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Do stop signs qualify as traffic control signals?
<p>In <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/73506/do-jaywalking-laws-apply-in-neighborhoods-and-other-areas-with-few-lane-roads">an earlier question</a>, I discovered that in many jurisdictions, such as Florida and Ohio, you need a marked crosswalk to cross any streets/roads whose intersections have traffic control signals. While &quot;traffic control signals&quot; would definitely include traffic lights, do stop signs qualify as such in these states? I've talked with some about it but haven't received a conclusive answer.</p>
<p>For one reference, <a href="https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/traffic-control-device" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Law Insider</a> says a <em>traffic control <strong>device</strong></em> (which seems to be more general than a <em>traffic control <strong>signal</strong></em>) is &quot;a flagger, sign, signal, [...] used to regulate, warn or guide traffic, [...].&quot; But what we're looking at, a <a href="https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/traffic-control-signal" rel="nofollow noreferrer">traffic control signal</a>, is &quot;a traffic control device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is directed to stop and to proceed.&quot; Are &quot;signals&quot; therefore different from &quot;signs&quot;? While Law Insider seems to say yes, would Florida and Ohio agree? Thanks!</p>

<p>In Ohio, a stop sign would be a traffic control device, but not a traffic control signal.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4511.01" rel="noreferrer">R.C. 4511.01</a>:</p>
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<p>(QQ) &quot;Traffic control device&quot; means a flagger, sign, signal, marking, or other device used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, private road open to public travel, pedestrian facility, or shared-use path by authority of a public agency or official having jurisdiction, or, in the case of a private road open to public travel, by authority of the private owner or private official having jurisdiction.</p>
<p>(RR) &quot;Traffic control signal&quot; means any highway traffic signal by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.</p>
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