Is stealing a street sign a felony?
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RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
i guess technically it would be a felony. I'm not speaking from experience or anything here (cough.yeah right.cough) but as long as they arent crucial to the normal flow of traffic and 'IF YOU GET CAUGHT' with it, you will have to return it and probably pay a small fine to have city works replace it. If you get caught taking a traffic sign, of course the penalties are a little steeper. And the granddaddy, if you get caught stealing a stop sign, and someone gets killed at the intersection you took the sign from you can be held accountable all the way up to manslaughter in the second degree.
I think your 'friend' will be alright.
i guess technically it would be a felony. I'm not speaking from experience or anything here (cough.yeah right.cough) but as long as they arent crucial to the normal flow of traffic and 'IF YOU GET CAUGHT' with it, you will have to return it and probably pay a small fine to have city works replace it. If you get caught taking a traffic sign, of course the penalties are a little steeper. And the granddaddy, if you get caught stealing a stop sign, and someone gets killed at the intersection you took the sign from you can be held accountable all the way up to manslaughter in the second degree.
I think your 'friend' will be alright.
mrrobertstv
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RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
It's only if you get caught!!! Now put the sign back
It's only if you get caught!!! Now put the sign back
sleeper
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RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
Our frat house has a bunch of stop signs in it. But there's a street by our road that has a stop sign where it really shouldn't (nobody's gonna get killed there either). I don't know where they came from though.
I have a street sign from a street that has my last name.
Around here, stop signs are down for all of 2 hours. Someone i know hit one in a truck at about 3 in the morning one day, and it was back up by noon.
Our frat house has a bunch of stop signs in it. But there's a street by our road that has a stop sign where it really shouldn't (nobody's gonna get killed there either). I don't know where they came from though.
I have a street sign from a street that has my last name.
Around here, stop signs are down for all of 2 hours. Someone i know hit one in a truck at about 3 in the morning one day, and it was back up by noon.
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joeychgo
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RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
why risk even a misdemeanor when you can buy the signs for a few hunderd dollars.....much cheaper then a lawyer.....
why risk even a misdemeanor when you can buy the signs for a few hunderd dollars.....much cheaper then a lawyer.....
GRAND_LS 400
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RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
wow, did the world just run out of cars, electronics, and money?
wow, did the world just run out of cars, electronics, and money?
RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
Swiping a stop sign could get you 15 years.
http://www.crimelynx.com/stopsign.html
I remember seeing this on TV a while ago. It is a sad story for all parties involved, but looks like the situation has improved since the initial ruling.
Kale
Swiping a stop sign could get you 15 years.
http://www.crimelynx.com/stopsign.html
I remember seeing this on TV a while ago. It is a sad story for all parties involved, but looks like the situation has improved since the initial ruling.
Kale
RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
Hey, here's another twist...
What about when the traffic lights act up or go dark during power outages??? Should someone be held responsible for the deaths occurring from a non-functioning traffic light???
I realize that problems with traffic lights are mostly accidental whereas stealing a stop sign is not, but what if the someone intentionally broke the light, shot out a bulb, or accidentally crashed into a telephone pole as a result of negligent and/or reckless driving?
Kale
Hey, here's another twist...
What about when the traffic lights act up or go dark during power outages??? Should someone be held responsible for the deaths occurring from a non-functioning traffic light???
I realize that problems with traffic lights are mostly accidental whereas stealing a stop sign is not, but what if the someone intentionally broke the light, shot out a bulb, or accidentally crashed into a telephone pole as a result of negligent and/or reckless driving?
Kale
RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
But when a stop light is there - whether lighted or not, people know it's a dangerous intersection. I was under the impression that if a stop light is out, whether or not there's a stop sign put up, you have to stop unless an officer is directing traffic.
Now, if I get to an intersection with no light and no stop sign, I assume I have the right of way....
But when a stop light is there - whether lighted or not, people know it's a dangerous intersection. I was under the impression that if a stop light is out, whether or not there's a stop sign put up, you have to stop unless an officer is directing traffic.
Now, if I get to an intersection with no light and no stop sign, I assume I have the right of way....
RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
With an unguared intersection, you are supposed to yield to the person on your right, at least in WA state you do. I've seen problem areas where accidents frequently occurred because most people don't think about yielding when there is no yield sign or stop sign. Eventually, they put up stops signs. I know of a few different areas where signs and signals had to be installed, even those dreaded "roundabouts".
So a missing stop sign can create essentially the same scenario, an unguarded intersection, although the speed involved in areas of unguarded intersections surely differs from high-traffic, higher speed areas guarded with stop signs. I don't think you can say a driver was negligent for not yielding when there wasn't a stop sign (where there used to be one), but that's not to say an intelligent, defensive driver couldn't have avoided the accident.
Kale
With an unguared intersection, you are supposed to yield to the person on your right, at least in WA state you do. I've seen problem areas where accidents frequently occurred because most people don't think about yielding when there is no yield sign or stop sign. Eventually, they put up stops signs. I know of a few different areas where signs and signals had to be installed, even those dreaded "roundabouts".
So a missing stop sign can create essentially the same scenario, an unguarded intersection, although the speed involved in areas of unguarded intersections surely differs from high-traffic, higher speed areas guarded with stop signs. I don't think you can say a driver was negligent for not yielding when there wasn't a stop sign (where there used to be one), but that's not to say an intelligent, defensive driver couldn't have avoided the accident.
Kale
sleeper
Former LOD President
RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
Michigan you're supposed to treat it as a 4 way stop if the lights out.
There are a couple of signs that i want to take (but it ain't gonna happen... simple logistics problems). One is the fairly common "Prison Area - Do not pick up hitchhikers". But the one i really want is one of the signs for exit 69 on I-75: "Exit 69 - Big Beaver Road".
Michigan you're supposed to treat it as a 4 way stop if the lights out.
There are a couple of signs that i want to take (but it ain't gonna happen... simple logistics problems). One is the fairly common "Prison Area - Do not pick up hitchhikers". But the one i really want is one of the signs for exit 69 on I-75: "Exit 69 - Big Beaver Road".
RE: Is stealing a street sign a felony?
That's too damn funny!
I think the one that takes the cake for me was in a small town where I went to a car show. The sign read: SPEED LIMIT 12MPH.
I don't know how the hell they came up 12 mph but we got a kick out of it nevertheless!
Kale
That's too damn funny!
I think the one that takes the cake for me was in a small town where I went to a car show. The sign read: SPEED LIMIT 12MPH.
I don't know how the hell they came up 12 mph but we got a kick out of it nevertheless!
Kale
