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DRIVING REGULATIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITY
PLAYAS DE ROSARITO CHAPTER
1 GENERAL
DISPOSITIONS ARTICLE
1.These present regulations are of public order and social interest; the
rules which the driver and pedestrian transit moving the municipality of
Playas de Rosario must obey are established in these regulations in
accordance with the articles 137,138 and 139 part V of the organic law
of the Public Municipal Administration for the ARTICLE
2.For the effects of the present regulations, it is understood: I.
Municipality,
the Municipality of Playas de Rosarito, II.
Regulation, The
present constitution. III.
Direction, the
Direction of security and public Municipal jail. IV.
Department, the
traffic Engineering Department. V.
Thoroughfare, all
area that is of public use destined to pedestrian and vehicular transit,
such as motorized vehicles, animal-drawn vehicles, within the
municipality. VI.
Traffic, action or
effect of moving along the public road from one place to another. VII.
Passer-by, person
that moves along the thoroughfare. VIII.
Public thoroughfare
systems, be it avenues, streets, main arteries, alleys, aquares, public
venues destined to the pedestrian and vehicular transit and the
municipality, with the exception of the zones that are private domain of
the federation, the State of particulars. IX.
Pedestrian, person
that moves on foot in thoroughfare. X.
Handicapped, person
who has a physical diminution and consequence of an affliction of the
senses or motor skills. XI.
Vehicle, mean of
propulsion in which people or thing is transported. XII.
Driver, person that
drives a vehicle. XIII.
Agent, civil servant
of the direction, in charge of executing labors odd road accident
prevention, transit watch and pedestrian security. XIV.
Vehicular gross
weight, the vehicle owns weight and its load capacity specified by the
manufacturer. XV.
Local spot or
authorized zone for the ascent or descent of passengers. ARTICLE
3. The dispositions made in these Regulations are of obligatory observance
in the entire municipality Of Playas de Rosarito. CHAPTER
II OF THE
COMPETENCE ARTICLE
4 . Competent authorities to regulate, watch, supervise and apply the
disposition of the present regulations in function of its matter the
following: I.
As
a normative authority, the Direction of urban development and ecology of
the municipality. II.
As an inspector
authority and/or applicability, the Direction of Security and public
municipal jail. ARTICLE
5 . Without prejudice the attribution that other ordainment signal, the
Direction of Urban Development and Ecology of the Municipality, in
accordance with the matter that regulates this present Regulations will
have the following function: I.
Regulate
the transit in the thoroughfare, in accordance with the classification
marked by this ordering and in function of the individual
characteristics of each one, by means of the organization of the transit
lights system and horizontal and vertical signaling, integrating them in
the road system of the
municipality. II.
Implement programs
to optimized the use of the thoroughfare by the pedestrian and vehicular
transit. III.
To coincide with
other dependencies of the public municipal administration and the
federal governments , state and municipal in planning, design and
execution of public transport systems, including routes , access points
and descents ,terminals ,etc. IV.
Regulates the
occupancy of the thoroughfare prior to the study and authorization
(yellow line ,green, blues white and red )exclusive pedestrian areas. V.
Regulate the
construction ,collocation ,characteristics and location of the signals
and devices for the transit control , in accordance with the Manual that
for this porpoise be generated. ARTICLE
6 .The control and registration of the vehicles that move around the
municipality ,as well as granting , suspending and cancellation of
driving licenses, all will be done in accordance with the Traffic and
transport Law of the State. In
watching, controlling and supervising this matter the municipal
authorities will have the proper attribution marked by the own Law and
the coordination agreements that derive form the same. I.
The
policies of road, pedestrian and vehicular transit. II.
The coordination
agreements celebrated by the municipal authorities with federal, state
and municipal dependencies, in the matter of transit, road, transport
and contaminant emission control. III.
The vigilance,
supervision and control of automotive vehicles , to verify the
observance of the required mechanic conditions and equipment , with the
purpose of improving roads , preservation of the environment ,
safeguarding the security of people and the public order. IV.
The parking of
vehicles in the thoroughfare. V.
The removal and
proper disposition of vehicles and objects from the thoroughfare, in the
case these obstruct or put a risk the pedestrian or vehicular transit. VI.
The disposition
regarding the road education applied by the municipal authorities. VII.
The measures made to
promote the use of means of transportation, alternative technology or
complementary to the diesel or gas propelled vehicles. VIII.
The application of
fines corresponding for infractions to the dispositions established in
this regulation. ARTICLE
8 . In the exercise of concurring attributions, the City Council may reach
coordination agreement between the federal and state authorities in the
granting of drivers licenses or permits, public road signs, transit
inspection functions in road section under the federal or state
jurisdiction within the municipality. ARTICLE
9 . Corresponding to the direction of security and Public Municipal Jail, by
its agents, the inspection and vigilance of the observance of the
dispositions established in the present regulation, by the pedestrian
and vehicles as well as the application of the corresponding fines,
without prejudice of the resources resolved by the competent authority. The
municipal Traffic agents can only detain a moving vehicle when its
driver has broken and a fragrant fashion any of the disposition in this
regulations. In
consequence, the sole revision of documents will not be a motive to
detain a moving vehicle. CHAPTER
III OF THE
SAFETY EDUCATION AND ROAD INFORMATION ARTICLE
10. The direction can coordinate with the dependencies and public municipal,
state and federal administration identities so they can design and
implement permanent security programs and roads safety education, aimed
to create conduct habits and respect toward the legal laws regarding the
transit and road safety, with the objective of preventing accidents and
to assure the public order, oriented in a prioritized manner: I.
To
the preschool, elementary and middle students, and parents associations. II.
To those aiming to
get a drivers license or permit. III.
To the persons that
infringed the present regulation. IV.
To the public and
cargo service transportation drivers. V.
To the Directions
agents. VI.
And with other
dependencies of the municipal public administration decentralized, state
and federal ARTICLE
11.The road safety education programs that are designed must have the
following basics concepts. I
.Road safety. II.
Fundamental rules for the pedestrian. III.
Fundamental rules
for the driver IV.
Attention and
prevention of accidents. V.
Preventive,
restrictive and informative signals VI.
Fundamental
Knowledge of the regulation ARTICLE
12 .The
direction, within its competence shall procure to coordinate with
organizations and companies dedicated to the public service transport
and with intermediary groups of the city, to help reach
the objective of the road safety
education. ARTICLE
13. The
Direction will establish of the schools and parents associations, school
safety promoting groups that can help with the activities do road zone
safety education and signaling in school zone. ARTICLE
14. With
the objective of informing the population about the transit report in
the hours of most vehicular congestion, the department of social
communication must establish concentration agreement with companies of
radio and television , so they can broadcast the proper bulletin
reports. TITULO
II HIGHWAYS CHAPTER
I OF
THE PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES ARTICLE
15. The
public thoroughfares are integrated in an array of element whose
function is to allow the transit of pedestrian and vehicles, as well as
facilitate the communication between the different zones in the
municipality in accordance with the building law of the ARTICLE
16. The
public thoroughfares are the roads that are composed of arteries of
common use of public property destined to the free transit of vehicles
and pedestrian, these roads function as links of communication between
the different zones of the City, in this con text we define the roads by
order of hierarchy and importance .This classification has 7 categories:
I.
Regional
Highways II.
Controlled access
roads III.
Primary thoroughfare IV.
Secondary
thoroughfare V.
Collective street VI.
Local street VII.
Pedestrian
thoroughfare For the purpose of interpreting the different
categories of ways of communication, for the drivers, passer-by’s and
pedestrian, we will now describe the characteristics of each one: I) REGIONAL HIGHWAY: These are the arteries
that join one or more communities, subdivided in toll free federal road. I) the toll federal road has the following
characteristics a) The roads have controlled access b) The roads have one or two way lanes c) The access to the communities nearby is
not direct, only through detours. d) Circulation of all types of vehicles, but
the urban passenger transport with exception of the foreign transport. e) The road has emergency ramps and
decelerating lanes. f) A fee is charged for their use g)
The roads have public services 2)
The
Toll free federal road has
the fallowing characteristics : a)
There is no controlled access b)
Usually the roads have direct access to the communities nearby d)
The roads allow the circulation of all type of vehicle including urban
passenger transport. II)
CONTROLLED ACCESS ROADS. These are existing viaducts and peripherals in
the city, its characteristics are: a)
Destined
to vehicular transit ,not for pedestrian b)
Do not have direct
access to the estates, but rather through side streets or uneven
terrains that cross with other streets (access every 500 met.) c)
Allow the
circulation of great volumes of vehicles as high speed with the purpose
of accelerating the big distances commutes III)
PRIMARY THOROUGHFARES, roads and main avenues within the urban trace of
a city, they’re characterized for: a)
To produce free flow of the passing vehicles and vinculating the
secondary avenues and local avenues. b)
The estates have access to them thorough lateral streets and sometimes
direct access. c)
Usually they have a central physical strip separator (median) d)
These don’t intersect with secondary highways but with arteries of its
same hierarchy d)
In
the given case that there are controlled access thoroughfares, these
kinds of roads are in charge of connecting the heavy vehicle transit and
distributing them throughout the city. f)
It is used for medium distance travels and on them the main lines of
public transportation are channeled g)
They can have one way or two way lanes IV)
Secondary thoroughfare, these are the avenues or internal transit
streets in a zone or district, which are connected through the primary
thoroughfare, their characteristics are: a)
These roads are used usually for pleasure trips within the district, or
to gain access to the communities nearby. b)
When the road trace is straight or in a grill form, several areas can be
utilized as secondary roads. c)
The difference between the primary and secondary thoroughfare is the
length of the travels that can be done in them. d)
This kind of thoroughfare allows the circulation of public and cargo
transportation that give service to the district. e)
In
this roads must be anticipated the creation of spaces destined for
parking, ascent and descent, as well as U-turns. f)
It
is essential the installation of street lights, because the lack of
these would intensify the transit flow causing the required distance
between the vehicles to be smaller. V)
SECONDARY ROADS IV)
LOCAL STREETS. These are the streets that have a function, connecting
the estates with the secondary thoroughfares, allowing the direct access
to the properties. Its Characteristics are: a)
The passing movement through these streets must be avoiding in order to
not obstructing in on purpose. b)
The vehicles returns can be solved with square terminations, circular,
lateral circular, T type, Y type and in branch mainly. VII)
PEDESTRIAN THOROUGHFARE, these are corridors or streets for the
exclusive use of pedestrian .It’s characteristics are: a)
The side walkways are paths that allow the users of a residential zone
(children and adults) move around the service areas without mixing or
crossing over to the vehicular transit. CHAPTER
II STREET
SIGNALS ARTICLE
17. The construction , location ,collocation ,characteristics and in general
everything that has anything to do with signals and devices for transit
control must uphold what is established devices manual for the traffic
control by the transport and communication secretariat as well as the
given dispositions from the municipal traffic engineering department . ARTICLE
18 . The transit devices and signals cannot be obstructed by publicity, with
objects or with signs of any kind. It
is forbidden to post signs, lights or instruments that may disorient,
confuse or distract the drivers or pedestrian, putting their lives at
risk. Any
violation to this disposition that generates a transit accident will
generate objective responsibility to the person found guilty, aside from
the administrative sanction that proceeds. The
transit island located at the intersection of the roads or in its
surroundings can be delimitated by tracks, stripes or other materials,
and they serve to the channel the transit or as pedestrian exclusive
zones. In this transit island it is forbidden to circulate or park
vehicles. ARTICLE
19. Traffic signals are classified as preventive, restrictive and
informative, and their and informative, and their means and
characteristics are the fallowing. I.
PREVENTIVE:
they have the objective of warning the existence and nature of a danger
of the change of situation in the thoroughfare .Drivers and pedestrian
are obligated to take the necessary precaution that is derived. Such
signals will have yellow background with black letters. II.
INFORMATIVE, they
have for objective serving as a guide to located or identify streets and
roads, as well as streets names and places of interest. Such signals
will have a green or white background if they’re places or
identification signals, and blue backgrounds if they’re service
signals .The characteristics will be black in high signals, and black in
all the rest. III.
RESTRICTIVE, their
main objective is to determine limitations or prohibitions regulated by
transit. Drivers and pedestrian should obey the restriction that can be
specified on text, symbols or both. These signals will have a white
background with red and white characters , with the exception of the
Stop sign ,that will have the red background with white characters .The
restrictive colors ion the
sidewalk limits will be blue
for disabled , load and unload zones ,white for passengers
ascent and descent ,green for parking zones with a time
limitation ,red for the parking prohibited zones and yellow for the
commercial use zone that has to be occupied
with a sign that specifies this. ARTICLE
20. When in a given point coincide different kinds of signaling, drivers and
pedestrian must observe rules of hierarchy. I.
When
streets lights indication coincides with street signals, it will prevail
the first over the second. II.
When streets light
indication coincide with agents conducting transit, the instruction of
this last one shall prevail over the electronic indications. III.
When streets signals
coincide with agents, the instruction of these last ones shall prevail
over the signal. ARTICLE
21. When the agents conduct the transit, they will do it form a perfectly
visible spot and will do it through a series of positions, hand gestures
combined with the regulation whistle. The meaning of positions, hand
gestures and gestures and whistle is: I.STOP,
when the front or back
of the agent is in front of vehicles on the road .In this case ,
the drivers must hold the car in
the stop signal made in the
pavement , this must be done before
going into the pedestrian crossing place
or if such place doesn’t
exist ,it must stop before going
into the crossing or any other control area .Pedestrian crossing the
road. II.KEEP
GOING ,when any of
the sides of the gent
is towards a vehicle in the
road .In this case the
driver may drive forward
to turn right
if this is not
prohibited, or turn left in a
one way lane as long as it
is permitted. The pedestrian that
go in the same direction as the vehicles
may cross with pedestrian preference
where the vehicle may cross
with pedestrians that go in the same direction as the vehicles are
trying to turn. III.PREVENTIVE,
when the agent id in the positioned keep going and raises an arm
horizontally with the hand facing towards
the side where the transit proceeds ,or both arms in the given
case in two way because the
agent is about to say keep
going or stop ,the pedestrian must
abstain from crossing and if some have already started must hurry their
steps. ARTICLE
22.General Stops is when the agent raises its right arm in a position. In
this case the drivers and pedestrian must stop immediately because this
is a signal of an emergency or a necessary protection. When
doing the above mentioned signals the agent will blow the whistle in the
following manner: a)
Stop, a short
whistle blow b)
Keep going , two
short whistle blows c)
General stop, one
long whistle blow at night , the agent in charge of directing transit
must be provided with equipped made specially for being seen at night. ARTICLE
23 .When the agent makes the
motion of preventive with an
arm and of keep going with the other arm , the
drivers who are addressed the first
signal must stop ad those that are addressed he second one can
keep going or turn left. ARTICLE
23. Drivers and pedestrian must
obey the indication of the street lights in the following order: I.GREEN
LIGHT a)
In
a green signal indication the vehicles can move forward ,when it’s a
turn ,they will let pedestrian pass . If there is not a special street light for
the pedestrian, these will move when there is the green sign indication
for the vehicles, in the same direction
as those. b)
When
there is a green arrow indication alone or combined with another
indication, vehicles can enter the crossing road to do the indicated
movement. II.AMBER LIGHT With an amber light, pedestrian and vehicle
must stop before getting in the crossroad with the exception, those that
already are in; these must hurry or if they don’t stop will obstruct
transit .In any case the driver must complete the e crossing with the
precautions necessary. III.RED LIGHT In front of a red circular sign the driver
must stop in the line of stop drawn of the pavement .In the absence of
these they must stop before going into pedestrian crossing,
consideration parameter imaginary prolongation and external sidewalk
limits. B) When there is a red arrow indication a
lone or combined with another indication, vehicles must stop crossing
the road until the light changes. IV.SCINTILLATING INDICATION A)
When
a red color lens form a street light is scintillating the vehicles must
stop in the line STOP, or stop before actually getting in the road and
can regain their course when they have made sure there is no danger to
others. B)
When an amber light
lens from a street light is scintillating, drivers must slow down their
velocity and may cross as long as they’ve taken the necessary
precautions. ARTICLE
25.
The department of municipal transit can use stripes, symbols or letters
yellow and white painted or applied on the pavement or sidewalk limit.
Pedestrian and drivers are obligated to follow such signals. ARTICLE
26. The
transit island located at the intersection of the roads or in its
surrounding can be delimitated by tacks, stripes or other materials, and
they serve to channel the transit or as pedestrian exclusive zones .In
these transit islands it is forbidden it circulate or park vehicles. ARTICLE
27. Those
who execute public street work are obligated to put devices to alert the
transit of the place of the work site .When the worker interfere with
the safe circulation of the pedestrians and drivers, the workers must
adhere to the signals contained in the chapter “Devices for the
Protection of the work sites “, manual of devices for the control of
transit in streets and roads edited by the secretarial of public woks. ARTICLE
28.Street
lights, bells and barriers installed on train intersections must be
obeyed by pedestrian identified with
a human siluet that says
walk or don’t walk in a crossing road with four stop signs ,two or
more cars arrives at the same time ,it will have
a preference the article of the right of the driver. TITLE
III THE
TRANSPORT CHAPTER
I CLASSIFICATION
OF VEHICLES ARTICLE
29.For
the effects of these regulations, the vehicles are classified according
to their weight and the use. ARTICLE
30. For
their weight, the vehicles are considered: I .LIGHT: Those reported below three and half
ton of vehicular gross weight, among other: a)
Bikes
and tricycles b)
Motorbikes and auto
motor tricycles c)
Motorcycles and
scooters d)
Automobiles e)
Closed Vans f)
Open pick-up g)
Trailer h)
Human propelled cars
i)
Animal drawn
vehicles II.
HEAVY: Those reported with more than three and half ton of vehicular
gross weight among others: a)
Minibuses b)
Buses c)
Two or more axes tractors d)
Tractors with semi-trailer e)
Buses with trailer f)
Especial moving vehicles of the industry G)
Tow vehicles H)
Farming vehicles I)
Especial moving vehicles (machinery) ARTICLE
I.PRIVATE:
destines to be of private use of its owners for the services or legally
owners for the service or legally owners of the passenger transport or
cargo. II.PUBLIC
;destined to the passenger or cargo transport through payment of
authorized fares from concessions or permits given to the federation ,to
the state ,to the municipality or other dependencies and entities of the
public sector destined to a public
service. ARTICLE
32. By its type; those that give urgent hospital care assistance to the
community, vigilant help or rescue. a)
Ambulance b)
Hearse c)
Tow car d)
Vehicle transport e)
Tanks f)
Refrigerator ARTICLE
33.By it way of traction their classification is: I.
HUMAN a)
Wheelchair b)
Bicycles
and tricycles c)
Carrier d)
Skates II.
ALL
OTHER PROPELLED BY A DIFFERENT FORCE THAN HUMAN AND ANIMAL. III.ANIMAL a)
Carriages b)
Open carriages c)
Any other animal
drawn vehicle. CHAPTER
II THE
VEHICLES EQUIPMENT LIGHTS
ARTICLE
34.The vehicles that circulate through the ARTICLE
35.The four or more wheels vehicles must have at least two headlights that
emit white light. These must be collocated symmetrically and at the same
level from each other the closest to the auto body and to a height
approximately of no more than The
lights must be connected to a distributor that emits high and low
lights, collocated in a manner that the driver can easily use them, they
must have this requisite: I.
The low light must
allow seeing persons and objects to a distance no less than II.
The high light must
allow seeing persons and objects to a distance no less than The vehicles have to be equipped also with a light indicator easy to see in the dashboard that must turn on automatically when the high light is on ARTICLE
36. The auto motor vehicles of more than 4 wheels must have two taillights
that emit a very visible red light from minimal distance of ARTICLE
37.It is forbidden to use lights and red reflective in the front of any
vehicle, with the exception of emergency vehicles, as well as lights and
white reflective the one illuminating the license plates and the reverse
indicators. ARTICLE
38.The auto motor vehicle of
4 or more wheels are trailer or semi
trailer , must be provided
with two or more red
reflective , in rear ,be
formed from the rear lamps
or independently .The trailers whose width doesn’t exceed
ARTICLE
39. The auto motor vehicle must be provide with
directional lamps in the front and in the near can by the intermitted
flashing of lights announce the indication of turning to the left or to
the right, as well as pass another vehicle. In the front and it the rear
these lamps must be amounted symmetrically at the same level and in
height no less than 0.35m. separated side to side as much as possible
.The front lights should emit a white or amber light and the rear should
have a red or amber light .Under the normal sunlight these lights must
be visible from a distance no less than ARTICLE
40. The vehicles mentioned below, aside with being equipped with the
required light must also be equipped with: I.
Automobiles and buses with more than 2.00 m. in total width 1.
In the front two marking lamps. The demarcation lamps. The demarcation
lamps must be collocated at the same height and in symmetrical form, one
in each side of the car scattered in a distance no less than 2.
In the rear, it must have two demarcations lamps on in each side and
three lamps of identification with the same specification mentioned
above. 3.
To each side, they must have demarcation lamps, one near the front and
another near the rear. 4.
To each side, they must have two reflective, one near the front and
another near the rear. 5.
In the rear two demarcation reflective, put in a symmetrical from in the
same height one in each side and the closest possible to the sides of
the car. III.
School
Vehicles Besides
the marked by the last fraction ,these must be provided
with two front lamps that must provide intermittent amber light
and two in the back
that must have intermittent
red light ,which shall function
when the vehicle
is stopped for the descent and ascent of school students. These
lamps must be collocated symmetrically in the superior angles of the
car. III
.Trailers and semi trailers of 1.
In the front two demarked lamps, one in each side 2.
In the rear two demarked lamps one in each side and three lamps that
must adhere to the specification contained in 3.
to each side, two demarked lamps one near the front. 4.
To each side, two reflective one near the back and another near the
front. 5.
In the rear part of the vehicle, two demarked reflective symmetrically
collocated at the same height, one to each side and the closest possible
to edges of the car. IV.Semi
trailer: In
the front two demarked lamps put in each of the side of the cabin and
three identification contained in the apt. I of the specification of the
present article. V.
Buses , trailers and semi
trailers for poles ,
rods piles ladders
and all other objects
that stands out longitudinal. 1.To
each side a demarked lamp
and amber reflection collocated near
the front of the cargo. 2.To
each side ,in the rear side
of the load, a demarked that
emits amber light toward the
back ,as well as laterally to indicate the width the maximal
longitude ARTICLE
41. The reflective collocated
in the rear part of
the vehicle should be
visible in the night
from a minimum distance
of The
lateral reflective should reflect the standardized color at the
standardized color at a minimum distance of During
the hours in which
the lights are
mandatory and in generally
good conditions ,the frontal , rear
and side demarcation
lights ,as well as the
identification , should be visible
at the distance minimum of ARTICLE
ARTICLE
43.The machinery of the
construction , farmer , tractors and
any other agricultural self-propelled
devices ,should be
provided with two
headlamps that comply with
the requirement of the
article 7 of these regulations,
also two tail lights
that should emit red
light and , two or more reflective
red lights and two or more
reflective red that also meet the requirements previously marked
.Likewise the combination of the agricultural tractor towing the
agricultural equipment
should have on
it’s rear part
two visible to a
minimum distance of ARTICLE
44.In any automotive vehicles can
be mounted up
to two windshields
light. As well as auxiliary driving
lights no less than
ARTICLE
45.The automotive vehicles ,
tractors and semi-tractors
should be provided
with two tail lights that
would indicate
the se of the braking system
,should be visible in broad daylight
from a minimum distance of ARTICLE
46.The fire department ,police department , ambulances and other authorized
for emergencies, as well as vehicles destined to the maintainers of the
urban services and cleaning the
thoroughfare , should be provided with
a 360 gyratory lamp,
that projects visible red
light at a minimum
distance of ARTICLE
47.Besides the equipment
established in the present
chapter ,the tow trucks must
have a lamp mountain
in the highest point of the vehicle
,it should be able to do 360 turn and
emit amber light
that could be seen
from a distance
of 150m. ARTICLE
48.The vehicles can be provided
with intermittent warning lights; the front ones should be
white or amber lights
,the tail lights ,amber or red .These lamps
must be collocated at
a minimum distance of
ARTICLE
49. Motorcycles must have the following lightning equipment: I.
In
the front , a main light
with a light changing
device, high and low toward
the center ,and a
minimum height
of II.
In the rear
a red light and a reflective
.In the tricycle auto motors
,the lightening equipment in the back of the car must
adhere to the rules established
in the present regulation for
vehicles of vehicles of 4 or more tires. The motorcycles with a cylinder
smaller of 50 cm3 and with a maximum speed of 40 km/hr must be equipped
with a front light that makes the visibility of at least ARTICLE
50. Bicycles must be equipped with
a front white light
lamp of only
one intensity, that makes it
possible to see people
or objects within ARTICLE 51.The height at which the lamp, lights or reflective mentioned in this chapter, will be determined measuring the center of the illuminating device to the floor CHAPTER
III BRAKES ARTICLE
52.Auto motor vehicles or
vehicle combination that go
along the thoroughfare ,
must be have with
a braking system
that must be in good
conditions an can be
easily active by the driver .Such system must meet
the installation and
operation conditions that are listed next: I.
Auto
motor vehicles of two axes: 1.
Service brake, that allows to slow down and to stop safety the vehicle. 2.
Parking brakes, that allows the driver to have the vehicle immobilized
once the mechanic device is applied; it works independently of the
service brakes, holding at least the rear tires. II.
Auto
motor vehicle of more than
two axes: These
vehicles must the brake requirement explained explained above .The tires
from one of the rear axes can be free from the service break action. III.
Trailer
and semi-trailer: 1.Service
breaks, should act over the vehicles tires ,and must
be active through the
vehicle service
break device within
the vehicle .Moreover ,these
should have a security
device that stops the trailer
or semi trailer if at
any time the
connection device
breaks down while the
vehicle is moving. 2.
Parking breaks should satisfy the requirements made in the fraction I,
paragraph 2, of the present article. IV.
Trailer
with a gross weight less than V.
Motorcycles. These
should provided with two brake systems, one of which must act upon the
front tire; if a lateral car is attaché to the side of the car, then a
second braking system is not obligatory. VI.
Auto motor
tricycles, these must be provided with two break systems, one for the
front tire(s). Besides they should have parking breaks in accordance
with fraction I, paragraph 2 of this article. ARTICLE
53. Vehicle that use compressed air for the proper function of its brakes,
must have a manometer (pressure gauge), visible for the driver and it
should indicate in kg per cm3, the available pressure for braking.
Furthermore it should indicate with a warning signal easily audible or
visible by the driver when the pressure in the air deposit is below the
50% given by the monometer. ARTICLE
54. The bicycles and tricycle in the thoroughfare must be provided with
brakes that can be activated mechanical and independent over the front
tire(s) or rear tire(s). CHAPTER
IV OTHER
DEVICES ARTICLE
55. Automobiles must be provided with safety belts, the driver and the
occupants of the vehicle must be wearing them at all the time the
vehicle is moving. Private cars and emergency vehicles must have enough
safety belts for the number of people that are in it. It is the
occupants duty too wear the safety belts when the vehicle is moving, it
is the responsibility of the person that brings a child of less than 3
years old, to put the child car seat equipped for this use. ARTICLE
56. The motor vehicles must have at least one horn in good condition, whose
sound could be heard at 60m, not excessive or bothersome to the human
ear. It
will not be allowed in any vehicle, the installation and use of air
horns and similar devices. The horn can only be used to prevent
accidents. The
emergency vehicles such as the fire truck, ambulances, police cars or
traffic Dept. aside from this horn can be provided with a siren capable
of producing an acoustic heard up to It
is prohibited to install or use sirens in any other vehicle. Vehicles
can be provided with anti theft alarms, as long as the driver cannot use
them as an ordinary warning signal. Bicycles and tricycles must have a
similar device or horn. ARTICLE
57. The motor vehicles must have a speedometer in good working conditions and
night illuminating device in the dashboard.\ ARTICLE
58. The motor vehicles must have a good working silencer in the muffler, in
order to avoid any unnecessary or excessive noise. The
silencing devices in the operative vehicles, must limit the noise level
emitted by the motor in agreement with the current Noise Rules from the the
installation of devices such as escape valves and similar devices
responsible of excessive noise. ARTICLE
59. The level of noise will be measured in the terms before mentioned in the
article 58. ARTICLE
60. The automotive vehicle of more than 4 tires must have at least 2 rear
view mirrors. The dimensions and dispositions of these mirrors must
allow the driver to observe the circulation of cars behind the vehicle. 1.
One
of the mirrors must be located in the vehicle and another one of the
outside, from the driver’s side. 2.
Buses should also
have another right lateral mirror for the purpose of watching over
passengers movements. 3.
Motorcycles and
bicycles should have at least 1 rearview mirrors. ARTICLE
61. The windshield of the motor vehicle must be provided with a device that
keeps it clean of rain or other obstructions, this device must be able
to be activated by the driver from its seat. Said
windshields must be in good working condition and save made of laminated
glass with a plastic intermediate film, and must have the obligatory
stamp that is collocated in the national made vehicle. ARTICLE
62. It is forbidden for motor vehicles to have in their windshield, side
windows or rear windows, sings, posters or any other opaque object that
obstructs the drivers vision; sings or document that
this Regulation or other , will be collocated in spots that
doesn’t obstruct visibility, the wipers of the windshield must not be
painted or obstructed in such a way that it may reduce visibility, with
the exception of cars whose shade was installed by the manufacturers and
it doesn’t obstacles the visibility. ARTICLE
ARTICLE
64. The auto motor vehicle, trailer and semi trailer, must be in good safe
conditions, these vehicles must have a spare tire capable of
substituting any of the moving tires as well as the necessary equipment
to make said movement. ARTICLE
65. It is prohibited for auto motors, trailer and semi trailer to move with
smooth or broken down tires. No service public vehicle can move with the
tires covered. |