Bill Text: MA H4028 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The space between motor vehicles at traffic lights
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/1 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H4028 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H4028-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul McMurtry
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to motor vehicles.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Kevin Aguiar |
7th Bristol |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Stephen Stat Smith |
28th Middlesex |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to motor vehicles.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 89 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after section 8, the following section:-
Section 8A. At any intersection on ways, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90, in which vehicular traffic is facing a traffic control signal, the operator of a motor vehicle shall allow enough space between his vehicle and the one in front of him to stop as close as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk or the near side of the intersections or, if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to such red or stop signal to prevent gridlock and to provide for the steady flow of perpendicular vehicular traffic through said intersection without hindrance or obstruction. Any operator who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of no less than $100.
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