Summary: Duties of drivers of vehicles approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights; penalty. Establishesa minimum fine of $500 for a violation of the requirement for driversto make a lane change or proceed with caution when approaching stationaryvehicles displaying certain warning lights, commonly known as the"Move Over" law. The bill requires a driver who cannot change lanessafely to pass the stationary vehicle at no more than 10 miles perhour.

Summary: Glass replacement in vehicles. Requiresthe Superintendent of State Police to promulgate regulations consistentwith the standards established by the Auto Glass Safety Council regardingthe replacement of glass in any vehicle.

Summary: Private towing; one-hour limitation. Prohibitsprivate towing from a parking lot or area where there is no fee forparking within one hour of the vehicle's being parked. The bill creates exemptions for vehicles parked in a manner that is otherwise prohibitedby law or vehicles parked in residential parking or in spaces reservedfor hotel or motel guests. The bill provides that a person in violationof this requirement is civilly liable to the owner of the vehicleor his agent for double the amount of the towing and storage feesincurred. The bill requires local ordinances authorizing privatetowing to contain the same requirements.

Summary: Careless driving; vulnerable road users. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he operates a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and causes the death or serious bodily injury of a vulnerable road user. Current law only imposes the penalty if such careless or distracted operation causes serious bodily injury to the vulnerable road user. The bill also allows a court to suspend the driver's license or restrict the driver's license of a person convicted of careless driving for up to six months. This bill is identical to SB 247.

Summary: Towing fees. Applies the existing fee limitationsfor towing, storage, and safekeeping of passenger cars removed, towed,or stored from private property without the consent of the ownerto all vehicles towed pursuant to a lawful request for towing bya law-enforcement officer or other uniformed employee of a law-enforcementagency who specifically is authorized to make such request. The billauthorizes the hookup and initial towing fee to be up to 2.5 timesthe amount authorized for other tows when the vehicle being towedis involved in a crash or traffic incident and is located so as toimpede the orderly flow of traffic. The bill requires towing andrecovery operators responding to a request for towing by a law-enforcementofficer to provide to the owner or operator of the vehicle beingtowed a written explanation of fees charged by the towing and recoveryoperator. The bill provides that such fee limits shall not apply ifa local governing body has established different fee limits by ordinance.

Summary: Operating motor vehicle with accumulated snowor ice; penalty. Provides that it is a traffic infraction punishableby a fine of $100 for a person to operate a moving motor vehiclewith any amount of accumulated snow or ice on its exposed surfaceswhere, were the snow or ice to become dislodged from such vehicle,such accumulated snow or ice could interfere with the operation ofanother motor vehicle or cause injury to persons or property. Thebill exempts from the infraction a person operating an emergencyvehicle, a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations,or a vehicle operated during adverse weather conditions arising afteroperation of the vehicle began that result in the accumulation ofsnow or ice on such vehicle.