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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 1369: Negligent driving

Creating a presumption of negligent driving for excessively reclined driver's seats.

Summary

  • Declares that a person is presumptively guilty of negligent driving in the second degree if the driver's seat is reclined to an extent that the person cannot adequately view the roadway or use the vehicle mirrors. When issuing a traffic citation under this provision, the traffic enforcement officer must estimate the angle the driver's seat makes with the vertical and include this estimate in the citation.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Toby Nixon (R-45)
Introduced
January 21, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006

AN ACT Relating to negligent driving;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Toby Nixon (R-45)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Judiciary.

HB 1369 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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