Traffic control stop and slow signs - 146.1. (1) A traffic control person on a roadway or adjacent to a roadway where construction or maintenance work is being carried out may display a traffic control stop or slow sign. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Same – firefighters (2) A firefighter on a roadway or adjacent to a roadway where an accident has occurred may display a traffic control stop or slow sign. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Driver required to stop (3) Where a traffic control person or firefighter displays a traffic control stop sign, the driver of any vehicle or street car approaching the person shall stop before reaching him or her and shall not proceed until the traffic control person or firefighter stops displaying the traffic control stop sign. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Driver required to slow down (4) Where a traffic control person or firefighter displays a traffic control slow sign, the driver of any vehicle or street car approaching the person shall approach the person and proceed past him or her and past the construction or maintenance work or scene of an accident with caution and at a slow rate of speed so as not to endanger any person or vehicle on or adjacent to the roadway. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Unauthorized use of sign (5) No person other than a traffic control person or firefighter shall display on a highway a traffic control stop or slow sign. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Regulations (6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the type, design and specifications of traffic control stop and slow signs. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23. Definitions (7) In this section, "construction or maintenance work" includes work by a utility, including a public utility within the meaning of the Public Utilities Act or the Municipal Act, 2001, or by a transmitter or distributor within the meaning of the Electricity Act, 1998; ("travaux de construction ou dentretien") "firefighter" has the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997; ("pompier") "traffic control person" means a person who is directing traffic and, (a) is employed by, (i) the road authority with jurisdiction over the highway, (ii) a public utility within the meaning of the Public Utilities Act or the Municipal Act, 2001, (iii) a transmitter or distributor within the meaning of the Electricity Act, 1998, or (iv) a person under contract with the road authority, public utility, transmitter or distributor to do construction or maintenance work on or adjacent to the roadway, or (b) is employed by or under contract with a person who has been issued a permit or written authorization by the road authority with jurisdiction over the highway to occupy a lane or a portion of a highway in order to undertake work on or adjacent to the highway. ("agent de r©gulation de la circulation") 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 23.