2020 -- H 7542 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RIGHT-OF-WAY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Canario, Edwards, Bennett, Diaz, and McLaughlin | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(State Police) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-17-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-17 entitled "Right-of- |
2 | Way" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-17-5. Entering from private road or driveway. Entering from or onto a private |
4 | road or driveway. |
5 | (a) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road or |
6 | driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway and to all |
7 | pedestrians attempting to cross the private road driveway or highway. Violations of this section |
8 | are subject to the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4. |
9 | (b) The driver of a vehicle about to enter a private road or driveway from a highway shall |
10 | yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway and to all pedestrians |
11 | attempting to cross the private road, driveway or highway. Violations of this section are subject to |
12 | the fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4, unless the violation results in bodily injury, serious bodily |
13 | injury or death to any person, other than the offending operator under this section. When bodily |
14 | injury of any person, other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle, is caused by |
15 | violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined two hundred dollars ($200). When |
16 | serious bodily injury of any person, other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle, is |
17 | caused by violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined five hundred dollars |
18 | ($500) and his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months. When the |
19 | death of any person, other than the offending operator of any motor vehicle, is caused by |
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1 | violation of this section, the offending operator shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and |
2 | his/her driver's license shall be suspended for a period of one year. |
3 | (c) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" means physical injury that creates a |
4 | substantial risk of death, causes serious physical disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment |
5 | of the function of any bodily member or organ. |
6 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RIGHT-OF-WAY | |
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1 | This act would make it a traffic offense for a motorist to fail to yield the right-of-way |
2 | when leaving a public roadway to enter or cross a private road or driveway. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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