SF 1349

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:20am

A bill for an act
relating to traffic regulations; prohibiting intersection gridlock; imposing petty
misdemeanor penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.15.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.15, is amended to read:

169.15 IMPEDING TRAFFIC new text begin ; INTERSECTION GRIDLOCK new text end .

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Impeding traffic; drive at slow speed. new text end

No person shall drive a
motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in
compliance with law or except when the vehicle is temporarily unable to maintain a greater
speed due to a combination of the weight of the vehicle and the grade of the highway.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Intersection gridlock; stop or block traffic. new text end

new text begin No driver of a motor
vehicle shall enter an intersection controlled by a semaphore until the vehicle is able to
move completely through the intersection without impeding or blocking the subsequent
movement of cross traffic, unless such movement is at the direction of a city-authorized
traffic-control agent or a police officer or to facilitate passage of an authorized emergency
vehicle. A violation of this subdivision does not constitute grounds for suspension or
revocation of the violator's driver's license.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2010, and applies to acts
committed on or after that date.
new text end