SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1095
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RELFORD AND BARNETT (Co-sponsors).
Pre-filed December 4, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 304, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to passing stationary vehicles.
Section A. Chapter 304, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 304.153, to read as follows:
304.153. 1. Upon approaching a stationary motor vehicle stopped on the shoulder of the roadway, the driver of every motor vehicle shall:
(1) Proceed with caution and, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, make a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle, if on a roadway having at least four lanes with not less than two lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; or
(2) Proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be unsafe or impossible.
(3) Operators of motor vehicles shall treat tow trucks in the same manner as they are required to treat law enforcement vehicles, ambulances, or any other emergency vehicle.
2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of an infraction.
Missouri House of Representatives