Senate Bill No. 434
(By Senator Bailey)
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[Introduced March 2, 2005; referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure; and then to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated
§17C-15-51
, relating
to requiring door-to-door delivery motor vehicles to install
warning lights and reflector signs on the rear of the motor
vehicle warning of frequent stops.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated
§17C-15-51
, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 15. EQUIPMENT.
§17C-15-51. Yellow caution lights and reflector sticker on
certain vehicles.
Every motor vehicle used for daily, local, door-to-door deliveries shall, in order to warn other drivers, be equipped with
properly installed flashing yellow warning lights and a reflector
sign at least six inches in height and twenty-four inches in length
attached to the rear of the motor vehicle with the words "caution
frequent stops" affixed thereon and visible from a distance of two
hundred feet.
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may propose rules for
legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article
three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the
provisions of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require motor vehicles
used for, daily, door-to-door delivery to install warning lights
and reflector signs to warn other drivers that the motor vehicle
makes frequent stops.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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