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HB 432 Original 2018 Regular Session Steve Carter
Abstract: Requires any school bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or any combination of these
vehicles to travel in the right-hand lane on interstate highways in East Baton Rouge Parish
during afternoon peak traffic hours.
Proposed law requires any school bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or any combination of these
vehicles traveling on any portion of an interstate highway in East Baton Rouge Parish to be driven
in the far right-hand lane available for traffic during afternoon peak traffic hours, except when
preparing to exit the interstate using a left lane exit or directed otherwise.
Proposed law defines "afternoon peak traffic hours" as Monday through Friday between the hours
of 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., exclusive of legal state holidays.
Proposed law suspends the application of proposed law during a declared state of emergency when
contraflow has been activated.
(Adds R.S. 32:71(B)(3))