Bill Text: TX HB1791 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain distance between vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-18 - Effective immediately [HB1791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1791-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain distance between vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-18 - Effective immediately [HB1791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1791-Introduced.html
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| By: Pickett | H.B. No. 1791 | |
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| relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain | ||
| distance between vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 545.062, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) An operator of a vehicle equipped with a connected | ||
| braking system that is following another vehicle equipped with that | ||
| system may be assisted by the system to maintain an assured clear | ||
| distance or sufficient space as required by this section. In this | ||
| subsection, "connected braking system" means a system by which the | ||
| braking of one vehicle is electronically coordinated with the | ||
| braking system of a following vehicle. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
