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Introduced Version House Bill 2896 History

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WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2896

By Delegates Foster, G., Lane, Paynter, Butler, Rowe and Criss

[Introduced March 9, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-3-11, relating to requiring a warning light to be erected on certain roads to warn of a traffic light ahead.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-3-11, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS.

§17C-3-11.  Warning of traffic lights ahead.


On all state roads where speed limits are sixty miles per hour or higher, warning lights shall be erected at a sufficient distance to allow a motor vehicle to stop safely to notify drivers that they are approaching a traffic light. These lights shall contain a system that additionally warns drivers that the light will have turned red by the time they reach its location.


 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a warning light  be erected on certain roads to warn of a traffic light ahead.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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