PRINTER'S NO. 1195
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
925
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY REGAN, MENSCH AND BREWSTER, NOVEMBER 3, 2021
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 3, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in speed restrictions, further providing for
driving vehicle at safe speed and for charging speed
violations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3361 and 3366 of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 3361. Driving vehicle at safe speed.
The following shall apply:
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater
than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and
having regard to the actual and potential hazards then
existing, nor at a speed greater than will permit the driver
to bring his vehicle to a stop within the assured clear
distance ahead. Consistent with the foregoing, every person
shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching
and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when
approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill
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crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway and
when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or
other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.
(2) A driver shall not be presumed to have violated this
section based solely on the occurrence of an accident. A full
investigation into an accident where a violation of this
section is suspected as a cause shall be conducted to
determine a driver's alleged speed.
§ 3366. Charging speed violations.
In every charge of violation of a speed provision in this
subchapter, [except for a violation of section 3361 (relating to
driving vehicle at safe speed),] the citation or complaint shall
specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have
driven and the applicable speed limit.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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