PRINTER'S NO. 1526
No. 1242 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, BEBKO-JONES, DALEY, FABRIZIO, GOODMAN,
HORSEY, LaGROTTA, McCALL, SHANER, HARHAI, KIRKLAND,
LESCOVITZ, PRESTON, TANGRETTI, WASHINGTON AND J. TAYLOR,
APRIL 29, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 29, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring the Department of Transportation to
3 establish, advertise and maintain a toll-free hotline for
4 motorists to report incidents of road rage and to provide
5 courses or counseling for drivers who exhibit road rage.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 6118. Toll-free hotline.
11 (a) General rule.--The department shall establish, advertise
12 and maintain a toll-free hotline for motorists to report
13 observations of road rage and shall provide courses or
14 counseling for drivers who exhibit road rage.
15 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "road
16 rage" means an incident in which an angry or impatient motorist
17 or passenger intentionally injures or kills another motorist,
18 passenger or pedestrian, or attempts or threatens to injure or
1 kill another motorist, passenger or pedestrian.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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