NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 367

HOUSE BILL 250

AN ACT TO REQUIRE OPERATORS OF VEHICLES TO REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID ACCIDENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-141 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to be designated subsection (m) and to read as follows:

"(m)      The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the foregoing limits shall not relieve the operator of a vehicle from the duty to decrease speed as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway, and to avoid injury to any person or property."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of May, 1977.