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House passes pedestrian right-of-way bill after debate over audible-signal language
Summary
House Bill 196, which extends bicycle rules to skateboards and inline skates and requires operators to yield to pedestrians and give an audible signal before overtaking, passed the House 64-8 after debate and amendment inserting a "reasonable distance" standard for the audible signal.
The Utah House passed House Bill 196, a pedestrian right-of-way measure that extends the rights and duties applicable to bicycles to other human-powered devices (including skateboards and inline skates) and requires operators to yield to pedestrians and give an audible signal before overtaking.
Sponsor Representative Rex Van Swallow, citing a constituent and public-safety concerns, said the bill "is not an anti biking bill" and that the measure simply modernizes existing…
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