by subcontractors or organizations different from the owner, they will, prior to commencing work communicate to the relevant Jefatura Central de Tráfico, the autonomous authority or local person in charge of traffic, who will specify the instructions in relation to traffic regulation, management and control.
4. The carrying out of works without prior authorization of the road owner will be governed by the arrangements in the legislation of highways or, as applicable, the municipal rules (LST Art 10,1).
The carrying out and signaling of works that do not meet the specified instructions is considered a serious offence (LST Art 65.4.f).
1. The road owner is responsible for its maintenance in the best possible conditions for traffic safety and the installation and conservation on it of adequate road signals. The road owner also needs prior authorization to install on it other traffic signals. In an emergency, the agents of the authority may install temporary signals without prior authorization (LST Art 57,1).
2. The authority in charge of traffic regulation will be responsible for temporary signaling in regard to contingencies and for the necessary variable signaling in its control, in agreement with the legislation of highways (LST Art 57,2).
Therefore, the relevant Jefatura Central de Tráfico, the autonomous authority or local person in charge of traffic regulation will determine the types or stretches of road that require temporary or variable signaling or other means of traffic monitoring, regulation, control and remote management; the characteristics of the physical and technological elements that they have as auxiliary purposes of the traffic authority; the installation and maintenance of signaling and their physical or technological elements, as well as the control at all times of the uses and messages of variable message panels, without prejudice to the competencies that may belong to the road’s owner.
3. Responsibility for signaling of works done on roads subject to the LST will correspond to the organisations that carry them out or their subcontractors. Road users are required to follow the indications of the personnel designated to the regulation of vehicles in these works, according to the arrangements in Article 60.5.
When works are done by subcontractors or organizations different from the owner, they will, prior to commencing work communicate to the relevant Jefatura Central de Tráfico, the autonomous authority or local person in charge of traffic, who will specify the instructions in relation to traffic regulation, management and control.
4. The carrying out of works without prior authorization of the road owner will be governed by the arrangements in the legislation of highways or, as applicable, the municipal rules (LST Art 10,1).
The carrying out and signaling of works that do not meet the specified instructions is considered a serious offence (LST Art 65.4.f).
Language of signals
Article 138. Language of signals.
The written indications that are included or accompany signaling panels on the public roads, and inscriptions, will appear in Spanish and in addition, the official language of the autonomous community, when the signal is located in the territory of the community.
Population centers and features will be designated in their official language and if necessary in Spanish.
The written indications that are included or accompany signaling panels on the public roads, and inscriptions, will appear in Spanish and in addition, the official language of the autonomous community, when the signal is located in the territory of the community.
Population centers and features will be designated in their official language and if necessary in Spanish.
Inscriptions
Article 137. Inscriptions.
1. In order to facilitate the interpretation of the signals, an inscription placed in a rectangular complementary panel under it or inside a rectangular panel that contains the signal.
2. Exceptionally, when the competent authorities consider it advisable to make specific the meaning of a signal or a symbol or, to limit their application to certain categories of road users or to certain periods, and the necessary indications by means of additional symbols or numbers cannot be given in the conditions defined in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals, an inscription under the signal will be placed in a rectangular complementary panel, without prejudice to the possibility of replacing or complementing those inscriptions by means of one or more expressive symbols placed on the same plate.
In case the signal is placed on a fixed or variable message panel, the inscription to which it refers becomes may be located next to it.
1. In order to facilitate the interpretation of the signals, an inscription placed in a rectangular complementary panel under it or inside a rectangular panel that contains the signal.
2. Exceptionally, when the competent authorities consider it advisable to make specific the meaning of a signal or a symbol or, to limit their application to certain categories of road users or to certain periods, and the necessary indications by means of additional symbols or numbers cannot be given in the conditions defined in the official Catalogue of Traffic signals, an inscription under the signal will be placed in a rectangular complementary panel, without prejudice to the possibility of replacing or complementing those inscriptions by means of one or more expressive symbols placed on the same plate.
In case the signal is placed on a fixed or variable message panel, the inscription to which it refers becomes may be located next to it.
Visibility
Article 136. Visibility.
So that they are more visible and legible at night, road signals, especially those warning of danger and those of regulation, must be illuminated or provided with materials or reflecting devices, according to the arrangements in the established basic regulation to the effect by the Ministry of Public Works and the Economy.
So that they are more visible and legible at night, road signals, especially those warning of danger and those of regulation, must be illuminated or provided with materials or reflecting devices, according to the arrangements in the established basic regulation to the effect by the Ministry of Public Works and the Economy.
Application
Article 135. Application.
Signals apply to the entire width of the road that drivers are authorized to use in the direction of the signal. However, its application may be limited to one or more lanes, by means of marks in the road.
Signals apply to the entire width of the road that drivers are authorized to use in the direction of the signal. However, its application may be limited to one or more lanes, by means of marks in the road.
Official catalogue of Traffic signals
Article 134. Official catalogue of Traffic signals.
1. The official Catalogue of Traffic signals will be adjusted to that established in the regulations and the international recommendations in the matter, as well as to the established basic regulation to the effect by the Ministries of the Interior and Public Works.
2. In this catalogue is specified the form and meaning of signals and, their color design, dimensions and their systems of positioning.
3. The signals that can be used on roads subject to the LST will have to meet the rules and specifications set down in this regulation and the official Catalogue of Traffic signals.
4. The form, symbols and nomenclature of signals, as well as the documents that constitute the official Catalogue of Traffic signals, are those that appear in Annex I.
1. The official Catalogue of Traffic signals will be adjusted to that established in the regulations and the international recommendations in the matter, as well as to the established basic regulation to the effect by the Ministries of the Interior and Public Works.
2. In this catalogue is specified the form and meaning of signals and, their color design, dimensions and their systems of positioning.
3. The signals that can be used on roads subject to the LST will have to meet the rules and specifications set down in this regulation and the official Catalogue of Traffic signals.
4. The form, symbols and nomenclature of signals, as well as the documents that constitute the official Catalogue of Traffic signals, are those that appear in Annex I.
Order of priority
Article 133. Order of priority.
1. The order of priority between different types of Traffic signals is as follows:
a) Signals and orders of traffic officers.
b) Temporary signals that modify the normal regime of road use and signals by fixed bollards.
c) Traffic lights.
d) Vertical traffic signals.
e) Road marks.
2. In case prescriptions indicated by different signals seem to contradict each other, the higher priority one will prevail, according to the order in the previous paragraph, or the most restrictive, if ther are signals of the same type (LST Art 54,2).
1. The order of priority between different types of Traffic signals is as follows:
a) Signals and orders of traffic officers.
b) Temporary signals that modify the normal regime of road use and signals by fixed bollards.
c) Traffic lights.
d) Vertical traffic signals.
e) Road marks.
2. In case prescriptions indicated by different signals seem to contradict each other, the higher priority one will prevail, according to the order in the previous paragraph, or the most restrictive, if ther are signals of the same type (LST Art 54,2).
Obeying signals
Article 132. Obeying signals.
1. All road users are required to obey the traffic signals that establish an obligation or a prohibition and to adapt their behavior to messages from the rest of the prescribed signals that are on the roads on which they travel.
To this end, when the signal imposes an obligation to stop, the driver may not move the vehicle thus stopped until he has fulfilled the prescription that the signal establishes.
At dynamic tolls or telepeajes, vehicles that use them must have the means that allows their use (LST Art 53,1).
2. Except for special circumstances so justify, users must obey the prescriptions indicated by signals, even though they appear to contradict the rules of traffic behavior (LST Art 53,2).
3. Users must obey the indications of traffic lights and vertical traffic signals located immediately to their right of the road or lane, and if they do not exist there and they are trying to turn left or go straight ahead, those located immediately to the left.
If traffic lights or vertical traffic signals exist with indications different to right and left, those trying to turn left or go straight on must only obey those immediately to their left.
1. All road users are required to obey the traffic signals that establish an obligation or a prohibition and to adapt their behavior to messages from the rest of the prescribed signals that are on the roads on which they travel.
To this end, when the signal imposes an obligation to stop, the driver may not move the vehicle thus stopped until he has fulfilled the prescription that the signal establishes.
At dynamic tolls or telepeajes, vehicles that use them must have the means that allows their use (LST Art 53,1).
2. Except for special circumstances so justify, users must obey the prescriptions indicated by signals, even though they appear to contradict the rules of traffic behavior (LST Art 53,2).
3. Users must obey the indications of traffic lights and vertical traffic signals located immediately to their right of the road or lane, and if they do not exist there and they are trying to turn left or go straight ahead, those located immediately to the left.
If traffic lights or vertical traffic signals exist with indications different to right and left, those trying to turn left or go straight on must only obey those immediately to their left.
Concept
Article 131. Concept.
The signage is a set of signals and orders by traffic officers, temporary signals that modify the normal regime of use of the road and fixed signals; bollards, traffic lights, vertical traffic signals and road marks, for road users which serve to warn and to inform them or order or regulate their behaviour in advance of certain road or traffic circumstances.
The signage is a set of signals and orders by traffic officers, temporary signals that modify the normal regime of use of the road and fixed signals; bollards, traffic lights, vertical traffic signals and road marks, for road users which serve to warn and to inform them or order or regulate their behaviour in advance of certain road or traffic circumstances.
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