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Senate approves motorcycle lane-filtering measure after safety debate
Utah State Senate · February 28, 2019
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Summary
The Utah Senate passed changes to the traffic code allowing motorcycle lane filtering, with a verbal amendment lowering the speed threshold from 50 to 45 mph after senators raised questions about intersection safety.
Senate debate on Feb. 27 over House Bill 149 centered on whether allowing motorcycles to move between lanes (so-called lane filtering) improves safety or creates new risks at intersections. Sponsor Senator Hankins offered the bill and supported a verbal amendment to change a speed threshold from 50 to 45 miles per hour.
Senator Heather Henderson asked…
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