CHAPTER 146

HB 1235 – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 1235

AN ACT relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Packard, Rock 3; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Transportation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires drivers to give wide berth to stationary vehicles displaying emergency or warning lights when approaching highway emergencies.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

146:1 Motorist Duties When Approaching Highway Emergencies; Emergency Road Service Vehicles. Amend RSA 265:37-a, IV to read as follows:

IV. Give a wide berth, without endangering oncoming traffic, to public safety personnel, [and] any persons in the roadway, and stationary vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency or warning lights.

146:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 6, 2008

Effective Date: August 5, 2008