NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 470

HOUSE BILL 606

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-141 TO DEFINE THE DEGREE OF LIABILITY PLACED UPON A MOTORIST WHO FAILS TO STOP HIS VEHICLE WITHIN THE RADIUS OF ITS HEADLIGHTS OR THE RANGE OF HIS VISION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-141 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(m)      Notwithstanding any other provision contained in G.S. 20-141 or any other statute or law of this State, the failure of a motorist to stop his vehicle within the radius of its headlights or the range of his vision shall not be held negligence per se or contributory negligence per se."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of June, 1977.