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MS HB1265
Bill
Status
2/3/2015
Primary Sponsor
Credell Calhoun
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AI Summary
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Amends Mississippi Code Section 63-3-505 to require all trucks, truck-trailer combinations, and passenger buses to reduce speed to 45 miles per hour during inclement weather regardless of visibility conditions
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Removes the previous qualifier "when visibility is bad" from the inclement weather speed reduction requirement, making the 45 mph limit apply whenever inclement weather is present
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Maintains existing requirements for all motor vehicle operators to decrease speed when approaching intersections, curves, hill crests, narrow or winding roadways, or when special hazards exist
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Effective date: July 1, 2015
Legislative Description
Trucks; remove the requirement that visibility must be bad from the requirement to reduce speed during inclement weather.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/3/2015