Bill Text: MS HB424 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Trucks; remove the requirement that visibility must be bad from the requirement to reduce speed during inclement weather.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB424 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB424-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representative Calhoun
House Bill 424
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-505, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT VISIBILITY MUST BE BAD FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL TRUCKS, OR TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATIONS, AND PASSENGER BUSES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE SPEED TO FORTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-3-505, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-3-505. The driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic. All trucks, or truck-trailer combinations, and passenger buses shall be required to reduce speed to forty-five (45) miles per hour during inclement weather * * *.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
