Traffic regulation in Sokoku

WORK IN PROGRESS

Traffic regulation in Sokoku governs and regulates traffic on roads and designated public spaces to facilitate the orderly, timely and safe flow of traffic. In Sokoku this is a combination of federal traffic law, state level rules of the road and local additions in the form of decentralised regulation within the judiciary framework. This regulation has well-established priorities, right-of-way, and traffic control at intersections. These rules apply to all road users, though they are of special importance to motorists. Since Sokoku is one of the oldest post-colonial nations in the age of motorised traffic, it is serving as an example and even model for many post-colonial nations in the Restoration Coalition.

Signs

Priority

Unless stated else, all vehicles from the left have a right of way at intersection. This includes bicycles and horse driven vehicles as well, not only motorised traffic. In case the road surface at the intersection is different, there is a right of way on the continuous surface instead. Other priority arrangements need to be decided by the local level of government before they can be communicated by road signs. Most road signs regulating the right of way are triangular and yellow with black (and in some cases red) icons. Triangles pointing down indicate yield, while triangles pointing upwards indicate the right of way.

Commanding regulatory

These so called mandatory traffic behavior regulations are gathered in the chapter called dekrit. These are communicated by round road signs in yellow with black icons.

Prohibitive regulatory

Traffic regulation falls within the larangan category of traffic law. Apart from the general codified rules, like the prohibition against motorised traffic on pedestrian sidewalks, all prohibitive regulation is indicated by round road signs in red with white symbols, sometimes accompanied by black.

Warning

Warning signs can be placed by the road authority without any coded regulation, but there is a widely documented praxis of the application of these signs. They are usually triangular, pointing upward,in red with white icons and sometimes black additions.