Road narrowingPeru
Traffic rules
Peru
1. Road narrowing
A road narrowing is a section where the available width of the road or carriageway becomes smaller. The narrowing may occur on both sides, on one side only, or because one or more traffic lanes end.
Drivers should reduce speed, observe approaching and adjacent traffic, maintain sufficient lateral clearance and merge when necessary. Warning signs do not always determine priority, so drivers must follow any priority signs, lane markings and local traffic rules.
What does a road-narrowing warning mean in Peru?
Peruvian narrowing warnings identify reduced space, while the National Traffic Regulations separately govern meeting and one-vehicle-wide passages. Read the actual controls before entering a bridge, tunnel or narrow roadway.
Warning for a road narrowing.
English • Traffic sign P-17 · historical • Road narrows. The carriageway narrows on both sides while retaining its centre line and two-way traffic. Historical design identified in the manual approved by R.M. No. 210-2000-MTC/15.02. This drawing is explained without presenting it as the current 2024 design.
Español • P-17 · histórico • Reducción de la calzada. Advierte una reducción del ancho de la calzada por ambos lados, manteniendo su eje y la circulación en ambos sentidos. Diseño histórico identificado en el manual aprobado por R.M. N.º 210-2000-MTC/15.02. Se explica este dibujo, sin presentarlo como el diseño vigente de 2024.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Amateria1121 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Sutran.gob.pe • MTC: manual histórico, página PDF 90
🔗 Sutran.gob.pe • Manual histórico: dibujo de referencia, página PDF 98
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Amateria1121 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Source revision 2014-03-12. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does a narrowing warning give you priority in Peru?
No. A warning describes the reduced width, rather than allocating priority or setting a numerical speed limit. Follow any separate priority signs, signals and meeting rules, and slow enough to pass safely or wait before entering.
What should you do if traffic lanes merge at a narrowing in Peru?
Read the lane markings and change lanes only when safe. Separately, Peru’s regulations give the vehicle that entered first priority at a bridge, tunnel or roadway permitting only one vehicle at a time; that is a meeting rule, not an ordinary lane-merging rule.
