WEST virginia Legislature
2016 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 648
By Senator Blair
[Introduced February
20, 2016;
Referred to the Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-3-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing local authorities to permit flashing traffic signals during low traffic times.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17C-3-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS.
§17C-3-7. Flashing signals.
Whenever an illuminated
flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall
require requires obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
(1) Flashing red (stop
signal). — When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes,
drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an
intersection or at a limit line when marked, or, if none, then before entering
the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be is subject to
the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(2) Flashing yellow
(caution signal). — When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent
flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such
the signal only with caution.
(3) Local authorities, in areas that experience low traffic times, may permit flashing signals between the hours of eleven o’clock p.m. and six o’clock a.m.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow local authorities to permit flashing signals between the hours of eleven o’clock p.m. and six o’clock a.m. when traffic flow is usually low.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.