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LAWS & BILLS * USA
* Pennsylvania House OKs transportation funding plan; tolls touted for I-80
PEN,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO), by Keith Goble -June 28, 2007: -- Truckers and other travelers would pay to roll down Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, under a $700 million transportation funding package approved in the state’s House... The bill also would authorize a study of putting tolls on Interstate 95 and bonding the Pennsylvania Turnpike, among other things...
* New Mississippi law requires drivers to ‘move over’
MISS,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO) -June 28, 2007: -- Dubbed the “Move Over” law, it is designed to protect police and other emergency personnel during roadside stops. The new law also covers tow trucks and highway maintenance vehicles... The law requires motorists to maintain a safe distance and reduce speed when approaching stationary emergency vehicles that are alongside the road with their lights flashing... On highways with two or more lanes in one direction, drivers would be required to merge into a lane further away from the roadside vehicles...
* Idaho law expanding heavy truck travel takes effect July 1
IDH,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO) -June 28, 2007: -- More roads in Idaho will be available for heavier trucks to travel starting Sunday, July 1... Idaho’s current weight limit is 105,500 pounds. Multiple trailer trucks with overweight permits can weigh up to 129,000 pounds, under a 2003 pilot program to test the new weight limit on specified highways in the state... Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter signed a bill into law this spring expanding the program from 850 miles of roads to 1,200 miles of road...
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