PRINTER'S NO. 3117

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2484 Session of 1994


        INTRODUCED BY FLICK, LEH, SCRIMENTI, TRUE, MUNDY, BAKER,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, L. I. COHEN, CIVERA, RAYMOND AND
           HARLEY, JANUARY 31, 1994

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 31, 1994

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for driving on the right side of
     3     the roadway.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 3301(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 3301.  Driving on right side of roadway.
     9     * * *
    10     (b)  Vehicle proceeding at less than normal speed.--Upon all
    11  roadways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of
    12  traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then
    13  existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available
    14  for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb
    15  or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing
    16  another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when
    17  preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into an alley,
    18  private road or driveway. This subsection does not apply to a

     1  driver who must necessarily drive in a lane other than the
     2  right-hand lane to continue on his intended route. The
     3  department, on State-designated highways, and local authorities,
     4  on highways within their jurisdiction, may post "Slower Traffic
     5  Keep Right" or other appropriate signs on highways having more
     6  than one lane for traffic proceeding in the same direction.
     7     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
















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