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SECTION 1. Section 4A of Chapter 89 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following words:- When two or more designated lanes of travel in the same direction are traveling at speeds of ten miles per hour or less, an operator of a motorcycle may travel in the right breakdown lane or left access lane or split the lanes, at a speed no greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and shall yield to disabled or emergency vehicles already occupying such lanes. SECTION 2. Section 4B of said chapter 89, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following words:- When two or more designated lanes of travel in the same direction are traveling at speeds of ten miles per hour or less, an operator of a motorcycle may travel in the right breakdown lane or left access lane or split the lanes, at a speed no greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and shall yield to disabled or emergency vehicles already occupying such lanes. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect ninety days from passage and shall sunset Eighteen Months from that time.
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