Connecticut HB 5962: AN ACT PREVENTING WRONG-WAY DRIVERS.

Status: REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Transportation (as of 2023-01-18)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2023 · Bill: HB 5962

Subjects: Highway safety, Motor vehicle operation, Traffic signs and signals, Transportation Department

Sponsors: Ferraro, Charles J.

Bill Text

LCO No. 910 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5962
January Session, 2023 LCO No. 910

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION

Introduced by:
REP. FERRARO C., 117th Dist.

AN ACT PREVENTING WRONG-WAY DRIVERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1
Transportation to (1) install wrong-way signs with actuated flashers on 2
all highway exit ramps and other locations throughout the state that 3
have a high risk for wrong-way driving, (2) install monitoring devices 4
at such ramps and locations that will notify a law enforcement agency 5
when such flashers are activated, and (3) install wrong-way signs with 6
actuated flashers that utilize solar power where practicable. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To increase road safety and prevent wrong-way drivers.

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