BILL NO. 53
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)
Leonard Preyra
Halifax Citadel
First Reading: November 30, 2007
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill requires vehicles to yield to a transit bus re-entering traffic if the bus has signalled its intention to proceed.
An Act to Amend Chapter 293
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Motor Vehicle Act
1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 124 the following Section:
124A Where a transit bus has stopped at a bus stop and is signalling its intent to re-enter the flow of traffic on a highway, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right of way to the bus unless the driver cannot yield to the bus in safety.
2 Section 293 of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2002 and amended by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2005 and Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2007, is further amended by adding ", 124A" immediately after "124" in the fourth line.
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