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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND | |
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RULES OF THE ROAD | |
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Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Ottiano, P Fogarty, Picard, and Lynch | |
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Date Introduced: February 15, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 31-15 of the General Laws entitled "Passing, Use of Lanes, and |
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Rules of the Road" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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31-15-19. Two-way left turn lanes. – A two-way left turn lane may be designated near |
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the center of a roadway for use by vehicles making left turns in both directions from or into the |
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roadway. |
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(1) Two-way left turn lanes shall be designated by distinctive roadway markings |
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consisting of parallel double yellow lines, interior line dashed and exterior line solid on each side |
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of the lane. The department of transportation may determine and prescribe standards and |
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specifications governing length, width, and positioning of the distinctive pavement markings. All |
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pavement markings designating a two-way left turn lane shall conform to the department of |
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transportation’s standards and specifications. |
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(2) A vehicle shall not be driven in a designated two-way left turn lane except when |
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preparing for or making a left turn from or into a highway or when preparing for or making a U- |
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turn when otherwise permitted by law, and shall not be driven in that lane for more than two |
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hundred (200ft) while preparing for and making the turn or while preparing to merge into the |
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adjacent lanes of travel. A left turn or U-turn shall not be made from any other lane where a two- |
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way left turn lane has been designated. |
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(3) This section shall not prohibit driving across a two-way left turn lane. |
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(4) Raised pavement markers may be used to simulate painted lines described in this |
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section when such markers are placed in accordance with standards established by the department |
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of transportation. |
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(5) When any vehicle enters the turn lane, no other vehicle proceeding in an opposite |
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direction shall enter that turn lane if that entrance would prohibit the vehicle already in the lane |
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from making the intended turn. |
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(6) When vehicles enter the turn lane proceeding in opposite directions, the first vehicle |
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to enter the lane shall have the right-of-way. |
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(7) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in section 31-41-1.4. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND | |
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RULES OF THE ROAD | |
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This act would promulgate rules for use of two-way left turn lanes. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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