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Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter C - MARKINGS › Section 212.202 - No-passing zones

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(a)
Additional warrants on two-lane, two-way highways
. In addition
						to the sight distance warrant in Section
						3B.02 of the MUTCD (relating to
						no-passing zone pavement marking and warrants), no-passing zones may be
						established at the following locations on two-lane, two-way highways with
						center line pavement markings:
(1) In advance
						of a divided highway or an obstruction such as a bridge support pillar, a
						channelizing island or a safety zone, which separates the two lanes of
						traffic.
(2) On or within, and in
						advance of any bridge, tunnel or underpass designated as a narrow bridge or
						underpass in accordance with §
													212.1 (relating to
						definitions).
(3) In advance of a
						Stop Sign (R1-1), Yield Sign (R1-2) or traffic signal.
(4) On the approach to an intersection where
						passing may be undesirable due to the high number of crossing or turning
						movements.
(5) Within a school
						zone.
(6) In areas where an
						analysis of vehicle crashes shows an unusually high number of passing-related
						crashes.
(7) In areas where the
						roadside development includes many driveways and intersections where passing
						would create frequent potential conflicts.
(8) At locations where the roadway width is
						very restrictive, shoulders are nonexistent or in poor condition, the roadway
						cross-section has an excessive crown, or obstacles are close to the
						roadway.
(9) In areas where traffic
						volumes are very heavy and there would be very limited opportunities for
						motorists to pass other vehicles.
(10) At locations where a passing zone would
						otherwise be less than 600 feet in length.
(11) At locations where engineering judgment
						indicates that allowing passing is undesirable because a better passing area
						exists farther ahead.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter C - MARKINGS › Section 212.203 - Delineation

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The 4-foot mounting height for delineators specified in
						  the MUTCD (relating to delineator placement and spacing) is not applicable for
						  guide rail and barrier-mounted delineators. In addition, post-mounted
						  delineators may be 4 feet above the ground instead of 4 feet above the near
						  edge of pavement as specified in the MUTCD.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter D - HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNALS › Section 212.301 - Purpose

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This subchapter sets forth additional guidance and
						  criteria relating to the design, application and operation of traffic-control
						  signals within this Commonwealth. The
Traffic
						  Standards
-
Signals TC-8800 Series
(Department
						  Publication 148M) and the
Traffic Signal Design Handbook
(Department Publication 149M) contain additional design details,
						  specifications, checklists and forms.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter D - HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNALS › Section 212.303 - Pedestrian-control signals

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Pedestrian-control signals provide special types of
						  traffic signal indications for the exclusive purpose of controlling pedestrian
						  traffic. These indications consist of the illuminated symbols of a walking
						  person (symbolizing WALK) and an upraised hand (symbolizing DON'T WALK) or the
						  illuminated words WALK and DON'T WALK.
(1) New pedestrian-control signals must use
						symbolized messages.
(2) Signals
						using word messages may be retained for their useful service life.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.401 - General

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This subchapter supplements the criteria in the MUTCD,
						  and applies to highway construction, maintenance operations and utility work or
						  incident management, either on a highway or so close to a highway that workers,
						  equipment or materials encroach on the highway. Compliance with this subchapter
						  does not relieve the contractor or others of their general responsibility for
						  the protection of the public and the employees in work zones.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.402 - Exempt work

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(a)
General
. The following types of work are exempt from the
						requirements contained in this chapter and in the MUTCD:
(1) Snow plowing and other snow or ice
						control operations.
(2) Refuse
						collection, trash collection, leaf pick-up, street cleaning, municipal street
						sweeping and residential lawn care.
(3) Operations which do not involve
						construction, maintenance operations or utility work, such as mail, newspaper,
						home fuel or other local deliveries.
(4) Studies or inspections of highway or
						utility features which may be completed without blocking any part of a travel
						lane.
(5) Construction, maintenance
						operations or utility work in areas outside the highway right-of-way; except
						when the work is so close to the highway that workers, equipment or materials
						encroach on the highway.
(6)
						Construction, maintenance operations or utility work where all workers,
						equipment or materials are behind a guide rail, more than 2 feet behind a curb
						or 15 feet or more from the edge of a roadway.
(7) Mowing operations on roads with less than
						10,000 vehicles per day and where equipment does not encroach on the
						roadway.
(8) Traffic data
						collection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.403 - Temporary traffic-control plans

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Plans for construction projects must either reference
						  or include a temporary traffic-control (TTC) plan, which must consist of one of
						  the following:
(1) A reference to a
						specific figure either in the MUTCD or in the
Work Zone Traffic Control
						Guidelines
(Department Publication 213) that properly depicts actual
						site conditions.
(2) A copy of a
						specific figure either in the MUTCD or the
Work Zone Traffic Control
						Guidelines
(Department Publication 213) which has been modified to
						depict actual site conditions and the necessary traffic-control requirements
						for the specific project.
(3) One
						or more detailed plan sheets or drawings showing the actual site conditions and
						the TTC requirements for the specific project.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.404 - Sign supports

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(a)
Post-mounted signs
. Post-mounted signs or signs on fixed
						supports shall be installed in accordance with the
Signing and Marking
						Standards
(Department Publication 111M).
(1) Post-mounted sign installations must be
						of a breakaway or yielding design unless they are adequately placed behind
						guide rail or median barrier.
(2)
						Signs may not be mounted on existing utility poles or other structures unless
						the owner grants written permission and the signs can be properly positioned to
						convey their messages effectively.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.405 - Regulatory speed limits

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(a)
General
. Regulatory speed limits in temporary traffic-control
						zones and in the area in advance of a work zone where traffic queues are
						anticipated may be established as follows:
(1)
						A regulatory speed limit up to 10 miles per hour below the normal speed limit
						may be established without an engineering and traffic study, provided the
						reduced regulatory speed limit is at least 25 miles per hour. Regulatory speed
						limits less than 25 miles per hour or more than 10 miles per hour below the
						normal speed limit require an engineering and traffic study and the prior
						approval of the Department for State-designated highways and approval of local
						authorities for local highways. To qualify for an additional speed limit
						reduction, the engineering and traffic study must indicate that traffic queues,
						erratic maneuvers, high vehicle crash rates or undesirable working conditions
						exist on the project or have existed on similar projects.
(2) Regulatory speed limits for temporary
						traffic control must be signed with either Speed Limit Signs (R2-1), Work Area
						Speed Limit Signs (R2-2-2) or variable speed limit signs. For speed limits that
						are 50 miles per hour or less, the signs must be spaced not greater than 1/2
						mile apart throughout the limits of the reduced speed limit zone. Conflicting
						regulatory or warning signs must be removed, covered, folded or turned so that
						they are not readable or identifiable by oncoming traffic whenever the reduced
						regulatory speed limit is in effect.
(3) A Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) showing the
						speed limit on the section of highway immediately after the work zone must be
						positioned at the end of the reduced regulatory speed limit, except an R2-1
						sign is not necessary if a Work Area Speed Limit Sign (R2-2-2) is used and an
						End Road Work Sign (G20-2) or End Work Area Sign (G20-3) is in place at the end
						of the regulatory speed limit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.406 - Channelizing devices

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(a)
Device consistency
. Channelizing devices used to form a
						particular taper or a particular longitudinal line of devices must all be of a
						single type. For example, cones, drums, barricades and vertical panels may not
						be intermixed within the same taper or line, but the type of device being used
						in a taper may differ from the type of device being used in a longitudinal
						section.
(b)
Cones
. Cones may only be used as a channelizing device for
						operations where work is in active progress. The minimum height of cones is 28
						inches except cones that are 18 inches high may be used to protect new pavement
						markings.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.407 - Markings

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When lane line and center line pavement markings on
						  more than 250 linear feet of highway are covered or destroyed by construction,
						  maintenance, utility, permit or other work, they must be replaced, before
						  ending work each day, with standard pavement markings, or with temporary
						  pavement markings as included in the MUTCD.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.408 - Impact attenuators

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The design and application of temporary impact
						  attenuators must comply with the
Roadway Construction
						  Standards
(Department Publication 72M) for concrete median barrier and
						  other obstructions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.409 - Travel lane rumble strips

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Temporary bituminous rumble strips may be used in the
						  travel lanes to provide an audible warning to alert drivers of a potentially
						  dangerous situation including a median crossover, lane reduction and congested
						  area. Recommended rumble strip designs are available from the Bureau of Highway
						  Safety and Traffic Engineering. When used, the rumble strip patterns must
						  extend onto the shoulder whenever possible to discourage drivers from making
						  erratic maneuvers in an attempt to bypass or avoid the rumble
						  patterns.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.410 - Delineators

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The application of delineators must comply with the
Signing and Marking Standards
(Department Publication
						  111M).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.411 - Flaggers

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(a)
Helmet
. In addition to the requirements of the MUTCD, flaggers
						shall wear a protective helmet.
(b)
Mechanical flaggers
. Mechanical flaggers or mannequins, which
						look and act somewhat like flaggers, may not be used to alert, slow or stop
						traffic.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.412 - Flagger signaling devices

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A red flag shall only be used to control traffic in
						  emergencies when a Stop/Slow Paddle (R21-10) is not available or at
						  intersections where a single flagger is used within an
						  intersection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.413 - Portable traffic-control signals

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Portable traffic-control signals may be used to control
						  one-lane, two-way traffic. They may also be used for other special applications
						  such as a highway or street intersection with a temporary haul road or
						  equipment crossing. The design and application of portable traffic-control
						  signals must conform with the applicable requirements of the Department's
						  certificate of approval issued to the manufacturer for portable traffic-control
						  signals, and with any special requirements defined in the TTC Plan. For these
						  applications, it may be desirable to use traffic-actuated or manual control to
						  compensate for unbalanced traffic flows.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.414 - Emergency work

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(a)
General
. Emergency work may be initiated without prior
						compliance with the traffic-control provisions specified by this subchapter,
						provided the foreman or lead worker implements all available safety measures,
						and the traffic control is brought into compliance with this subchapter as soon
						as possible. The foreman or lead worker may use flares as attention-getting and
						warning devices.
(b)
Utility work
. Emergency repair for utility work may be
						initiated under this section or repair to a utility facility undertaken under
						Chapter 459 (relating to occupancy of highways by utilities) to repair damage
						resulting from a vehicle crash or collision with the facility, a failed
						component or storm damage. Utility service connections or disconnections
						unrelated to a vehicle crash, a failed component, or storm damage must
						otherwise comply with this subchapter.
(c)
Expediting emergency
						work
. Emergency work may be completed without installation of work
						zone traffic-control devices required by this subchapter, if one of the
						following conditions is met:
(1) Review of the
						condition indicates that the emergency work can be completed in less time than
						it would take to install the temporary traffic-control devices, and the work or
						condition would not create a significant potential hazard.
(2) Temporary traffic control has been set up
						and it is found that additional traffic-control devices are desirable, but that
						it would take longer to obtain and install additional traffic-control devices
						than it would to complete the work.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.415 - Type D Arrow Panels

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Type D Arrow Panels shall only be used on vehicles
						  during short-term stationary, short duration or mobile
						  operations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.416 - Shadow vehicles

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When used with a truck-mounted attenuator (TMA), the
						  shadow vehicle must be loaded to a weight recommended by the manufacturer of
						  the TMA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.417 - Flashing warning lights

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If used, flashing warning lights may not be used in a
						  series unless the spacing between successive flashing lights is at least 250
						  feet.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.418 - Good management principles

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Agencies administering highway construction, utility
						  work and maintenance operations shall mandate the application of the following
						  good management principles:
(1) Keep
						the temporary traffic-control zones as short as practical to avoid long
						stretches with no work activity.
(2) Minimize lane restrictions.
(3) Remove all traffic-control devices as
						soon as practical after the construction, maintenance or utility operation is
						complete.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter E - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL › Section 212.419 - Special controls in work zones

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(a)
General
. Special signing
						required in
						75 Pa.C.S. §§
													3326,
						3365,
						4309,
						6123 and
						6123.1 will be in addition
						to the traffic-control devices required by the MUTCD and shall be installed in
						accordance with this section.
(b)
Application
. Signing under this section is discretionary in
						the following work zones:
(1) Short duration
						work, where the operation will be completed in less than 1 hour.
(2) Mobile operations, where the work moves
						intermittently or continuously.
(3)
						Stationary work where the daily duration of the construction, maintenance or
						utility operation is less than 12 hours and all traffic-control devices are
						removed from the highway at the completion of the daily operation, including
						all advance warning signs.
(4) Work
						along highways other than expressways or freeways where the normal speed limit
						is 45 miles per hour or less.
(5)
						Work in response to emergency work or conditions such as a major
						storm.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter F - TRAFFIC CONTROLS FOR SCHOOL AREAS › Section 212.501 - School zone speed limits

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(a)
Establishment
. A 15 miles per hour school zone speed limit may
						be established in a school zone during the normal hours that walking students
						are arriving at or leaving school, under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													3365(b) (relating to special
						speed limitations).
(1) To establish a school
						zone, local authorities shall be responsible to prepare and submit a drawing
						showing the locations where students walk along or across roadways that are
						adjacent to school property, the hours that students are going to or from
						school and the proposed limits for the school zone to the Department for
						approval.
(2) The Department is
						responsible for approving the establishment of all school zones, including the
						locations and hours of operation, except local authorities shall be responsible
						for approving school zones at the following locations:
(i) On local highways when the municipality
						has received municipal traffic engineering certification under Chapter 205
						(relating to municipal traffic engineering certification).
(ii) On State-designated highways when the
						municipality has entered into an agreement with the Department thereby
						transferring to the local authorities the authority to install traffic-control
						devices without specific Department approval.
(iii) On highways in cities of the first and
						second class, except not on expressways.
(3) The duration of a 15 miles per hour
						school zone speed limit should be only long enough to include the time that
						walking students routinely arrive at or leave school.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter G - TRAFFIC CONTROLS FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES › Section 212.601 - Shared road facilities

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Where there is a need to warn motorists to watch for
						  bicyclists traveling along the highway, the Share the Road Sign (W15-3) sign
						  may be used instead of the Bicycle Warning Sign (W11-1) and the Share the Road
						  Plaque (W16-1) as provided in the MUTCD.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter H - SPECIAL EVENTS › Section 212.701 - Processions, assemblages and special activities

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(a)
Criteria
. The closure or
						partial closure of a highway for a procession, assemblage or a special
						activity, may be permitted on local roadways by local authorities and on
						State-designated highways by the Department if the following criteria are
						satisfied:
(1)
Conventional highways
						and expressways
.
(i) An alternate
						route, which is not more than 5 miles longer or five times greater in length
						than the normal travel distance, is established to detour traffic around any
						closed routes, except an alternate route is not required if one of the
						following exists:
(A) The highway to be closed
						is not a numbered traffic route and is primarily used by local drivers who are
						familiar with the alternate route.
(B) The highway is only partially or
						periodically closed and police control can safely maintain traffic on the
						remainder of the highway.
(C) The
						highway closing is for less than 20 minutes and excessive traffic backup will
						not occur during the closing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 213 - SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES › Section 213.1 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish snow
						emergency routes by restricting the use of certain highways during periods of
						snow or ice emergency to vehicles which are properly equipped to minimize the
						safety hazard.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 213 - SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES › Section 213.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Department
-The Department of
						Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Limited access highway
-A highway in
						respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have
						no legal right of access except at points and in the manner determined by the
						authority having jurisdiction over the highway.
Mud and snow tire
-A tire which, when,
						compared with conventional rib-type passenger car tires, has a relatively
						aggressive tread pattern and is designed primarily to provide additional
						starting, stopping, and driving traction in mud and snow. The tread shall also
						have ribs, lugs, blocks, or buttons, be generally discontinuous, and have the
						following characteristics when inflated:
(i) A substantial portion of the lug, block,
					 or rib edges in the tread design shall be at an angle greater than 30° to
					 the tire circumferential center line.
(ii) On at least one side of the tread
					 design, the shoulder lugs shall protrude at least 1/2 inch in a direction
					 generally perpendicular to the direction of travel.
(iii) Tires manufactured on or after January
					 1, 1976, shall be permanently labeled on at least one sidewall with the words
					 "Mud and Snow" or any contraction using the letters "M" and "S," such as MS,
					 M/S, M-S, M & S, and the like.
Snow emergency route
-A limited access
						highway which the Department has designated as a snow emergency route by the
						posting of traffic control devices as provided for in §
											213.4 (relating to
						posting).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 213 - SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES › Section 213.3 - General requirements

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No motor vehicle shall be driven upon a snow emergency
						route when the roadway is covered with ice or snow unless the motor vehicle is
						equipped with at least two mud and snow tires on a driven axle or tire chains
						on two tires on a driven axle.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 213 - SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES › Section 213.4 - Posting

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A traffic control device of the type specified in Chapter
						211 (relating to official traffic control devices) shall be posted at every
						access point to a limited access highway which the Department has designated as
						a snow emergency route.
This section cited in 67 Pa. Code §
													213.2 (relating to
						  definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 214 - HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 214.1 - Purpose and application

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(a) This
					 chapter is in response to the requirements of Act 229 of 2002 which added
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												6105.1
					 (relating to designation of highway safety corridors). Specifically, this
					 chapter is designed to improve safety in targeted high crash locations by
					 designating as highway safety corridors those areas where motorists are exposed
					 to increased levels of enforcement and increased penalties for moving
					 violations relating to unsafe driving behavior.
(b) The signs specified in this chapter are
					 in addition to the traffic-control devices required by Department regulations
					 and apply to public highways within this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 214 - HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 214.2 - Definitions

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The following phrase, when used in this chapter, has the
						following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Highway safety corridor
-The portion of a
						highway determined by a traffic study to be targeted for the application of
						signs, increased levels of enforcement and increased penalties specifically for
						the purpose of eliminating or reducing unsafe driver behaviors that are known
						to result in crashes and fatalities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 214 - HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 214.3 - Traffic and engineering investigation

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A segment of a highway may be designated as a highway
						safety corridor in which increased penalties will apply for violations
						identified in
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												3326(c) (relating to duty of
						driver in construction and maintenance areas or on highway safety corridors) if
						the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) A crash analysis of candidate locations
					 indicates that, for the preceding 5 years, crashes related to targeted driving
					 behaviors exceeds thresholds for the number of crashes or the rate of crashes
					 for homogeneous roadways as determined by the Department.
(2) The corridor meets the geometric
					 requirements needed to allow for safe patrolling by law enforcement officers as
					 well as a safe area to stop violators for the issuance of a traffic citation or
					 warning.
(3) The corridor has
					 adequate space for the installation of the traffic signs specified in this
					 chapter.
(4) There is a written
					 commitment from the local and state law enforcement agencies responsible for
					 highway patrol along the corridor to provide visible, sustained enforcement
					 activity within the limits of the marked corridor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 214 - HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 214.4 - Traffic signs

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(a)
Proper sign installations
. Signs shall be installed as
					 follows:
(1) Sign (W35-1), SAFETY
					 CORRIDOR-FINES DOUBLED NEXT XX MILES, shall be installed as close as practical
					 to the beginning of the highway safety corridor and after each interchange
					 along the corridor.
(2) Sign
					 (W35-2), END FINES DOUBLED CORRIDOR, shall be installed immediately at the end
					 of each highway safety corridor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 214 - HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 214.5 - Questions

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Inquiries about this chapter may be referred to:
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering
P. O. Box 2407
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2047
717-787-6853
Fax: 717-783-8012
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 214 - HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDORS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Appendix A

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W35-1
SAFETY CORRIDOR FINES DOUBLED SIGN
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W35-2
END FINES DOUBLED CORRIDOR
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Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 215 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS › Section 215.1 - Purpose; authority

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(a)
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish temporary
					 or experimental regulations necessary to cover special highway
					 conditions.
(b)
Authority.
This chapter is authorized under
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												6109(a)(20).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.1 - Purpose

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(a)
Traffic
					 offenses and reportable accidents
. The purpose of this chapter is to
					 establish a procedure to effect the provisions of
					 75 Pa.C.S. §§
												1784 and
					 1785 (relating to proof of
					 financial responsibility following violation and proof of financial
					 responsibility following accident). Section 1784 covers a defendant who, upon
					 conviction of a traffic offense, other than a parking offense, that requires a
					 court appearance fails to show proof of financial responsibility on the motor
					 vehicle at the time of the offense. Section 1785 covers the owner of a motor
					 vehicle involved in an accident requiring notice to a police department under
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3746
					 (relating to immediate notice of accident to police department), who did not
					 maintain financial responsibility on the motor vehicle at the time of the
					 accident. Under sections 1784 and 1785, the Department is required to revoke
					 the registration of the vehicle. Section 1784 also requires the Department to
					 suspend the operating privilege of the defendant, if the defendant is the owner
					 of the vehicle. Section 1785 requires the Department to suspend the operating
					 privilege of the owner, where applicable.
(b)
Nonreportable accidents
. This chapter also establishes a procedure for suspension of the vehicle
					 owner's operating privilege, where applicable, and revocation of the
					 registration of a motor vehicle involved in an accident not required to be
					 investigated by
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3746
					 when the owner did not maintain financial responsibility on the motor vehicle
					 at the time of the accident.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.2 - Duty of court

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When a defendant who is convicted of a traffic offense,
						other than a parking offense, that requires a court appearance fails to show
						proof of financial responsibility covering the operation of the vehicle at the
						time of the offense, the court shall notify the Department of the fact on the
						appropriate Departmental form.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.3 - Duty of police officer investigating an accident

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Every police officer who investigates a motor vehicle
						accident required to be investigated by
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												3746
						(relating to immediate notice of accident to police department) shall include
						in the written report of the accident, which is required to be forwarded to the
						Department under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												3751
						(relating to reports by police), information as to whether the vehicles
						involved in the accident were in compliance with the financial responsibility
						requirements of 75 Pa.C.S. Chapter 17 (relating to financial
						responsibility).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.4 - Duty of driver involved in an accident

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If a police officer does not investigate an accident
						required to be investigated by
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												3746
						(relating to immediate notice of accident to police department), the driver of
						a vehicle which is involved in the accident shall include in the written report
						of the accident, which is required to be forwarded to the Department under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												3747
						(relating to written report of accident by driver or owner), information as to
						whether the vehicles involved in the accident were in compliance with the
						financial responsibility requirements of 75 Pa.C.S. Chapter 17 (relating to
						financial responsibility).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.5 - Motor vehicle accidents not requiring investigation

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(a)
Reports by police
. Every
					 police officer who investigates a motor vehicle accident which does not require
					 an investigation under
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3746
					 (relating to immediate notice of accident to police department) shall notify
					 the Department on the appropriate Departmental form if an owner of a motor
					 vehicle involved in the accident did not maintain financial responsibility on
					 the motor vehicle at the time of the accident.
(b)
Reports by driver
. The
					 driver of a vehicle which is involved in a motor vehicle accident for which an
					 investigation is not required under
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3746 may
					 notify the Department in writing if an owner of a motor vehicle involved in the
					 accident did not maintain financial responsibility on the motor vehicle at the
					 time of the accident.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.6 - Acceptable proof of financial responsibility

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(a)
I.D. card
. For the
					 purposes of this chapter, the I.D. card in 31 Pa. Code Chapter 67, Subchapter B
					 (relating to evidence of financial responsibility) shall be considered evidence
					 that the motor vehicle was covered by a policy of motor vehicle liability
					 insurance or was self-insured.
(b)
Other documents
. A person who is unable to produce and exhibit
					 an I.D. card as prescribed in subsection (a) may produce one of the following
					 documents as evidence that the motor vehicle was covered by a policy of motor
					 vehicle liability insurance:
(1) The
					 declaration page of the insurance policy or a copy thereof.
(2) A copy of a valid binder of insurance
					 which contains all of the information required to appear on the I.D. card,
					 excluding policy number.
(3) A copy
					 of an application for insurance to the Pennsylvania Automobile Insurance Plan
					 which contains the information required to appear on the I.D. card, excluding
					 the policy number, and is signed by a licensed insurance agent or
					 broker.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.7 - Suspension of operating privilege or revocation of vehicle

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(a)
Operating privilege
					 suspension.
Failure to show proof of financial responsibility as
					 required by
					 75 Pa.C.S. §§
												1784 and
					 1785 (relating to proof of
					 financial responsibility following violation and proof of financial
					 responsibility following accident) will result in a 3 month suspension of the
					 vehicle owner's operating privilege if the owner was driving at the time of the
					 traffic offense or accident.
(b)
Vehicle registration revocation
. Failure to show proof of
					 financial responsibility as required by
					 75 Pa.C.S. §§
												1784 and
					 1785 will result in a 3
					 month revocation of the registration of the vehicle for which the required
					 financial responsibility was not in effect at the time of the traffic offense
					 or accident.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 219 - PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 219.8 - Proof of financial responsibility before restoring operating

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(a)
Operating privilege.
When the Department suspends the
					 operating privilege of a person under
					 75 Pa.C.S. §§
												1784 or
					 1785 (relating to proof of
					 financial responsibility following violation or proof of financial
					 responsibility following accident), the Department will not restore the
					 operating privilege until the person furnishes proof of financial
					 responsibility in a manner to be determined by the Department and remits the
					 $25 fee for reinstatement of operating privilege as required by
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												1960
					 (relating to reinstatement of operating privileges).
(b)
Registration
. When the
					 Department revokes the registration of a vehicle under
					 75 Pa.C.S. §§
												1784 or
					 1785, the Department will
					 not restore the registration until the vehicle owner furnishes proof of
					 financial responsibility in a manner to be determined by the Department and
					 submits an application for registration to the Department, accompanied by the
					 applicable fee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 221 - OBLIGATIONS OF INSURER AND VEHICLE OWNERS › Section 221.1 - Required financial responsibility

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The Commissioner and the Secretary of Transportation, by
						this chapter, set forth the obligations of insurers and vehicle owners under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												1704
						(relating to administration of chapter).