2001-2002 Bill 221: Motor Vehicle Driver's License; Two Point Violation for Improper Dangerous

1 BIL: 221 2 TYP: General Bill GB 3 INB: Senate 4 IND: 20010125 5 PSP: Bauer 6 SPO: Bauer 7 DDN: l:\council\bills\ggs\22764cm01.doc 8 RBY: Senate 9 COM: Transportation Committee 15 ST 10 SUB: Motor vehicle driver's license; two point violation for improper 11 dangerous parking deleted; Transportation, Traffic 12 13 14 15 HST: 16 17 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 18 ______19 Senate 20010125 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST 20 referred to Committee 21 22 23 24 Versions of This Bill 25 26 27 28 29 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH 12 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 13 PUBLIC SAFETY’S POINT SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF A 14 GRADUATED SCALE OF POINTS AND ASSIGNS RELATIVE 15 VALUES TO VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS, SO 16 AS TO DELETE IMPROPER DANGEROUS PARKING AS A 17 TWO POINT VIOLATION. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. Section 56-1-720 of the 1976 Code is amended to 23 read: 24 25 “Section 56-1-720. There is established a point system for the 26 evaluation of the operating record of persons to whom a license to 27 operate motor vehicles has been granted and for the determination 28 of the continuing qualifications of these persons for the privileges 29 granted by the license to operate motor vehicles. The system shall 30 have as its basic element a graduated scale of points assigning 31 relative values to the various violations in accordance with the 32 following schedule: 33 34 VIOLATION POINTS 35 Reckless driving ...... 6 36 Passing stopped school bus ...... 6 37 Hit-and-run, property damages only ...... 6 38 Driving too fast for conditions, or speeding: 39 (1) No more than 10 m.p.h. above the 40 posted limits ...... 2 41 (2) More than 10 m.p.h. but less than 25 42 m.p.h. above the posted limits ...... 4

1 [221] 1 1 (3) 25 m.p.h. or above the posted limits ...... 6 2 Disobedience of any official traffic control 3 device ...... 4 4 Disobedience to officer directing traffic ...... 4 5 Failing to yield right of way ...... 4 6 Driving on wrong side of road ...... 4 7 Passing unlawfully ...... 4 8 Turning unlawfully ...... 4 9 Driving through or within safety zone ...... 4 10 Failing to give signal or giving improper 11 signal for stopping, turning, or suddenly 12 decreased speed ...... 4 13 Shifting lanes without safety precaution ...... 2 14 Improper dangerous parking ...... 2 15 Following too closely ...... 4 16 Failing to dim lights ...... 2 17 Operating with improper lights ...... 2 18 Operating with improper brakes ...... 4 19 Operating a vehicle in unsafe condition ...... 2 20 Driving in improper lane ...... 2 21 Improper backing ...... 2” 22 23 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 24 Governor. 25 ----XX----

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