Chapter 263
2009 -- S 0160
Enacted 11/13/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
Introduced By: Senators Connors, Miller, and Goodwin
Date Introduced: February 03, 2009
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 31-13-10.1 of the General Laws in Chapter
31-13 entitled "Traffic
Control Devices" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
31-13-10.1.
Traffic control signal preemption devices. -- (a) As
used in this section,
"traffic control signal
preemption device" means any device, either mechanical or electrical, that
emits a pulse of light or other signal that, when received
by a detector attached to a traffic control
signal, changes that traffic control signal to a green light
or, if the traffic control signal is already
green, extends the duration of the green light.
(b) Except as provided
in subsection (d), no retailer or manufacturer shall sell or install
any traffic control signal preemption device on a motor
vehicle, nor may any such device be
transported in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, nor
be operated by the driver or
passenger of a motor vehicle.
(c) Any person who
shall violate the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be
fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500), which fine
shall be deposited into the state general
fund.
(d) Installation of a
traffic control signal preemption device is permitted on the following
vehicles, and operation of the device is permitted as follows:
(1) Police department
vehicles, when responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in
combination with red or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing
lights;
(2) Law enforcement
vehicles of state or local authorities, when responding to a bona
fide emergency, when used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; and
(3) Vehicles of local
fire departments and state or federal firefighting vehicles, when
responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in combination
with red oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights.
(4) Buses under the
operation and/or control of the
only when used to prolong a green light signal.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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