The Louisiana State Police began enforcing new traffic laws developed during the 2009 legislative session on Thursday, according to a police news release.
While the new laws were effective on August 15, they will now be actively enforced.
The laws include a revision of the Seat Belt Law, which now requires the driver and passengers seated in both the front and rear seats of vehicles to buckle-up, and Act 147, which requires drivers to leave a safe distance of no less than three feet between the car or bicycle they are passing.
Act 190 is also being actively enforced. The law requires drivers on a multi lane road – including the interstate – to travel in the right lane only.
According to the law, drivers cannot use the left lane if they are traveling at a speed less than drivers in the right lane. Drivers can use the left lane if they are preparing for a left turn at an intersection, if they are passing another vehicle, when the right lanes are congested, when otherwise directed by law enforcement or when emergency vehicles are parked on or near the right shoulder and have their emergency lights activated.
 
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