Senate
File
251
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
251
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1037)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
turns
against
red
lights
made
by
vehicular
1
traffic.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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1379SV
(1)
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S.F.
251
Section
1.
Section
321.257,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
A
“steady
circular
red”
light
means
vehicular
traffic
3
shall
stop.
Vehicular
traffic
shall
remain
standing
until
4
a
signal
to
proceed
is
shown
or
vehicular
traffic,
unless
5
prohibited
by
a
sign,
may
cautiously
enter
the
intersection
to
6
make
a
right
turn
from
the
right
lane
of
traffic
or
another
7
lane
designated
for
right
turns,
or
a
left
turn
from
a
one-way
8
street
to
a
one-way
street
from
the
left
lane
of
traffic
on
a
9
one-way
street
onto
the
leftmost
lane
of
traffic
on
a
one-way
10
street
or
another
lane
designated
for
left
turns
.
Turns
made
11
under
this
paragraph
shall
be
made
in
a
manner
that
does
not
12
interfere
with
other
vehicular
or
pedestrian
traffic
lawfully
13
using
the
intersection.
Pedestrian
traffic
facing
a
steady
14
circular
red
light
shall
not
enter
the
roadway
unless
the
15
pedestrian
can
safely
cross
the
roadway
without
interfering
16
with
any
vehicular
traffic.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
Vehicular
traffic
is
currently
allowed
to
make
a
right
turn
21
from
the
right
lane
of
traffic
against
a
red
light,
or
a
left
22
turn
from
the
left
lane
of
traffic
on
a
one-way
street
to
the
23
leftmost
lane
of
traffic
on
another
one-way
street
against
a
24
red
light.
This
bill
alters
that
provision
to
allow
a
right
25
turn
from
another
lane
designated
for
right
turns,
or
a
left
26
turn
from
another
lane
designated
for
left
turns
on
a
one-way
27
street.
The
bill
also
strikes
the
requirement
that
vehicular
28
traffic
turning
left
against
a
red
light
on
a
one-way
street
29
must
turn
into
the
leftmost
lane
of
the
other
one-way
street.
30
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