Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 58 First Substitute (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Moss, C.

Final action

House/ filed 3/8/2018

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• provides that a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the person is moving across or within the intersection or junction of highways, except that a person after slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding the right-of-way if required, may cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping;
• provides that once a person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red traffic-control signal has stopped and yielded to all other traffic, the person may cautiously:
• proceed straight through the steady red signal; or
• turn left onto a highway that is a highway with one lane in each direction; and
• provides that after slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding the right-of-way, if required, a person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red traffic-control signal may cautiously make a right-hand turn without stopping.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS FOR BICYCLES
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Carol Spackman Moss
Senate Sponsor: 
 Todd Weiler
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending provisions related to operating a
bicycle on the roadway.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ provides that a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall yield the
right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway
so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the person is moving
across or within the intersection or junction of highways, except that a person after
slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding the right-of-way if required, may
cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping;
▸ provides that once a person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red
traffic-control signal has stopped and yielded to all other traffic, the person may
cautiously:
• proceed straight through the steady red signal; or
• turn left onto a highway that is a highway with one lane in each direction; and
▸ provides that after slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding the right-of-way, if
required, a person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red traffic-control signal
may cautiously make a right-hand turn without stopping.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
41-6a-1105
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 2
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
41-6a-1105
 is amended to read:
41-6a-1105.
Operation of bicycle or moped on and use of roadway -- Duties,
prohibitions.
(1) A person operating a bicycle or a moped on a roadway at less than the normal speed
of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as near as
practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway except when:
(a) overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
(b) preparing to make a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
(c) traveling straight through an intersection that has a right-turn only lane that is in
conflict with the straight through movement; or
(d) reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe to continue along the
right-hand edge of the roadway including:
(i) fixed or moving objects;
(ii) parked or moving vehicles;
(iii) bicycles;
(iv) pedestrians;
(v) animals;
(vi) surface hazards; or
(vii) a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side
within the lane.
(2) A person operating a bicycle or moped on a highway shall operate in the designated
direction of traffic.
(3) (a) A person riding a bicycle or moped on a roadway may not ride more than two
abreast with another person except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use
of bicycles.
(b) If allowed under Subsection (3)(a), a person riding two abreast with another person
may not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and shall ride within a single
lane.
(4) If a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, a bicycle
rider may be directed by a traffic-control device to use the path and not the roadway.
(5) (a) A person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall slow down and, if
required for safety, stop before entering the intersection.
(b) After slowing to a reasonable speed or stopping as required by Subsection (5)(a),
the person shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on
another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the person is
moving across or within the intersection or junction of highways, except that a person after
slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding the right-of-way, if required, may cautiously make a
turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping.
(6) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), a person operating a bicycle
approaching a steady red traffic-control signal shall stop before entering the intersection and
shall yield to all other traffic.
(ii) Once the person has stopped and yielded to all other traffic as required by
Subsection (6)(a)(i), the person may cautiously:
(A) proceed straight through the steady red signal; or
(B) turn left onto a highway that is a highway with one lane in each direction.
(b) After slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding the right-of-way, if required, a
person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red traffic-control signal may cautiously make
a right-hand turn without stopping.
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