Bill Summary for S 638 (2023-2024)

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Apr 6 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 638 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 5, 2023
AN ACT TO REQUIRE DRIVERS TO MOVE OVER LANES UPON APPROACHING A DISABLED VEHICLE DISPLAYING WARNING LIGHTS OR SIMILAR.
Intro. by Sawyer, McInnis, Lazzara.

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Amends GS 20-157 to add “disabled vehicles” to the statute's title and to add new subsection (f1), requiring drivers to move over or slow down when a vehicle is parked within 12 feed of a roadway and displaying hazard lights, road flares, or other signals that it is disabled. Effective and applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2023.