Bill Text: NC H345 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Modify Move Over Law
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-11 - Ch. SL 2012-14 [H345 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-H345-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2012-14
HOUSE BILL 345
AN ACT to modify the move‑over law to include all highway maintenance vehicles and utility vehicles.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑157(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f) When an authorized emergency vehicle as described in subsection (a) of this section or any public service vehicle is parked or standing within 12 feet of a roadway and is giving a warning signal by appropriate light, the driver of every other approaching vehicle shall, as soon as it is safe and when not otherwise directed by an individual lawfully directing traffic, do one of the following:
(1) Move the vehicle into a lane that is not the lane nearest the parked or standing authorized emergency vehicle or public service vehicle and continue traveling in that lane until safely clear of the authorized emergency vehicle. This paragraph applies only if the roadway has at least two lanes for traffic proceeding in the direction of the approaching vehicle and if the approaching vehicle may change lanes safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
(2) Slow the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for traffic conditions, and operate the vehicle at a reduced speed and be prepared to stop until completely past the authorized emergency vehicle or public service vehicle. This paragraph applies only if the roadway has only one lane for traffic proceeding in the direction of the approaching vehicle or if the approaching vehicle may not change lanes safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
For purposes of this section, "public
service vehicle" means a vehicle that is being used to assist motorists or
law enforcement officers with wrecked or disabled vehicles, or is a vehicle
being used to install, maintain, or restore electric utility service
due to an unplanned event, service, including electric, cable, telephone,
communications, and gas, or is a highway maintenance vehicle owned and operated
by or contracted by the State or a local government, and is operating an
amber‑colored flashing light authorized by G.S. 20‑130.2.
Violation of this subsection shall be negligence per se."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2012, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2012.
s/ Tom Apodaca
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 4:45 p.m. this 11th day of June, 2012