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    Default Re: "Failure to Obey Sign at Construction Work Zone"

    Sect. 6F.48 to 6F.50
    Standard: Each detour shall be adequately marked with standard temporary route markers and destination signs.

    Option:
    The Detour Arrow (M4-10) sign may be used where a detour route has been established. The DETOUR (M4-8) marker may be mounted at the top of a route marker assembly to mark a temporary route that detours from a highway, bypasses a section closed by a temporary traffic control zone, and rejoins the highway beyond the temporary traffic control zone.

    Guidance:
    The Detour Arrow (M4-10) sign should normally be mounted just below the ROAD CLOSED (R11-2, R11-3a, or R11-4) sign. The Detour Arrow sign should include a horizontal arrow pointed to the right or left as required.

    The DETOUR (M4-9) sign should be used for unnumbered highways, for emergency situations, for periods of short durations, or where, over relatively short distances, road users are guided along the detour and back to the desired highway without route markers. A Street Name sign should be placed above, or the street name should be incorporated into, a DETOUR (M4-9) sign to indicate the name of the street being detoured.

    Option:
    The END DETOUR (M4-8a or M4-8b) sign may be used to indicate that the detour has ended.

    Guidance:
    When the END DETOUR sign is used on a numbered highway, the sign should be mounted above a marker after the end of the detour.


    http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/mille...4.01/6fndi.pdf

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    Default Re: "Failure to Obey Sign at Construction Work Zone"

    Section 2B.48 ROAD CLOSED Sign (R11-2) and LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY Signs (R11-3 Series, R11-4)

    Guidance:The ROAD CLOSED (R11-2) sign should be installed where roads have been closed to all traffic (except authorized vehicles).
    ROAD CLOSED—LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY (R11-3) or ROAD CLOSED TO THRU TRAFFIC (R11-4) signs should be used where through traffic is not permitted, or for a closure some distance beyond the sign, but where the highway is open for local traffic up to the point of closure.

    Standard:The Road Closed (R11-2, R11-3 series, and R11-4) signs (see Figure 2B-20) shall be designed as horizontal rectangles. These signs shall be preceded by the applicable Advance Road Closed warning sign with the secondary legend AHEAD and, if applicable, an Advance Detour warning sign (see Section 6F.18).


    I won't be arguing the misinterpretation of the sign, as I agree with you, but that the required information to follow a suitable route was not provided (as the officer repeatedly claimed were posted and insisted my negligence to).

    Might be worth a try. Just a soon to be accountant here.

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    Default Re: "Failure to Obey Sign at Construction Work Zone"

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    but that the required information to follow a suitable route was not provided (as the officer repeatedly claimed were posted and insisted my negligence to).

    Might be worth a try. Just a soon to be accountant here.
    Certainly is worth a try however, and unless you can find anything listed under "Standard" (instead of under "Guidance") that states that the "ROAD CLOSED..." sign is invalid unless it is acoompanied by detour signs, then you'll be hard pressed to prove that you were not in violation. Also, the fact that Detour signs are Orange, means that they are informational signs and those, are not part of the "required" regulation.

    You are within your rights to make as best an argument as you may deem appropriate though. Good luck, and let us know how it works out.

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