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AZ HB2006
Bill
Status
3/18/2021
Primary Sponsor
John Kavanagh
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 28-704 to prohibit driving at speeds that impede or block normal traffic flow, except when necessary for safe operation or legal compliance.
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Allows the Department of Transportation director or local authorities to establish minimum speed limits on highways where engineering and traffic investigations show slow speeds consistently impede traffic movement.
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Requires drivers on two-lane highways with unsafe passing conditions to turn off the roadway at designated turnouts when five or more vehicles form a line behind them, allowing following vehicles to proceed.
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Defines "turnout" as a widened roadway area for passing or temporary parking, including right turn lanes.
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Expands the definition of "vehicle" subject to turnout requirements to include electric bicycles, electric scooters, personal delivery devices, and personal mobile cargo carrying devices.
Legislative Description
Speed limits; roadway turn off
Electric Bicycles
Last Action
Chapter 47
3/18/2021