| |
PART VIII.
Regulation of Traffic.
|
|
|
Bye-laws for the general control of traffic and pedestrians.
|
88.—(1) The Commissioner may, with the consent of the Minister, make bye-laws for the general regulation and control of traffic and pedestrians in public places.
|
|
| |
(2) Bye-laws under this section may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, provide for all or any of the following matters:
|
|
| |
(a) specifying rules for the use of roads by traffic and pedestrians;
|
|
| |
(b) requiring traffic to proceed along a specified side of the roadway or, in the case of dual or multiple carriageways, along a specified carriageway;
|
|
| |
(c) assigning different parts of the roadway (including cycle tracks) to different traffic;
|
|
| |
(d) prohibiting specified traffic from using specified parts of the roadway;
|
|
| |
(e) prohibiting traffic from using footways;
|
|
| |
(f) specifying rights of priority of passage for traffic proceeding in the same direction or in different directions (whether opposite or crossing);
|
|
| |
(g) specifying the courses to be taken by traffic at road junctions;
|
|
| |
(h) regulating and controlling the stopping, reversing, turning and overtaking of vehicles;
|
|
| |
(i) regulating and controlling the driving of mechanically propelled vehicles and pedal cycles in relation to animals or animal-drawn traffic;
|
|
| |
(j) regulating and controlling the driving or leading of animals;
|
|
| |
(k) assigning specified parts of the road to pedestrians;
|
|
| |
(l) regulating and controlling the conduct of pedestrians on roads (and, in particular, the crossing of roadways by pedestrians) and specifying the respective rights of priority of traffic and pedestrians on roadways;
|
|
| |
(m) requiring specified signals to be given by persons in charge of traffic to indicate their intentions;
|
|
| |
(n) the control of traffic and pedestrians by members of the Garda Síochána on traffic control duty (and, in particular, specifying the signals to be given by such members and requiring persons in charge of traffic and pedestrians to obey those signals);
|
|
| |
(o) the control of traffic and pedestrians by means of signals given mechanically (and, in particular, requiring persons in charge of traffic and pedestrians to obey those signals);
|
|
| |
(p) requiring persons in charge of traffic to give audible warning of their approach;
|
|
| |
(q) prohibiting or restricting races, trials of speed or other competitions on roads.
|
|
| |
(3) Different bye-laws may be made under this section—
|
|
| |
(a) in respect of different classes of traffic,
|
|
| |
(b) for different circumstances, different areas and different classes of roads.
|
|
| |
(4) In this section “traffic” does not include pedestrians.
|
|
| |
(5) A person who contravenes a bye-law under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
|
