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3 | 3 | LCO No. 1953 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 594 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 1953 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | (By Request) | |
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20 | 20 | AN ACT INCREASING TRAFFIC SAFETY AROUND ICE CREAM | |
21 | 21 | TRUCKS. | |
22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended (1) to require motor vehicles 1 | |
26 | 26 | engaged in vending ice cream and similar food items be equipped with 2 | |
27 | 27 | safety equipment that enhances such vehicle's visibility to motorists and 3 | |
28 | 28 | pedestrians and with signaling devices that alerts motorists to slow 4 | |
29 | 29 | down or stop completely when approaching such vehicle, and (2) to 5 | |
30 | 30 | require the sale of ice cream and similar food items occur only when the 6 | |
31 | 31 | vending window of such vehicle is away from the travel lane of the 7 | |
32 | 32 | roadway. 8 | |
33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
34 | 34 | To require the installation of certain safety equipment on ice cream | |
35 | 35 | trucks to increase the truck's visibility to other drivers, warn drivers that | |
36 | 36 | children may be present, help the ice cream truck driver see around the | |
37 | 37 | truck and increase the driver's line of site, and to require the sale of ice | |
38 | 38 | cream occur only when the vending window of such vehicle is away | |
39 | 39 | from the travel lane of the roadway. |