A new bill in the Idaho Senate hopes to protect anyone driving combines, tractors, construction equipment, and more when they’re using the road and going under the speed limit.
Senate Bill 1224 changes current law about driving slowly and being forced to pull over. If signed, it makes it legal for slow-moving equipment to stay on the road and keep traffic backed up if “no safe or size-appropriate location exists to temporarily exit the roadway or otherwise allow traffic to pass.”
State law requires any vehicle moving slowly with three or more vehicles behind it to pull over at a safe location when it’s on a 2-lane highway outside of an urban area.
If the bill gets through, it will be effective July 1st of this year.
You can find the full text of the bill here: https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1224.pdf
