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When a traffic officer tells you to do something ordinarily against the law, you do it. In a bad traffic jam, he may tell you to go through a red light. The officers want to get rid of the jam. If a gas main breaks, they want to route traffic around the danger and send traffic the wrong way on a one way street. You go where they send you. You do not want to go where you might get blown up. There are times when there are emergencies and the normal rules can not apply. The officers will be glad when the emergency is over and it is possible to resume normal operations.

In a temporary traffic situation, you follow the officer's orders and directions. (e.g.: If, in order to avoid an accident scene you are directed to drive on the wrong side of the roadway - you do it. BUT - not to the point where EVERY TIME you come upon an accident scene you feel empowered to drive on the wrong side of the road just because some officer told you to do it at some time in the past.) You must obey traffic officer at all times no matter what.

Always obey the traffic officer

It is entirely dependent on the instructions. For example, if the officer tells you make an immediate U-turn where no U-turns are permitted and drive down the wrong side of the road so he can clear the lane for incoming emergency vehicles - then you are required to comply; if the officer tells you pick up a stick and poke out somebody's eye, then you are not required to perform the task.

SHORT ANSWER: The traffic and motor vehicles codes of all jurisdictions state that when an officer is directing traffic, it is the officers direction that takes precedence and which must be followed regardless of any other rules, signs, or normally prevailing laws to the contrary.

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