SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9
(By Senators Bailey, Macnaughtan, Bowman,
Wooton, McKenzie, Kessler and Scott)
Requesting the Division of Highways to prohibit certain vehicles
from traveling in certain lanes on highways and to further
request that signs be posted to enforce this prohibition.
Whereas, Tractor trailers are often fully loaded and cannot
maintain the speed of the normal flow of traffic, especially on
inclines; and
Whereas, Multiple-lane highways were designed to allow the
free flow of traffic, particularly around slower-moving vehicles;
and
Whereas, Highways with three lanes in one direction were
constructed realizing that on inclines some tractor trailers are
able to move faster than other tractor trailers but both are moving
slower than normal traffic, thus a third lane was needed to
maintain normal traffic flow; and
Whereas, The impeding of normal traffic flow causes a greatly
enhanced possibility of increasing driver anger and of accident or
injury which can be rectified by a change in regulation; therefore,
be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to prohibit
tractor trailers from traveling in the farthest left lane of highways divided into three lanes of traffic flowing in the same
direction and to prohibit the travel of tractor trailers in the
left-hand lane of those sections of two-lane highways where such
prohibition would enhance the free flow of traffic, and and that the
Division of Highways is further requested Legislature further
requests the Division of Highways to post signs to
accomplish such free flow of traffic.