Bill Text: PA HB1154 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for traffic-control signals.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1154 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1154-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1256
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1154 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, M. K. KELLER, AUMENT, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, BRENNAN, BURNS, BUXTON, CARROLL, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FARRY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MATZIE, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, MULLERY, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, M. O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, PAYTON, PERRY, PETRARCA, QUIGLEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHAPIRO, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, STURLA, SWANGER, THOMAS, TOEPEL AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 21, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 21, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for traffic-control signals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3112 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 3112. Traffic-control signals.
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(b.1) Pedalcycle or motorcycle.--Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the driver of a pedalcycle or
motorcycle approaching an intersection that is controlled by a
traffic-control signal utilizing a vehicle detection device that
is inoperative due to the size of the pedalcycle or motorcycle
shall come to a full and complete stop at the intersection and,
after exercising due care as provided by law, may proceed with
due caution when it is safe to do so. It is not a defense to a
violation of subsection (a)(3) that the driver of a pedalcycle
or motorcycle proceeded under the belief that a traffic-control
signal utilized a vehicle detection device or was inoperative
due to the size of the pedalcycle or motorcycle when the signal
did not utilize a vehicle detection device or that any device
was not in fact inoperative due to the size of the pedalcycle or
motorcycle.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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