CS/HB 801 Summary

• Creates the "Highway Safety Act" with legislative findings that road rage and aggressive careless driving threaten public safety and establishes intent to reduce these behaviors and promote orderly traffic flow.

• Defines "road rage" as intentionally or unintentionally injuring, killing, or attempting/threatening to injure or kill drivers, passengers, or pedestrians due to loss of emotional control.

• Requires drivers to yield the left lane when being overtaken on multilane highways, with exceptions for speed limit compliance, active passing, unsafe conditions, law enforcement directions, and left turns.

• Increases aggressive careless driving threshold from two to three simultaneous or successive violations, adds $100 fine for first violation and $250-$500 fine for subsequent violations with mandatory hearings, and directs fine revenues to trauma centers and emergency medical services.

• Requires persons aged 16-18 to complete a basic driver improvement course and 50 hours of supervised driving (10 at night) before license issuance, with exceptions for those previously licensed or completing Department of Education driver education courses.