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This bill establishes new guidelines for the Minnesota Department of Transportation regarding messages displayed on changeable message signs (electronic highway signs). The bill defines key terms, including what constitutes a "changeable message sign" and a "traffic safety campaign message", and mandates that by July 1, 2025, the commissioner of transportation must incorporate specific standards from the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The messages displayed must provide clear, relevant information to road users, avoiding complex or culturally specific language like witticisms, slang, hashtags, or references that might confuse drivers. The bill requires that these safety messages be part of a broader traffic safety communication effort and prohibits the department from soliciting public input on sign content. Messages must minimize cognitive distraction and be straightforward, focusing on providing essential information about traffic operations, regulations, warnings, or immediate public safety threats. The provisions will expire once the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is updated to incorporate these new standards, at which point the commissioner must notify the revisor of statutes.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3013&ssn=0&y=2025