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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AGGRESSIVE DRIVING | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Read, Corvese, Hull, Casimiro, Dawson, and | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(Judiciary) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-27.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-27.1 entitled |
2 | "Aggressive Driving" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-27.1-3. “Aggressive driving” defined. |
4 | “Aggressive driving” means that an individual, coincident to operating a motor vehicle in |
5 | violation of chapter 14 of this title, engages in conduct which violates two (2) or more of the |
6 | following sections of law: |
7 | (1) Obedience to traffic control devices, § 31-13-4; |
8 | (2) Overtaking on the right, § 31-15-5; |
9 | (3) Driving within a traffic lane, § 31-15-1; |
10 | (4) Following too closely — interval between vehicles, § 31-15-12; |
11 | (5) Yielding right of way, §§ 31-15-12.1, 31-17-1, 31-17-2, 31-17-4, 31-17-6, 31-17-7 and |
12 | 31-17-8; |
13 | (6) Entering the roadway, §§ 31-15-14, 31-17-3 and 31-17-5; |
14 | (7) Use of turn signals, §§ 31-16-5, 31-16-6, 31-16-8 and 31-16-9; |
15 | (8) Relating to school buses, special stops, stop signs and yield signs, chapter 20 of this |
16 | title; and |
17 | (9) Use of emergency break-down lane for travel, § 31-15-16; |
18 | (10) Obedience to police officers, § 31-12-3; |
19 | (11) Overtaking on left, § 31-15-4; |
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1 | (12) Clearance for overtaking, § 31-15-6; |
2 | (13) Places where over taking is prohibited, § 31-15-7; or |
3 | (14) Laned roadways, § 31-15-11. |
4 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AGGRESSIVE DRIVING | |
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1 | This act would add five (5) driving violations to the statute that defines aggressive driving. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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