August 5, 2011
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation by Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries that will let Riverside County or any of its cities decide to allow neighborhood electric vehicles.
Current state law bans the vehicles from driving on roads where the speed limit is 35 mph or more.
Jeffries' bill is the latest to carve out an exception for the vehicles in a specific area. The measure, however, is significantly larger in scope than previous bills and could open wide swaths of the county to the vehicles.
Supporters say the vehicles let people get around without producing the emissions blamed for global warming.
Local jurisdictions that want to allow the vehicles first must complete plans to ensure the safety of the vehicles' drivers and other vehicles. There have to be separate lanes for the vehicles on streets where the speed limit is more than 35 mph.
Jeffries' bill has a 2017 sunset.
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