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PRINTER'S NO. 1641
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1128
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY McGARRIGLE, RESCHENTHALER, KILLION, SCHWANK, WARD,
TARTAGLIONE, BAKER, COSTA AND BREWSTER, APRIL 10, 2018
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 10, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
schedule of convictions and points; in rules of the road in
general, further providing for meeting or overtaking school
bus; and, in other required equipment, further providing for
general requirements for other vehicles transporting school
children.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1535(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1535. Schedule of convictions and points.
(a) General rule.--A point system for driver education and
control is hereby established which is related to other
provisions for use, suspension and revocation of the operating
privilege as specified under this title. Every driver licensed
in this Commonwealth who is convicted of any of the following
offenses shall be assessed points as of the date of violation in
accordance with the following schedule:
Section Number Offense Points
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1512
Violation of restriction on
driver's license. 2
1571 Violation concerning license. 3
3102
Failure to obey policeman or
authorized person. 2
3111.1 Obedience to traffic-control
devices warning of hazardous
conditions. 2
3112(a)(3)(i) or
(ii)
Failure to stop for a red
light. 3
3114(a)(1)
Failure to stop for a flashing
red light. 3
3302
Failure to yield half of
roadway to oncoming vehicle. 3
3303 Improper passing. 3
3304 Other improper passing. 3
3305 Other improper passing. 3
3306(a)(1) Other improper passing. 4
3306(a)(2) Other improper passing. 3
3306(a)(3) Other improper passing. 3
3307 Other improper passing. 3
3310 Following too closely. 3
3321
Failure to yield to driver on
the right at intersection. 3
3322
Failure to yield to oncoming
driver when making left turn. 3
3323(b) Failure to stop for stop sign. 3
3323(c)
Failure to yield at yield
sign. 3
3324 Failure to yield when entering
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or crossing roadway between
intersections. 3
3332 Improper turning around. 3
3341(a)
Failure to obey signal
indicating approach of train. 2
3341(b)
Failure to comply with
crossing gate or barrier. 4
(and 30 days' suspension)
3342(b) or (e)
Failure to stop at railroad
crossings. 4
3344
Failure to stop when entering
from alley, driveway or
building. 3
3345(a) or (f.1)
Failure to stop for school bus
with flashing red lights. 5
(and 60 days' suspension)
3345(f.2)(2) Failure to stop for school
vehicle.
5
(and 60 days' suspension)
3361
Driving too fast for
conditions. 2
3362
Exceeding maximum speed.--Over
Limit:
6-10 2
11-15 3
16-25 4
26-30 5
31-over 5
(and departmental hearing
and sanctions provided
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under section 1538(d))
3365(b)
Exceeding special speed limit
in school zone. 3
(and 60 days' suspension
for a second or subsequent
offense)
3365(c)
Exceeding special speed limit
for trucks on downgrades. 3
3542(a)
Failure to yield to pedestrian
in crosswalk. 2
3547
Failure to yield to pedestrian
on sidewalk. 3
3549(a)
Failure to yield to blind
pedestrian. 3
3702 Improper backing. 3
3714(a) Careless driving. 3
3745
Leaving scene of accident
involving property damage
only. 4
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Section 2. Section 3345 heading, (g) and (j) of Title 75 of
are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
§ 3345. Meeting or overtaking school bus or school vehicle.
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(f.2) School vehicles.--
(1) At speeds of 35 miles per hour or less, the driver
of a school vehicle shall activate the school vehicle's
hazard warning lights, otherwise known as four-way flashers,
not less than 100 feet traveled before stopping. At speeds in
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excess of 35 miles per hour, the hazard warning lights shall
be activated not less than 300 feet traveled before stopping.
(2) The driver of a vehicle traveling in the same
direction as a school vehicle shall not pass or overtake the
school vehicle:
(i) While the school vehicle is stopped to pick up
or discharge school children.
(ii) Immediately preceding and following the school
vehicle's stop.
(iii) While the school vehicle has activated four-
way flashers.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (g), the driver of
a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction as a school
vehicle shall proceed past the school vehicle using caution
and whenever possible shall do so at a reduced speed.
(g) Exceptions from stopping requirements.--The driver of a
vehicle upon a highway or trafficway with separate roadways need
not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus with actuated red
signal lights which is on a different roadway or a school
vehicle which is on a different roadway.
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(j) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) [or],
(f.1) or (f.2) commits a summary offense and shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $250.
Section 3. Section 4553(c) of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 4553. General requirements for other vehicles transporting
school children.
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(c) [Other] School vehicles.--A [motor] school vehicle [used
to transport children to or from school or in connection with
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school activities, which is not a school bus because of its
limited seating capacity,] shall comply with regulations
established by the department for such vehicles. Unless required
by Federal law or regulation, the regulations established by the
department shall not require school vehicles which pick up and
discharge school children only at locations off the highway to
be of any particular color or to display flashing red and amber
lights. The department shall establish additional identification
requirements for school vehicles that pick up and discharge
school children on a highway or trafficway. These requirements
shall, at a minimum, provide for additional lighting and signage
on the roof to be activated when picking up or discharging
students on a highway or trafficway.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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