General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6968
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1640
*01640*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6968
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1640
*01640*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE "MOVE OVER" LAW AND STATIONARY VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 14-283 of the general statutes be amended to require a motor vehicle operator on a highway to move over one lane if a stationary vehicle is located on the shoulder, lane or breakdown lane of such highway.
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the safety of drivers by requiring an operator to move over one lane if traveling in the lane adjacent to where a stationary vehicle, not just an emergency vehicle, is located on the highway.