Move over requirement.

ORIGINAL
House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0036

ENROLLED ACT NO. 48,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the regulation of traffic on highways; amending requirements for passing parked emergency vehicles; creating requirements for passing parked or slow-moving municipal, construction, public utility and maintenance vehicles; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
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W.S. 31
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5
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224
(a)(i), (ii), by creating a new subsection (b), by amending and renumbering (b) as (c) and by creating a new subsection (d)

is amended to read:

31
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224
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Operation of vehicles upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles
and
other
parked
or slow
‑
moving
vehicles.

(a)

Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of W.S. 31
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928 and 31
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952, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right
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of
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way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right
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hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in that position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. When an authorized emergency vehicle making use of any visual signals provided for in W.S. 31
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5
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928(d) is parked, the driver of every other vehicle, as soon as it is safe:

(i)

When driving on an interstate highway or other highway with two (2) or more lanes
traveling
in the direction of the emergency vehicle, shall merge into
the lane farthest

from the emergency vehicle or
at least one (1) lane
of traffic
apart

from the emergency vehicle, except when otherwise directed by a police officer;

(ii)

When driving on a two (2) lane road
with a posted speed limit of forty
‑
five (45) miles per hour or greater
, shall slow to a speed that is twenty (20) miles per hour less than the posted speed limit, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.

(b)

When an authorized municipal,
public utility
or highway construction or maintenance vehicle
is stopped or is moving at less than twenty (20) miles per hour

on or within three (3) feet of a roadway
and is making use of any visual signals provided for in W.S. 31
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5
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928(d)
,
(f)(ii) or 31
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930, the driver of every other vehicle, as soon as it is safe:

(i)

When driving on an interstate highway or other highway with two (2) or more lanes
t
raveling in the same direction of the municipal, public
utility
or highway construction or maintenance vehicle, shall merge
into

the lane farthest from the vehicle or
at least one (1) lane
of traffic
apart
from the vehicle
except when otherwise directed by a police officer;

(ii)

When driving on a two (2) lane road
with a posted speed limit of forty
‑
five (45) miles per hour or greater
, shall slow to a speed that is twenty (20) miles per hour less than the posted speed limit, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.

(b)
(c
)

This
section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle
, municipal, public
utility
or highway construction or maintenance vehicle
from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.

(d)

For purposes of this section,
"
public utility
"
means as defined in W.S. 37
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101(a)(vi).

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 201
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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