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SB397: relative to vehicle operation when a traffic control signal is inoperative.
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- Gary Lambert Senate · Dist 13
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SB 397 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
12-3057
03/09
SENATE BILL 397
AN ACT relative to vehicle operation when a traffic control signal is inoperative.
ANALYSIS
This bill provides that a driver must come to a stop when approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal that is inoperative.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
2012 SESSION
12-3057
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to vehicle operation when a traffic control signal is inoperative.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Obedience to Traffic Signals; Inoperative Signal. Amend RSA 265:9 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. The driver of any vehicle approaching an intersection that is controlled by a traffic control signal that is inoperative because of mechanical failure or accident shall come to a full and complete stop at the intersection, and may proceed with due caution when it is safe to do so; provided, that if 2 or more vehicles enter such an intersection from different directions at approximately the same time, after having come to full and complete stops, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right. A traffic-control signal shall not be considered inoperative if the signal is operating in flashing mode. If a signal is operating in flashing mode, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic pursuant to RSA 265:12.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.