Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00594 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 594
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1010 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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1414 SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
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2020 AN ACT INCREASING TRAFFIC SAFETY AROUND ICE CREAM
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2222 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2323 Assembly convened:
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2525 That the general statutes be amended (1) to require motor vehicles 1
2626 engaged in vending ice cream and similar food items be equipped with 2
2727 safety equipment that enhances such vehicle's visibility to motorists and 3
2828 pedestrians and with signaling devices that alerts motorists to slow 4
2929 down or stop completely when approaching such vehicle, and (2) to 5
3030 require the sale of ice cream and similar food items occur only when the 6
3131 vending window of such vehicle is away from the travel lane of the 7
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3333 Statement of Purpose:
3434 To require the installation of certain safety equipment on ice cream
3535 trucks to increase the truck's visibility to other drivers, warn drivers that
3636 children may be present, help the ice cream truck driver see around the
3737 truck and increase the driver's line of site, and to require the sale of ice
3838 cream occur only when the vending window of such vehicle is away
3939 from the travel lane of the roadway.