Crossing animalsUruguay
Traffic rules
Uruguay
1. Crossing animals
An animals-crossing warning indicates a place or road section where wild animals, livestock or ridden animals may enter or cross the road. Animals may appear suddenly, move unpredictably or be difficult to see in darkness, vegetation or poor weather.
Drivers should reduce speed, scan both sides of the road and remain prepared to stop. The warning sign does not itself give animals priority or impose a numerical speed limit, but drivers must avoid frightening, endangering or colliding with them.
Which animals might drivers encounter on roads in Uruguay?
Watch for livestock and other animals on rural roads and wherever local warnings indicate a hazard. On rural roads outside urban and suburban areas, approaching livestock herds on or near the carriageway requires 20 km/h. More animals may follow the first; be ready to slow further or stop.
🔗 impo.com.uy • National Road Traffic Regulation — 17.2 reversing and 17.5 livestock passage
Does an animal-crossing warning sign in Uruguay set a new speed limit?
On rural roads outside urban and suburban areas, a danger warning without a numerical maximum triggers a reduction to 60 km/h. Approaching livestock herds on or near the carriageway requires 20 km/h under the same provision. Obey any lower applicable limit and slow further or stop where needed; the absence of a number on an animal warning does not remove these statutory reductions.
🔗 impo.com.uy • National Road Traffic Regulation — 17.2 reversing and 17.5 livestock passage
Warning for cattle on the road.
English • Traffic sign P-34 • Loose animals. Livestock may be on the road. Reduce speed and remain alert.
Español • P-34 • Animales sueltos. Advierte la posible presencia de ganado en la vía. Reduce la velocidad y mantente atento.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, Norma Uruguaya de Señalización Vertical, PDF p. 99
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, significado, PDF p. 47
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Intendencia de Durazno • Public domain • Source revision 2014-03-12. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Warning for crossing deer.
English • Traffic sign P-35 • Wild animals. Wild animals may be on the road.
Español • P-35 • Animales salvajes. Advierte la posible presencia de animales salvajes en la vía.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, Norma Uruguaya de Señalización Vertical, PDF p. 99
🔗 Gub.uy • MTOP, significado, PDF p. 47
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Intendencia de Durazno • Public domain • Source revision 2014-03-12. Wikimedia original unmodified.
What should you do if an animal enters the road in Uruguay?
Slow smoothly and be ready to stop, checking traffic around you. On rural roads outside urban and suburban areas, approaching livestock herds on or near the carriageway requires 20 km/h; where animals and vehicles share a road, the regulation also requires drivers meeting a herd to stop until it has passed. Avoid frightening animals or swerving into opposing traffic, and watch for more animals following.
🔗 impo.com.uy • National Road Traffic Regulation — 17.2 reversing and 17.5 livestock passage
