Relating to distance requirements for electronically coordinated motor vehicles following in a sequence

Sponsored by the Senate Transportation Committee

Topics:Transportation

Same legislation: SSB 1179

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2019
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2020
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 28, 2019
Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

Under current law, the driver of a motor truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle, when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district, is prohibited from following within 300 feet of another motor truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle. This bill exempts from the provision any motor vehicle following another motor vehicle in a sequence of two vehicles using technology and equipment that electronically coordinates the speed and brakes of the following vehicle with the speed and brakes of the lead vehicle.

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307, which prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from following another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.308 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $100.482A if a violation causes serious injury or death. For a violation causing serious injury, the additional penalties include a fine of $500 or suspension of the violator’s driver’s license and operating privileges for not more than days, or both. For a violation causing death, the additional penalties include a fine of $1,000 or suspension of the violator’s driver’s license or operating privileges for not more than 180 days, or both.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.308

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