A.Â
No person shall park, stand, or stop a motor vehicle upon any public
highway in violation of any traffic control device, unless otherwise
directed by a police officer or other traffic officer.
B.Â
No person shall park, stand, or stop a motor vehicle upon any public
highway in violation of any lawful instruction of any police officer
or other traffic officer.
A.Â
No provision of this article for which a traffic control device is
required shall be enforced against any person if at the time and place
of the alleged violation a traffic control device is not in sufficient
position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant
person operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway providing notice
of the subject prohibition. Whenever a particular section does not
state that a traffic control device is required, such section shall
be effective even though no device is erected or in place.
B.Â
Whenever traffic control devices are sufficiently positioned and
sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person
operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway, such devices shall
be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction
of a lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by
the alleged violator by competent evidence.
C.Â
Any traffic control device that meets the then existing New York
State standards for the placement and legibility of such device shall
be presumed to be sufficiently positioned and sufficiently legible
to be seen by an ordinarily observant person operating a motor vehicle
upon a public highway, unless the contrary shall be established by
the alleged violator by competent evidence.
