21.0154.01000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1252
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Mock, Hager, Jones, Kading, O'Brien, D. Ruby
Senators Bakke, Dwyer, D. Larsen
1 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-10.1 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to stopping and yielding while operating a bicycle; and to provide a
3 penalty.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 39-10.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
6 and enacted as follows:
7 Yielding and stopping while operating a bicycle on a roadway.
8 1. An individual operating a bicycle on a roadway:
9 a. May turn or proceed through a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign without
10 stopping but shall slow to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions when
11 approaching the stop sign and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at the
12 point nearest the intersecting roadway. After slowing to a reasonable speed or
13 stopping, the individual shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the
14 intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an
15 immediate hazard during the time the individual is moving across or within the
16 intersection or junction of roadways.
17 b. May turn or proceed through a steady red traffic-control light with caution after
18 stopping at the point nearest the intersecting roadway. After stopping, the
19 individual shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or
20 approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard
21 during the time the individual is moving across or within the intersection or
22 junction of roadways.
23 2. If the individual operating a bicycle is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the
24 intersection or junction of roadways after proceeding past a stop sign without stopping
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1 or past a steady red traffic-control light, the collision is deemed prima facie evidence of
2 the individual's failure to yield the right of way.
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