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Committee recommends due pass for bill removing mandatory exit signaling for roundabouts
Summary
House Bill 1518 would remove the statutory requirement to use a turn signal when exiting a roundabout (termed "rotary traffic island" in statute). Sponsor and local officials argued signaling is impractical in small roundabouts; one motorcyclist opposed the change. The committee recommended a due pass.
BISMARCK — The House Transportation Committee recommended a due pass for House Bill 1518, which would remove the statutory requirement that drivers signal when exiting a roundabout (statute uses the term "rotary traffic island").
Sponsor Representative Lori Beth Hager, R‑Fargo, told the committee the requirement to signal on exits was recently added to statute and has frustrated many drivers because the short distance between…
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