Citations Affected: IC 8-15; IC 9-21.
Synopsis: Use of brakes on the toll road. Prohibits the use of
compression release engine brakes instead of the service brake system
on the Indiana toll road in Porter County, except in the case of failure
of the service brake system.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
February 21, 2001, reported _ Do Pass.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
a copy to present to the toll attendant on duty at the point of
entry to the tollway.
(B) The department shall assess a fee for issuing a special
hauling permit. In assessing the fee, the department shall take
into consideration the following factors:
(i) The administrative cost of issuing the permit.
(ii) The potential damage the vehicle represents to the
project.
(iii) The potential safety hazard the vehicle represents.
(2) Establishing the speed at which a vehicle may be driven on a
tollway, including a minimum speed and a maximum speed not
in excess of the maximum provided in IC 9 for the interstate
defense network of dual highways.
(3) Designating one-way traffic lanes on a tollway.
(4) Determining the manner of operation of vehicles entering and
leaving traffic lanes on a tollway.
(5) Determining the regulation of U-turns, of crossing or entering
medians, of stopping, parking, or standing, and of passing
vehicles on a tollway.
(6) Determining the establishment and enforcement of traffic
control signs and signals for vehicles in traffic lanes, acceleration
and deceleration lanes, toll plazas, and interchanges on a tollway.
(7) Determining the limitation of entry to and exit from a tollway
to designated entrances and exits.
(8) Determining the limitation on use of a tollway by pedestrians
and aircraft and by vehicles of a type specified in the rules.
(9) Regulating commercial activity on tollways, including the
following:
(A) The offering or display of goods or services for sale.
(B) The posting, distributing, or displaying of signs,
advertisements, or other printed or written material.
(C) The operation of a mobile or stationary public address
system.
(c) Notwithstanding IC 9, the department shall adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 to control the use of compression release engine brakes when
a motor vehicle is using the Indiana toll road in a county having a
population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand (125,000)
but less than one hundred twenty-nine thousand (129,000). These rules
must include the limitation of the use of the compression release engine
brakes instead of the service brake system, except in the case of failure
of the service brake system.
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2001]: Sec. 44.5. (a) As used in this section, "compression release
engine brake" means a hydraulically operated device that converts
a power producing diesel engine into a power absorbing retarding
mechanism.
(b) A person who drives a motor vehicle equipped with
compression release engine brakes on the Indiana toll road in a
county having a population of more than one hundred twenty-five
thousand (125,000) but less than one hundred twenty-nine
thousand (129,000) may not use the compression release engine
brakes instead of the service brake system, except in the case of
failure of the service brake system.