A. Unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer and subject to the exemptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter, the driver of a vehicle shall:
1. Obey the instructions of an official traffic control device applicable to the driver that is placed in accordance with this chapter.
2. Not drive over or across or park in any part of a gore area. This paragraph does not apply to the driver of a vehicle that is disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a highway in a manner and to an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in that position. For the purposes of this paragraph, "gore area" means the area that is between a through roadway and an entrance ramp or exit ramp and that is defined by two wide solid white lines that guide traffic entering or exiting a roadway. Gore area does not include a safety zone.
B. Any provision of this chapter that requires signs shall not be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. If a particular section of law does not state that signs are required, that section is effective even though no signs are erected or in place.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
7
cases, 1965–2013 · leading case:
Cook v. Cook, 547 P.2d 15 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1976).
Cook v. Cook, 547 P.2d 15 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1976).
· cites it 6× “They rely upon the provisions of A.R.S. § 28-644(B), which provides in relevant part: “B.”
State of Arizona v. Brady Whitman Jr., 301 P.3d 226 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 4× “The officer testified, however, that only the broken taillight and the failure to properly observe the stop sign were the violations that had caused him to perform the traffic stop.”
Salinas v. Kahn, 407 P.2d 120 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1965).
· cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 28-644. This highway was marked for “Emergency Parking Only.”
Rodgers v. Ray, 457 P.2d 281 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 2× “The placing of a traffic-control device in accordance with this power has the effect of determining the legality of the manner in which motor vehicles are operated in the area of such regulation: “The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official…”
Coburn v. City of Tucson, 691 P.2d 1104 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 2× “See A.R.S. §§ 28-644 and 28-645. *78 “The rule is that in the absence of a statute a highway authority is not liable for personal injuries because it has allowed the view of an intersection to be obscured by high grass, weeds or bushes which have grown up in a portion of the…”
Fonda v. City of Mesa, 456 P.2d 957 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 2× “The various statutes applicable to this appeal are: A.R.S. § 28-644: “A. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto-placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter * * *.”
Johnson v. Maricopa Cnty., 730 P.2d 862 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1986).
· cites it 2× “This principle is implicit in A.R.S. § 28-855(B), which provides: Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-644(A)(1) — 1 case
State of Arizona v. Brady Whitman Jr., 301 P.3d 226 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
“The officer testified, however, that only the broken taillight and the failure to properly observe the stop sign were the violations that had caused him to perform the traffic stop.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-644(B) — 1 case
Cook v. Cook, 547 P.2d 15 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1976).
“They rely upon the provisions of A.R.S. § 28-644(B), which provides in relevant part: “B.”
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