Highway entrance right-of-way.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0228
Numbered
2.1

SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0028

Highway entrance right-of-way.

Sponsored by:
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle operation; clarifying that vehicles entering a controlled-access highway shall yield the right-of-way as specified; requiring appropriate signaling upon entering a roadway; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 31
‑
5
‑
223 is amended to read:

31
‑
5
‑
223
.

Entering or crossing roadway
; vehicle entering controlled access highway
.

(a)

The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall
yield the right
‑
of
‑
way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.

(b)

The driver of a vehicle about to enter a controlled
‑
access highway shall yield the right
‑
of
‑
way to all vehicles approaching on the highway whose proximity constitutes an immediate hazard
. The driver of the entering vehicle

shall adjust the vehicle's speed to enable the vehicle to merge safely with the through traffic
and shall continue to yield the right
‑
of
‑
way to that traffic until the driver may proceed with reasonable safety.

(c)

No person shall cause a vehicle to enter a roadway from another roadway without first giving an appropriate signal in a manner provided by this article.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

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