Pennsylvania Act 2024-46 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - ACCIDENT SCENE CLEARANCE

Act text

Session of 2024

No. 2024-46

HB 2233

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to operation of vehicles, further providing for accident scene clearance.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 3745.1 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 3745.1. Accident scene clearance.

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(f.1) Violation of title or local ordinance.--An owner or operator of a tow truck that recovers or removes a wrecked or disabled vehicle from the roadway to the nearest safe refuge on the shoulder, emergency lane or median at the direction of a police officer, while the police officer is engaged in the performance of the police officer's official duties, shall not be convicted of a violation of the provisions of section 3308 (relating to one-way roadways and rotary traffic islands), Subchapter E of Chapter 33 (relating to stopping, standing and parking), Chapter 49 (relating to size, weight and load) or a similar ordinance of a local authority for an action performed by the owner or operator of the tow truck during the recovery or removal of the wrecked or disabled vehicle if the action was performed at the specific direction of the police officer while the police officer is engaged in the performance of the police officer's official duties. This section does not relieve the owner or operator of a tow truck from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 8th day of July, A.D. 2024.

JOSH SHAPIRO