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Senate committee advances bill to remove mandatory signaling requirement for roundabouts
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee gave a do-pass recommendation to Senate Bill 2371, which would remove the statutory requirement that drivers use turn signals to position themselves while entering or circulating in roundabouts. Lawmakers heard testimony from the bill sponsor, motorists and the DOT before voting.
Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Jason Clemens on Thursday opened a hearing on Senate Bill 2371, which would remove language requiring drivers to use their turn signals to position themselves while entering or circulating in roundabouts.
Sponsor Jerry Klein, a senator from District 14, told the committee he had heard from constituents who find the signaling rule confusing and said the state has issued only two citations for the signaling offense since the law took effect. "What this bill suggests — it's pretty simple — there's just on line 16 and line 17 there's a word crossed out on each line. So what I'm asking here or what the bill suggests is that you should…
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