Sen. Dave Syverson
Filed: 5/21/2008
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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.
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7 | (k-2) No person shall be charged with a traffic violation | ||||||
8 | or be issued a written notice of violation, as a result of an | ||||||
9 | automated traffic law enforcement system, unless the entire | ||||||
10 | vehicle crosses the stop bar marked on the pavement. | ||||||
11 | (k-3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection | ||||||
12 | (k-3), an intersection may not be equipped with an automated | ||||||
13 | traffic law enforcement system unless the following | ||||||
14 | requirements have been met: | ||||||
15 | (1) The county or municipality having
jurisdiction has | ||||||
16 | determined that the intersection has a high accident rate. | ||||||
17 | Before such a determination is made, the county or | ||||||
18 | municipality must have performed or caused to be performed |
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1 | an evaluation of accident rates for a 6-month period. | ||||||
2 | (2) The county or municipality having
jurisdiction | ||||||
3 | has, for a 3-month period, used strobe lights in the red | ||||||
4 | lenses of all traffic signals at the intersection in an | ||||||
5 | attempt to decrease the accident rate without the use of an | ||||||
6 | automated traffic law enforcement system. | ||||||
7 | (3) All roads converging at the intersection are | ||||||
8 | controlled by traffic signals mounted on mast arms. | ||||||
9 | This subsection (k-3) does not apply to an intersection | ||||||
10 | that was equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement | ||||||
11 | system before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
12 | 95th General Assembly. ".
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