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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2606 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3301 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | David F. DeCoste |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to preventing road rage. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/19/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/30/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2606 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3301 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative DeCoste of Norwell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3301) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David F. DeCoste and Michael J. Soter relative to preventing road rage incidents precipitated by |
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| 20 | 20 | | slow or stopped vehicles. Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4184 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to preventing road rage. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 89 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4B the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 4B 1/2. (a) Notwithstanding section 4B or any other general or special law to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4contrary, if the driver of a motor vehicle is moving at a speed so slow as to impede the forward |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5movement of traffic proceeding immediately behind the driver, the driver shall: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 (1) if the highway has 1 lane for traveling in each direction and the width of the paved |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7portion permits, drive to the extreme right side of the highway; 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (2) if the highway has 2 or more clearly marked lanes for traffic traveling in the direction |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9in which the driver is traveling, drive in the furthest right-hand lane except when necessary to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10pass other slowly moving vehicles; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (3) if the highway is a controlled access highway, use alternate routes whenever possible. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 (b) A person shall not bring a vehicle to a complete stop upon a roadway so as to impede |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic unless the stop is necessary for safe |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14operation or in compliance with law. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 (c) Notwithstanding section 5, a violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16$600, divided equally between the arresting agency and the cost of the court. |
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