Private Businesses Traffic Direction Act (R)

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Private Businesses Traffic Direction Act (R)

Preamble: To allow for private businesses to conduct road work if approved by commerce and DOT. Businesses can include Capital Gas, Stapleton County Power Grid, and more. This revision fixed spelling errors.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FIRESTONE CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:

SECTION 1: The Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall be defined as this.

SECTION 2: Chapter 5, Section 1 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act currently states,

Ҥ 1.

  1. Vehicles and bicycles may have to yield the right-of-way and may be given the right-of-way in specific circumstances.

a. Orders and hand gestures given by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance services, and law enforcement employees shall take priority over all other rules of the road (as plausible of course).

i. Traffic lights and signals shall take priority (unless (a) is valid).

  1. Traffic signs shall take priority (unless (a) or (i) is valid).

a) Uncontrolled intersection rules shall take priority (unless (a), (i), or 1) is valid).

  1. At any uncontrolled or traffic sign controlled intersection, default right-of-way in accordance with this Act may be waived by a traffic user which has the right-of-way. This can be indicated through oral or textual coordination with the other traffic user, honking of the horn, a flash of the headlights, or obvious and clear waiting or slowing in such a manner which is contrary to normality. When it is obviously clear that a traffic user is waiving their right-of-way, the traffic user which does not have the right-of-way at the intersection may pass through without consequently being charged with Failure to Yield or any other applicable charge, as long as the traffic user in question yields their right-of-way to any other traffic user which still have their right-of-way. Any vehicle which clearly waives their right-of-way may not subsequently take another vehicle’s right-of-way without giving such vehicle adequate warning and time to slow or stop.

a. ‘Traffic’, ‘traffic user’, and ‘road user’ in this Act refers to pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles.”

SECTION 3: Chapter 5, Section 1 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall now state,

Ҥ 1.

  1. Vehicles and bicycles may have to yield the right-of-way and may be given the right-of-way in specific circumstances.

a. Orders and hand gestures given by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance services, commerce approved business, and law enforcement employees shall take priority over all other rules of the road (as plausible of course).

i. Traffic lights and signals shall take priority (unless (a) is valid).

  1. Traffic signs shall take priority (unless (a) or (i) is valid).

a) Uncontrolled intersection rules shall take priority (unless (a), (i), or 1) is valid).

  1. At any uncontrolled or traffic sign controlled intersection, default right-of-way in accordance with this Act may be waived by a traffic user which has the right-of-way. This can be indicated through oral or textual coordination with the other traffic user, honking of the horn, a flash of the headlights, or obvious and clear waiting or slowing in such a manner which is contrary to normality. When it is obviously clear that a traffic user is waiving their right-of-way, the traffic user which does not have the right-of-way at the intersection may pass through without consequently being charged with Failure to Yield or any other applicable charge, as long as the traffic user in question yields their right-of-way to any other traffic user which still have their right-of-way. Any vehicle which clearly waives their right-of-way may not subsequently take another vehicle’s right-of-way without giving such vehicle adequate warning and time to slow or stop.

a. ‘Traffic’, ‘traffic user’, and ‘road user’ in this Act refers to pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles.”

SECTION 4: Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act currently states,

“ § 2. Orders and hand gestures given by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance services, and law enforcement

  1. The signage indicated by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance services, and law enforcement employees indicating ‘STOP’ shall mean that the driver/bicycle operator should stop and not continue until another signal is given. The sign indicating ‘SLOW’ shall mean that the driver/bicycle operator continues at a pace no greater than 30s/s and that the driver/bicycle operator must stay vigilant.

  2. Should an on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, or law enforcement employee be facing or have their back towards a motor vehicle or bicycle, the motor vehicle or bicycle must stop and not continue unless another signal is given. If a motor vehicle or bicycle see the employee’s shoulders, you can go at an appropriate pace no greater than the speed limit. This subsection shall only apply if the employee in question is clearly and directly conveying intersection management to the road user in question. These signals may be superseded by other, clear signals given by the employee not mentioned in this section.

  3. Should an on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, or law enforcement employee be directing a road user through another path that may violate road rules or road line regulations, the road user must follow their directions. Violating these road lines or rules is not illegal under these circumstances.

  4. Any motor vehicle or bicycle that violates the orders, signs, or signals given by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, or law enforcement employees in a traffic situation shall be guilty of Careless or Reckless Driving (or Recklessly Operating a Bicycle for bicycles) and have the appropriate punishment respectively.

  5. On duty law enforcement and fire/ambulance services with flashing blue and/or red lights and/or a siren shall have priority over any and all road users. All vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles must yield to responding emergency vehicles and make way for them (should they possibly impede them), regardless of the situation. Violating traffic laws without causing a danger to others in order to make way for emergency vehicles shall be permitted. Failure to do so is considered Failure to Yield ($250 citation). Train(s) are not required to yield the right-of-way to emergency vehicles, but may do so.

  6. Should two or more responding emergency vehicles meet at a conflicting point, regular right-of-way rules apply. No one of them shall have right-of-way over the other simple due to the emergency response.”

SECTION 5: Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall now state,

“ § 2. Orders and hand gestures given by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance services, commerce approved business, and law enforcement

  1. The signage indicated by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance services, commerce approved business, and law enforcement employees indicating ‘STOP’ shall mean that the driver/bicycle operator should stop and not continue until another signal is given. The sign indicating ‘SLOW’ shall mean that the driver/bicycle operator continues at a pace no greater than 30s/s and that the driver/bicycle operator must stay vigilant.

  2. Should an on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, commerce approved business, or law enforcement employee be facing or have their back towards a motor vehicle or bicycle, the motor vehicle or bicycle must stop and not continue unless another signal is given. If a motor vehicle or bicycle see the employee’s shoulders, you can go at an appropriate pace no greater than the speed limit. This subsection shall only apply if the employee in question is clearly and directly conveying intersection management to the road user in question. These signals may be superseded by other, clear signals given by the employee not mentioned in this section.

  3. Should an on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, commerce approved business, or law enforcement employee be directing a road user through another path that may violate road rules or road line regulations, the road user must follow their directions. Violating these road lines or rules is not illegal under these circumstances.

  4. Any motor vehicle or bicycle that violates the orders, signs, or signals given by on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, commerce approved business, or law enforcement employees in a traffic situation shall be guilty of Careless or Reckless Driving (or Recklessly Operating a Bicycle for bicycles) and have the appropriate punishment respectively.

  5. On duty law enforcement and fire/ambulance services with flashing blue and/or red lights and/or a siren shall have priority over any and all road users. All vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles must yield to responding emergency vehicles and make way for them (should they possibly impede them), regardless of the situation. Violating traffic laws without causing a danger to others in order to make way for emergency vehicles shall be permitted. Failure to do so is considered Failure to Yield ($250 citation). Train(s) are not required to yield the right-of-way to emergency vehicles, but may do so.

  6. Should two or more responding emergency vehicles meet at a conflicting point, regular right-of-way rules apply. No one of them shall have right-of-way over the other simple due to the emergency response.”

SECTION 6: Chapter 1, Section 9, Subsection 2 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act currently states,

‘Incorrect direction’ shall be defined as at least half of the vehicle being opposite to the orderly and legal flow of traffic. This is to be ordered by on-duty law enforcement, DOT/DPW, or SCFD; road signs or markings; or, (as a basic rule) on the right-hand side of the road.”

SECTION 7: Chapter 1, Section 9, Subsection 2 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall now state,

“Incorrect direction’ shall be defined as at least half of the vehicle being opposite to the orderly and legal flow of traffic. This is to be ordered by on-duty law enforcement, commerce approved business, DOT/DPW, or SCFD; road signs or markings; or, (as a basic rule) on the right-hand side of the road.”

SECTION 8: Chapter 2, Section 8, Subsection 2 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act currently states,

“A ‘work zone’ shall be defined as an area within 100 studs of any cones, flares, stationary DOT/DPW vehicles with their hazard or amber lights flashing (excluding any buses), DOT/DPW employees at the side of the road outside of their vehicle (while they are conducting road works or other maintenance (on vehicles for example)), or other objects used by workers or on-duty law enforcement officers to control traffic or close areas of work to the public.”

SECTION 9: Chapter 2, Section 8, Subsection 2 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall now state,

“A ‘work zone’ shall be defined as an area within 100 studs of any cones, flares, stationary DOT/DPW /commerce approved business vehicles with their hazard or amber lights flashing (excluding any buses), DOT/DPW /commerce approved business employees at the side of the road outside of their vehicle (while they are conducting road works or other maintenance (on vehicles for example)), or other objects used by workers or on-duty law enforcement officers to control traffic or close areas of work to the public.”

SECTION 10: Chapter 4, Section 1, Subsection 5f of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act currently states,

“The orders of an on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, or law enforcement employee”

SECTION 11: Chapter 4, Section 1, Subsection 5f of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall now state,

“The orders of an on-duty DOT, DPW, fire/ambulance service, commerce approved business, or law enforcement employee”

SECTION 12: Chapter 9, Section 1, Subsection 4 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act currently states,

“DOT and DPW workers shall be exempt from this Act if they are conducting street maintenance, road closures, or other activities related to their official duties. They must however conduct these activities in a safe manner and may not unnecessarily break traffic laws that aren’t directly for the purposes of maintenance or other road closures.”

SECTION 13: Chapter 9, Section 1, Subsection 4 of the Firestone Traffic Revision Act shall now state,

“DOT, DPW, and commerce approved business shall be exempt from this Act if they are conducting street maintenance, road closures, or other activities related to their official duties. They must however conduct these activities in a safe manner and may not unnecessarily break traffic laws that aren’t directly for the purposes of maintenance or other road closures.”

SECTION 14: Chapter 9, Section 1, Subsection 13 shall be created in the Firestone Traffic Revision Act and state,

“A commerce approved business shall be defined as “a business that has written consent from the secretary of the Firestone Department of Commerce and the secretary of the Firestone Department of Transportation to exercise the powers prescribed in this act.” The secretary of the Firestone Department of Commerce shall be obligated to maintain an accurate public record displaying which businesses have the power to exercise the powers prescribed in this act.”

SECTION 15: Should any part of this legislation be constructed by any judicial body of this state to be unconstitutional and declared unenforceable then that part shall be severed with the rest of the act remaining in full force and effect.

SECTION 16: This legislation shall be brought into law, given that it follows the procedures to do so, as outlined by the Constitution.

Respectfully submitted to the State of Firestone Congress.

Chief Sponsor(s):

Speaker pro tempore CoolPilotCaio1, Esq.

Co-Sponsor(s):

Governor FIoatmanjason

Lieutenant Governor Stamose

Secretary of Commerce Ryan123Superstar

Secretary of Transportation PatatoLaw

President pro tempore Automationeer

Capital Gas Director Faachiano

Stapleton Powergrid Director jackfrojpg

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