Bill Text: HI SB2195 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Statewide Traffic Code; Large Trucks; Traffic Safety; Roads and Highways
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-20 - (S) Referred to TIA, WAM. [SB2195 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2195-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to traffic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§291C-41[]] Drive on
right side of roadway; exceptions. (a) [Upon] Notwithstanding a
provision in subsection (d) to the contrary, upon all roadways of
sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway,
except as follows:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement;
(2) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway; provided any person so doing shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard;
(3) Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon; or
(4) Upon a roadway designated and signposted one-way traffic.
(b) [Upon] Notwithstanding a
provision in subsection (d) to the contrary, upon all roadways any vehicle
proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and
under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then
available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or
edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an
intersection or into a private road or driveway.
(c) Upon any roadway having four or more lanes for moving traffic and providing for two-way movement of traffic, no vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center line of the roadway, except when authorized by official traffic-control devices designating certain lanes to the left side of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted to use such lanes, or except as permitted under subsection (a)(2). This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the crossing of the center line in making a left turn into or from an alley, private road, or driveway.
(d) No pole tractor, semitrailer, tractor-semitrailer combination, truck, truck-tractor, or truck-trailer combination having a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds shall be driven in the far left lane of any roadway having three or more lanes of moving traffic proceeding in the same direction; provided that this subsection shall not apply:
(1) To mass transit vehicles using a zipper lane or a high occupancy vehicle lane, as defined in section 291C‑221;
(2) To an emergency vehicle as defined in section 291‑11.6;
(3) To any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds that is using the left lane to execute a left turn or to pass a vehicle that is stalled or stopped;
(4) When it is necessary for the driver to follow traffic control devices that direct use of a lane other than the right lane; or
(5) When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair.
(e) For the purposes of this section, "mass transit vehicle" shall have the same meaning as in section 291‑11.6. "Pole tractor", "semitrailer", "tractor-semitrailer combination", "truck", "truck-tractor", and "truck-trailer combination" shall have the same meanings as in section 286-2."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Statewide Traffic Code; Large Trucks; Traffic Safety; Roads and Highways
Description:
Prohibits motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds from being driven in the far left lane of any roadway having three or more lanes of traffic proceeding in the same direction, except in certain circumstances.
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