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S1059................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES MOTOR VEHICLES - Amends existing law to set forth safety provisions for persons turning a vehicle onto a highway, moving a vehicle right or left upon a highway, or merging onto or exiting from a highway. 01/27 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 01/28 Rpt prt - to Transp 02/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3 AYES -- Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Andreason, Cameron, Malepeai Floor Sponsor - Keough Title apvd - to House 02/14 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp 02/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/09 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Bedke, Schaefer Floor Sponsor - Roberts Title apvd - to Senate 03/10 To enrol 03/11 Rpt enrol - Pres signed 03/14 Sp signed 03/15 To Governor 03/21 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 98 Effective: 07/01/05
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1059 BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 49-808, IDAHO CODE, TO SET FORTH 3 SAFETY PROVISIONS FOR PERSONS TURNING A VEHICLE ONTO A HIGHWAY, MOVING A 4 VEHICLE RIGHT OR LEFT UPON A HIGHWAY OR MERGING ONTO OR EXITING FROM A 5 HIGHWAY. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-808, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 49-808. TURNING MOVEMENTS AND REQUIRED SIGNALS. (1) No person shall turn 10 a vehicle onto a highway or move a vehicle right or left upon a highway or 11 merge onto or exit from a highway unless and until the movement can be made 12 with reasonable safety nor without giving an appropriate signal. 13 (2) A signal of intention to turn or move right or left when required 14 shall be given continuously to warn other traffic. On controlled-access high- 15 ways and before turning from a parked position, the signal shall be given con- 16 tinuously for not less than five (5) seconds and, in all other instances, for 17 not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before 18 turning. 19 (3) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle 20 without first giving an appropriate signal to the driver of any vehicle imme- 21 diately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such a signal. 22 (4) The signals required on vehicles by section 49-809, Idaho Code, shall 23 not be flashed on one (1) side only on a disabled vehicle, flashed as a cour- 24 tesy or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the 25 rear, nor be flashed on one (1) side only of a parked vehicle except as may be 26 necessary for compliance with this section.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 14548 This proposed legislation will amend Section 49-808 to clarify when motorists are required to signal. The statute requires motorists to signal when merging onto a highway or when leaving a highway. FISCAL NOTE The fiscal impact is neutral. This amendment simply clarifies the statute as the Legislature intended it to be interpreted in the first place. Contact Name: William von Tagen, Office of the Attorney General Phone: 334-4140 Name: Stephen Bywater Phone: 332-3543 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1059