Uruguay
The Uruguayan Parliament examines changes to right-of-way when turning
Unasev backed a change to traffic regulations to account for situations with “stop” or “yield” signs. In the Transport Committee there were objections, while Udelar expressed a favorable position.
The Transport Committee of the Chamber of Representatives is studying a bill promoted by the government to modify the rules of right-of-way when a driver turns, according to El País.
The current regulations establish that whoever turns loses priority, even if traveling on a priority road. However, the president of the National Road Safety Unit, Marcelo Metediera, told lawmakers that this provision is not followed in practice and defended reviewing the law.
According to what was proposed, two scenarios would be added. If there is “stop” or “yield” signage on the cross street, the driver would retain priority when turning. If there is no such signage, the current criterion would continue to apply and priority would be lost.
During the committee discussion, Colorado Party lawmaker Mauricio Viera expressed a “totally contrary” position to the amendment. According to El País, he warned that the change could introduce ambiguity and alter a behavior already incorporated into traffic.
Later, a delegation from the Institute of Civil Law II and III of the Faculty of Law of the University of the Republic appeared. Professor Andrés Mariño said, according to El País, that after analyzing the proposal they reached conclusions favorable to the reform.
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