General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6148
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 107
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6148
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 107
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS TO REMAIN AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED FEET BEHIND AN AMBULANCE THAT IS USING FLASHING LIGHTS OR A SIREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that any person operating a nonemergency motor vehicle behind an ambulance, when such ambulance is using its flashing lights or siren, shall remain at least five hundred feet behind such ambulance.
Statement of Purpose:
To help increase the safety of ambulances responding to emergency situations by prohibiting motor vehicle operators from tailgating such ambulances.