§ 104.2. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Local authorities—County, municipal and other local boards and bodies having authority to enact laws relating to traffic.
Separate roadway—One roadway of a highway divided into two or more roadways and so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic between the roadways by providing a physical barrier or a clearly indicated dividing section; pavement markings or singing divisors between the roadways may not be construed as creating separate roadways.
Notes of Decisions Separate Roadways
Two painted yellow lines which separate the northbound and southbound lanes of a highway do not create ‘‘separate roadways’’ as contemplated by 75 Pa.C.S. § 3345(g). A driver on such a highway, approaching an oncoming school bus with its red signal lights flashing, must stop as required by the Motor Vehicle Code. Commonwealth v. Russell, 784 A.2d 165 (Pa. Super. 2001); appeal denied at 796 A.2d 981 (Pa. 2002).
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