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Committee approves bill adding 90‑day motorcycle endorsement suspension for lane splitting, wheelies, hidden plates
Summary
House Bill 190 (first substitute) was favorably recommended by the House Transportation Committee after testimony about a 15‑year high in motorcycle fatalities and law‑enforcement support for added administrative penalties tied to existing infractions.
The House Transportation Committee favorably recommended the first substitute to House Bill 190, which creates an administrative mechanism to suspend a rider's motorcycle endorsement for 90 days for specified dangerous behaviors: lane splitting at speed, performing a wheelie, and intentionally hiding a license plate.
Elizabeth McMillan, director of communications at UDOT, told the committee that motorcycle fatalities reached a 15‑year high last year with 53 deaths and that a high share of fatal motorcycle crashes involve riders not wearing protective gear and younger riders. "The…
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