Sen. Dave Syverson
Filed: 5/19/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5288
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5288 on page 5, by | ||||||
3 | inserting after line 25 the following: | ||||||
4 | " (k-1) At an intersection equipped with an automated | ||||||
5 | traffic law enforcement system, the yellow light change | ||||||
6 | interval must be not less than 3 seconds, unless an engineering | ||||||
7 | study indicates that a shorter interval is necessary for safety | ||||||
8 | purposes, nor more than 6 seconds.
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9 | (k-2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection | ||||||
10 | (k-2), an intersection may not be equipped with an automated | ||||||
11 | traffic law enforcement system unless the following | ||||||
12 | requirements have been met: | ||||||
13 | (1) The county or municipality having
jurisdiction has | ||||||
14 | determined that the intersection has a high accident rate. | ||||||
15 | Before such a determination is made, the county or | ||||||
16 | municipality must have performed or caused to be performed | ||||||
17 | an evaluation of accident rates for a 6-month period. | ||||||
18 | (2) The county or municipality having
jurisdiction |
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1 | has, for a 3-month period, used strobe lights in the red | ||||||
2 | lenses of all traffic signals at the intersection in an | ||||||
3 | attempt to decrease the accident rate without the use of an | ||||||
4 | automated traffic law enforcement system. | ||||||
5 | (3) All roads converging at the intersection are | ||||||
6 | controlled by traffic signals mounted on mast arms. | ||||||
7 | This subsection (k-2) does not apply to an intersection | ||||||
8 | that was equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement | ||||||
9 | system before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
10 | 95th General Assembly. ".
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