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Committee advances 'stop as yield' bill allowing bicyclists to roll through empty stop signs
Summary
The committee approved a substitute for House Bill 393 that would allow cyclists to slow and proceed through stop‑sign-controlled intersections when no vehicle or pedestrian is present, add hand‑signal requirements and explicitly include pedestrians in yield obligations.
A House committee approved a substitute to House Bill 393 on a voice vote, advancing a measure that would permit bicyclists to slow and proceed through stop‑sign intersections when no vehicle or pedestrian is approaching.
Representative Cherilyn Cooper carried the measure and turned the presentation over to TJ Kaplan, who said the change is recommended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and has been enacted in several other states. Kaplan described the…
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