WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2298

By Delegate Foster

[Introduced February 11, 2021; 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:

ARTICLE 3. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS.

§17C-3-11.  Warning of traffic lights ahead.

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.