WEST virginia
legislature
2017 regular session
By
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to the Committee on Roads and Transportation 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:
That the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated §17C-3-11, to read as follows:
ARTICLE
3. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS.
§17C-3-11. Warning
of traffic lights ahead.
On all state roads where
speed limits are sixty 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.