PRINTER'S NO. 367
No. 332 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, TRELLO, GEIST, HESS, S. H. SMITH, DORR,
REBER AND HOWLETT, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for driving too fast for
3 conditions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3361 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3361. Driving [vehicle at safe speed] too fast for
9 conditions.
10 No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is
11 reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to
12 the actual and potential hazards then existing, nor at a speed
13 greater than will permit the driver to bring his vehicle to a
14 stop within the assured clear distance ahead. Consistent with
15 the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe and
16 appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an intersection
17 or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a
18 curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any
1 narrow or winding roadway and when special hazards exist with
2 respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather
3 or highway conditions.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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