Unauthorized Traffic Signs City of Indio

Traffic signs erected without the approval of the City Traffic Engineer are not enforceable.

The City Traffic Engineer Department does not have procedures and/or policies in place to remove traffic control markings, signs, and signals, which have been erected without the approval of the City Traffic Engineer.

Employees of the Desert Sands Unified School District, acting upon the request of an Indio Police Department Patrol Officer, placed a “Right Turn Only” sign at the single lane exit leading from the Johnson Elementary School to the intersection of Clinton and Alberta Streets in Indio. A “Right Turn Only” sign was also placed at the double exit lane leading from the Johnson Elementary School to the intersection of Clinton and Palmyra Streets. Neither sign was authorized by the City Traffic Engineer.

Properly authorized and painted traffic flow markers at the double exit lanes from the Johnson Elementary School were altered without the approval of the City Traffic Engineer.

A third exit from the Johnson Elementary School onto Clinton Street also has an unauthorized “International” no left turn sign.

A school district bus driver was cited for violating one of these unauthorized signs. Although the citation was later dismissed, the bus driver incurred inconvenience and considerable expense.

The City Traffic Engineer allowed the signs to remain in place, once learning of their existence. Recommendations Indio City Council City of Indio Police Department City of Indio City Manager City of Indio Director of Public Works 1. The City Traffic Engineer should remove or formally approve the unauthorized traffic control markings, signs or signals at Johnson Elementary School in accordance with state law.