{"data":{"id":"us-me/29-a-m.r.s.-2078","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"29-A M.R.S. §2078","heading":"Emergency rule","body":"For public safety or convenience, during a fire, accident, emergency or special event, a law enforcement officer may temporarily close a way to vehicular traffic or to vehicles of a certain description, or divert pedestrian or vehicular traffic.\nAn operator or pedestrian commits a Class E crime if that operator or pedestrian refuses to follow the directions for the movement of vehicles or pedestrians on request or signal of a law enforcement officer or if the operator or pedestrian knowingly refuses to follow the direction of a sign clearly posted by a law enforcement officer to temporarily close a way to vehicular traffic or to vehicles of a certain description or to divert pedestrian or vehicular traffic during a fire, accident, emergency or special event.  For the purposes of this section, a posted sign must include language sufficiently describing the restriction or prohibition and must include the fact that a violation is a Class E crime.","path":["TITLE 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","CHAPTER 19: OPERATION","SUBCHAPTER 1: RULES OF THE ROAD"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec2078.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:35Z","sha256":"50b9eeb11a86cb2d34010753509bb5944ac212447b613367bd247d5bbeb9f0ab","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/29-a-m.r.s.-2077","next":"us-me/29-a-m.r.s.-2079"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}