1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; prohibiting intersection gridlock; imposing petty 
1.3 	misdemeanor penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.15.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.15, is amended to read:
1.6 	169.15 IMPEDING TRAFFIC; INTERSECTION GRIDLOCK.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Impeding traffic; drive at slow speed. No person shall drive a motor 
1.8 	vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement 
1.9 	of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with 
1.10 	law or except when the vehicle is temporarily unable to maintain a greater speed due to a 
1.11 	combination of the weight of the vehicle and the grade of the highway. A violation of this 
1.12 	subdivision is a moving violation, as defined in section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (1)(i).
1.13 		Subd. 2.Intersection gridlock; stop or block traffic. No driver of a motor vehicle 
1.14 	shall enter an intersection until the vehicle is able to move completely through the 
1.15 	intersection without impeding or blocking the subsequent movement of cross traffic or 
1.16 	pedestrians, unless such movement is at the direction of a city-authorized traffic-control 
1.17 	agent or a police officer or to facilitate passage of an authorized emergency vehicle. 
1.18 	A violation of this subdivision is a moving violation, as defined in section 171.04, 
1.19 	subdivision 1, clause (1)(i), but does not constitute grounds for suspension or revocation 
1.20 	of the violator's driver's license.