2008
- Sign the online petition: Legalization of Lane Sharing in the State of Massachusetts
2005
Massachusetts House Bill No. 2017
An Act RELATIVE TO SEASONAL TRAFFIC RELIEF FOR MOTORCYCLE OPERATORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4A of chapter 89, as so appearing in the 1998
Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section
the following new paragraph: —
When traffic is stopped or slowed to less than ten miles per hour, a
motorcycle operator may:
(a) Overtake and pass slowed or stopped vehicles by use of a breakdown
and/or access lane, at a speed not to exceed twenty miles per hour;
(b) When using a breakdown lane and/or access lane under these
circumstances, the operator of the motorcycle must yield to emergency
vehicles and disabled vehicles.
SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 89 of the General Laws, as so appearing,
is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following new
paragraph:—
When traffic is stopped or slowed to less than ten miles per hour, a
motorcycle operator may:—
(a) Overtake and pass slowed or stopped vehicles by use of a breakdown
and/or access lane, at a speed not to exceed twenty miles per hour;
(b) When using a breakdown lane and/or access lane under these
circumstances, the operator of the motorcycle must yield to emergency
vehicles and disabled vehicles.
SECTION 3. Section 4B of Chapter 89 of the General Laws, as so
appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the
following new paragraph:—
When traffic is stopped or slowed to less than ten miles per hour, a
motorcycle operator may:—
(a) Overtake and pass slowed or stopped vehicles by use of a breakdown
and/or access lane, at a speed not to exceed twenty miles per hour;
(b) When using a breakdown lane and/or access lane under these
circumstances, the operator of the motorcycle must yield to emergency
vehicles and disabled vehicles.