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HB1102: relative to travel on ways with 3 or more lanes.
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Sponsors
- John Michael Potucek House · Rock 6
- Doucette House · Rock 8
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien House · Rock 6
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HB 1102 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2021
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1102
AN ACT relative to travel on ways with 3 or more lanes.
ANALYSIS
This bill limits use of the extreme left lane by commercial motor vehicles on limited access highways with more than 2 lanes designated by the department of transportation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2021
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to travel on ways with 3 or more lanes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Driving on Divided Ways; Use of Left Lane of Limited Access Highways. Amend RSA 265:26 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. On any divided limited access highway which provides more than 2 lanes for traffic proceeding in the same direction, no operator of any commercial motor vehicle shall drive in the extreme left lane where the department of transportation so designates, except on the direction of a police officer or except when access to or egress from such highway is provided on the left, in which latter case such operator shall drive in such left lane only for such period as is reasonably necessary to enter or leave such highway safely.
2 Penalty. Amend RSA 265:26, III to read as follows:
III. The fine for a violation of paragraph I-a of this section shall be $500. The fine for a violation of any other provision of this section shall be $150.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.