Section 3096.

CA Veh Code § 3096 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force’s efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2020.

(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:

(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.

(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.

(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.

(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.

(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.

(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international levels.

(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.

(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 650, Sec. 1. (AB 2363) Effective January 1, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 3097.)