Revision: Nov. 3, 2017, 10:58 a.m.
HB 1455 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2254
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1455
AN ACT relative to vehicle operation at uncontrolled intersections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies rules of the road at intersections where a traffic control device is not operational.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2254
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to vehicle operation at uncontrolled intersections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Obedience to Traffic Control Devices; When Device is not Operational. Amend RSA 265:9 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. When a traffic control device is not operational, the driver shall obey the rules of the road applicable to intersections without traffic control devices or intersections with 4-way stop signs, including, but not limited to:
(a) Yielding the right of way to a vehicle on the right, RSA 265:28, I.
(b) Vehicle turning left yielding to approaching vehicle, RSA 265:29.
(c) Yielding to vehicle which has entered the intersection, RSA 265:30, I.
(d) Yielding by vehicle entering from private roadway or driveway, RSA 265:32.
(e) Yielding to emergency vehicles, RSA 265:33.
(f) Yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks, RSA 265:35.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.