PRINTER'S NO. 586
No. 538 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, CALTAGIRONE, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeWEESE, GERGELY, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, W. KELLER, PALLONE, THOMAS, GRUCELA, JAMES, LESCOVITZ, TANGRETTI AND WOJNAROSKI, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
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 to report road rage. 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.
A12L75DMS/20050H0538B0586 - 2 -