WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2020
By Delegate Foster
[Introduced January 11, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-3-11, relating to requiring a warning light to be erected on certain roads to warn of a traffic light ahead.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
On all state roads where speed limits are 60 miles per hour or higher, warning lights shall be erected at a sufficient distance to allow a motor vehicle to stop safely to notify drivers that they are approaching a traffic light. These lights shall contain a system that additionally warns drivers that the light will have turned red by the time they reach its location.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a warning light be erected on certain roads to warn of a traffic light ahead.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.