Bill 72 explained in plain English
Safe Roundabouts Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 72, the Safe Roundabouts Act, 2016, enables the Minister to create regulations for safe roundabout use, requiring prior study and public consultation.
This bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to allow the Minister to create rules for driving in roundabouts. Before making these rules, the Minister must study how to use roundabouts safely and consult with the public. The Minister must also report to the Legislative Assembly each year on the progress of creating these rules, until the rules are actually made. The bill also defines what a 'roundabout' is for the purpose of the Act.
- Amends the Highway Traffic Act to add a new section about roundabouts.
- Authorizes the Minister to make regulations establishing rules of the road for roundabouts.
- Requires the Minister to conduct a study on the safe use of roundabouts before making regulations.
- Requires the Minister to consult with the public about the use of roundabouts before making regulations.
- Specifies that the study must cover topics such as crosswalks, signs, lighting, commercial vehicles, speed limits, entering and exiting, road design, and accessibility.
- Requires the Minister to table a progress report in the Legislative Assembly annually until regulations are made.
- Defines a 'roundabout' as an intersection with counter-clockwise one-way circulation around a central island where entering traffic must yield to circulating traffic.
- The Minister of Transportation (or relevant Minister)
- Members of the public (through consultation)
- Drivers and road users in Ontario
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Minister has the power to make regulations regarding roundabouts.
- The Minister is obligated to conduct a study on safe roundabout use.
- The Minister is obligated to consult with the public.
- The Minister is obligated to table an annual progress report.
- Entering traffic must yield the right-of-way to circulating traffic in a roundabout (as per the definition).
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The specific content of the regulations for roundabouts is not detailed in the bill; it will be determined by the Minister.
- The bill does not specify who will conduct the study or public consultation.
- The bill does not specify a deadline for the Minister to make the regulations, only that an annual report must be tabled until regulations are made.
This Act is amended by adding a new section (146.2) that provides the framework for creating rules of the road for roundabouts.
Source: Section 1
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