Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 245

MOTOR VEHICLES PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN TRUCKS SHALL DRIVE ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF HIGHWAY

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 165, REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, WITH REFERENCE TO MOTOR VEHICLES BY PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN TRUCKS SHALL DRIVE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IN CERTAIN AREAS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Paragraph 5626. Sec. 88. of Chapter 165, Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new Paragraph at the end thereof, as follows:

"The driver of all trucks, except panel and light delivery trucks of one-half ton or less, shall drive the same as closely as possible to the right hand edge or curb of the highway and shall not overtake or pass another vehicle in such lane of traffic in those areas designated by appropriate traffic signs. The State Highway Department, with reference to State highways, and local authorities, with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, are hereby authorized to designate areas by appropriate traffic signs at junction points leading into main highways and for congested areas where said trucks are directed to stay to the right and keep in the line of traffic in accordance with the above provision."

Approved June 5, 1951.