8/5/03-The Senate Transportation Committee rejected a bill this spring that would have required commercial vehicles exceeding 12,000 pounds to stay out of the left lane on certain highways.
Under SB157, sponsored by Sen. Ray Rawson, R-Las Vegas, trucks would have been prohibited from driving in the left lane "if a highway has three or more clearly marked lanes for traffic traveling in one direction."
Trucks would have been permitted to merge left in certain situations, including response to emergency personnel, to avoid a safety risk or another vehicle entering the roadway.