Shawnee city codes amended to align with state laws effective Nov. 1

Some minor changes are on the books after Shawnee city commissioners voted this week to make amendments to portions of the city code.

Most of Monday’s agenda involved the adjustment of several local ordinances to align with new state regulations that are to become effective Nov. 1.

In all, seven ordinances were affected, and should be noted:

• Chapter 19 — Motor vehicles and traffic, Article IV — Operation of vehicles, Section 19-169 — Safe turning movements; signals required for turning, stopping or decreasing speed.

A couple sentences were added to existing code, regarding hand signals. Tacked to the instruction that a motorist, when turning right, should have the hand and arm extended upward, cyclists are allowed to, “extend his or her right hand and arm horizontally to his or her right.”

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