But I bet there is no law that states the county must remove those signs within a certain time after the event. so the signs could be left there for a few months or years and we would still be ticketed for going round a sign which is clearly not valid. As usual it's all one sided, we the motorist get screwed for anything we do wrong, but everyone else is free (county, police, etc) to do whatever they want!! I fully agree that if you ignore a sign and get in trouble because of what it warned about, then you should be liable for fines and costs, but you cannot know if the sign has been there 3 minutes, 3 days or 3 months, so given our poor record of removing signs after an event has passed, I can't see how any reasonable police officer could charge you for going round the sign to verify if it is still relevant!! Again it always seems the motorist is under attack.. Its great that police can issue a ticket if we go around a sign, but how about the police also issue tickets to whoever put the sign in place if they are not removed with 2 weeks of the event having passed? Just food for thought.. I get really upset the number of times I change lanes because a sign says the lane closes ahead, and then there is no lane closure, or road work signs warning of roadworks ahead, when there has clearly been no roadwork activity there for months!!
I will get of my chair now!!