H.F. 465 Section 1. Section 321.308, Code 2017, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 321.308 Motor trucks and towed vehicles —— distance 3 requirements. 4 The driver of any motor truck, or of a motor vehicle drawing 5 another vehicle, when traveling upon a roadway , outside of a 6 business or residence district shall not follow within three 7 hundred feet of another motor truck , or of a motor vehicle 8 drawing another vehicle. The provisions of this section shall 9 not be construed to prevent overtaking and passing , nor shall 10 the same this section apply upon any lane specially designated 11 for use by motor trucks , nor shall this section apply to 12 any series of motor trucks using cooperative adaptive cruise 13 control or any other automated driving technology approved by 14 the department to travel in a connected platoon . 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 Current law prohibits the driver of a motor truck from 19 following within 300 feet of another motor truck when traveling 20 upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district. 21 This bill exempts from that provision motor trucks using 22 cooperative adaptive cruise control or any other automated 23 driving technology approved by the department of transportation 24 to travel in a connected platoon. 25 -1- LSB 2409HV (2) 87 ns/nh 1/ 1