Text: HF02497 Text: HF02499 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Section 1. PILOT PROJECT – PLACEMENT OF FLASHING TRAFFIC
1 2 SIGNALS. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 321.252
1 3 and 321.257, the state department of transportation shall
1 4 request approval from the federal highway administration and
1 5 if such approval is received, shall establish a pilot project
1 6 to evaluate the effectiveness of programming traffic control
1 7 signals at intersections so that the signals provide a green
1 8 light that flashes three times, at intervals selected by the
1 9 department, prior to turning yellow and then red. The
1 10 department may consider intersections in the state with
1 11 traffic signals where there have been increased rates of
1 12 traffic citations or traffic accidents resulting from the
1 13 failure to yield or to obey traffic control signals at the
1 14 intersections, in determining which intersections shall be
1 15 selected for the pilot project. If intersections selected by
1 16 the department for the pilot project are under the
1 17 jurisdiction of a governmental subdivision, the department
1 18 shall facilitate programming of the traffic control signals in
1 19 coordination with that governmental subdivision. The
1 20 department shall evaluate the impact of the pilot study on
1 21 driving habits of the public and shall submit a report to the
1 22 general assembly on or before December 1, 2005, regarding the
1 23 pilot project and the department's recommendations regarding
1 24 whether to continue or expand the project.
1 25 EXPLANATION
1 26 This bill requires the state department of transportation
1 27 to request federal approval, and if such approval is obtained,
1 28 to establish a pilot project that evaluates the effectiveness
1 29 of programming traffic control signals at intersections in the
1 30 state so that the signals provide a green light that flashes
1 31 three times, at intervals selected by the department, before
1 32 turning yellow and then red. The department may consider
1 33 intersections in the state with traffic control signals where
1 34 there have been increased rates of traffic citations or
1 35 traffic accidents resulting from the failure to yield or to
2 1 obey traffic control signals at the intersections, in
2 2 determining which intersections shall be selected for the
2 3 pilot project. If the intersections chosen by the department
2 4 for the pilot project are under the jurisdiction of a
2 5 governmental subdivision, the department shall facilitate
2 6 programming of the traffic control signals in coordination
2 7 with that governmental subdivision. The department shall
2 8 evaluate the impact of the pilot project on driving habits of
2 9 the public and submit a report to the general assembly on or
2 10 before December 1, 2005, regarding the pilot project and the
2 11 department's recommendations concerning the continuation or
2 12 expansion of the project.
2 13 LSB 5953HV 79
2 14 av/sh/8
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