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27-52-205. Arrangement of signals.
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27-52-205. Arrangement of signals.
(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 number of such signal lenses and colors shall never be less than three (3): Red for “STOP”, yellow for “CAUTION”, and green for “GO”.
(b)(1) Additional signal lenses may be added to supplement with specific indications these three (3) basic signal indications.
(2) These signal lenses and colors shall be arranged as follows:
(A) All signal lenses shall be arranged preferably in a vertical straight line in the signal face or alternatively in a horizontal straight line in the signal face in the following order from top to bottom or from left to right:
Position Basic Signals: Signal Indication: 1. Top or left Red for “STOP” 2. Center Yellow for “CAUTION” 3. Bottom or right Green for “GO” Supplemental Signals: Green arrows on opaque lens backgrounds: 4. Next below or right Straight-through arrow 5. Next below or right Left-turn arrow 6. Next below or right Right-turn arrow
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(B) Traffic signals shall be defined to include all power-operated traffic-control devices, except signs, by which traffic is warned or is directed to take some specific action.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-52-205
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27-52-205. Arrangement of signals.
(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 number of such signal lenses and colors shall never be less than three (3): Red for “STOP”, yellow for “CAUTION”, and green for “GO”.
(b)(1) Additional signal lenses may be added to supplement with specific indications these three (3) basic signal indications.
(2) These signal lenses and colors shall be arranged as follows:
(A) All signal lenses shall be arranged preferably in a vertical straight line in the signal face or alternatively in a horizontal straight line in the signal face in the following order from top to bottom or from left to right:
Position Basic Signals: Signal Indication: 1. Top or left Red for “STOP” 2. Center Yellow for “CAUTION” 3. Bottom or right Green for “GO” Supplemental Signals: Green arrows on opaque lens backgrounds: 4. Next below or right Straight-through arrow 5. Next below or right Left-turn arrow 6. Next below or right Right-turn arrow
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(B) Traffic signals shall be defined to include all power-operated traffic-control devices, except signs, by which traffic is warned or is directed to take some specific action.
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27-52-107. Signal legend.
(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 and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
(1) Green alone or “GO” means:
(A) Vehicular traffic facing the signal, except when prohibited under § 27-51-802, may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either turn, but vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time the signal is exhibited,
(B) Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk;
(2) Steady yellow alone means:
(A) Vehicular traffic facing the signal is warned that the red or “STOP” signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter, and vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection when the red or “STOP” signal is exhibited.
(B) Pedestrians facing the signal are advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway, and any pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles;
(3) Steady red alone or “STOP” means:
(A) Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until green or “GO” is shown alone, except that:
(i) Vehicular traffic facing the signal, after coming to a complete stop, may cautiously enter the intersection for the purpose of making a right
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-52-107
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-52-107. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.