Bill Text: CT HB05940 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5940 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Signs Prohibiting "jake-braking".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Public Hearing 02/23 [HB05940 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05940-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5940*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1699
		01699
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING SIGNS PROHIBITING "JAKE-BRAKING".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to allow the Department of Transportation to place "No Jake-Braking – Residential Area", "Residential Area - Do Not Engine Brake", or an equivalent message, warning signs in downhill stretches of interstate or state highways where the roadway is in close proximity to densely-settled neighborhoods and where over-the-road trucks have historically employed such intrusive, noisy engine braking methods.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide the Department of Transportation with an option to alleviate a noise problem for state residents.