A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require PASSENGER VEHICLES TOWING OTHER VEHICLES to keep right.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20‑147.1. Passenger vehicle towing other vehicles to keep right.
Whenever a passenger vehicle as defined in G.S. 20‑4.01(27)g. is towing another vehicle as defined in G.S. 20‑4.01(49), the driver of the towing vehicle shall at all times cause that vehicle to travel on the right half of the highway, or if the highway is divided into more than two lanes in the right‑most lane of travel, unless that lane is obstructed or impassable. These towing vehicles shall also comply with all signage for vehicles of three or more axles erected pursuant to G.S. 20‑146(d)(3)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2004.