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H.B. 155

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CYCLING LAWS

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Carol Spackman Moss

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Senate Sponsor: Wayne L. Niederhauser

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending provisions relating to operating a
             10      bicycle on the roadway.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall stop before
             14      entering the intersection; and
             15          .    provides an exception for a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign to
             16      cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the
             17      person:
             18              .    slows to a reasonable speed;
             19              .    yields the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on
             20      another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard;
             21              .    has reasonably determined the movement can be made safely and without
             22      interfering with the movement of any vehicle or pedestrian; and
             23              .    is 18 years of age or older.
             24      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             25          None
             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          None


             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      AMENDS:
             30          41-6a-1105, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 2
             31     
             32      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             33          Section 1. Section 41-6a-1105 is amended to read:
             34           41-6a-1105. Operation of bicycle or moped on and use of roadway -- Duties,
             35      prohibitions.
             36          (1) A person operating a bicycle or a moped on a roadway at less than the normal speed
             37      of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as near as
             38      practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway except when:
             39          (a) overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
             40          (b) preparing to make a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
             41          (c) traveling straight through an intersection that has a right-turn only lane that is in
             42      conflict with the straight through movement; or
             43          (d) reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe to continue along the
             44      right-hand edge of the roadway including:
             45          (i) fixed or moving objects;
             46          (ii) parked or moving vehicles;
             47          (iii) bicycles;
             48          (iv) pedestrians;
             49          (v) animals;
             50          (vi) surface hazards; or
             51          (vii) a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side
             52      within the lane.
             53          (2) A person operating a bicycle or moped on a highway shall operate in the designated
             54      direction of traffic.
             55          (3) (a) A person riding a bicycle or moped on a roadway may not ride more than two
             56      abreast with another person except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use
             57      of bicycles.
             58          (b) If allowed under Subsection (3)(a), a person riding two abreast with another person


             59      may not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and shall ride within a single
             60      lane.
             61          (4) If a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, a bicycle
             62      rider may be directed by a traffic-control device to use the path and not the roadway.
             63          (5) (a) A person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering
             64      the intersection.
             65          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop
             66      sign may cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the
             67      person:
             68          (i) slows to a reasonable speed;
             69          (ii) yields the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another
             70      highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard;
             71          (iii) has reasonably determined the movement can be made safely and without
             72      interfering with the movement of any vehicle or pedestrian; and
             73          (iv) is 18 years of age or older.




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