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Committee rejects ‘Idaho-style’ bicycle stop law after safety debate
Summary
A proposal to let bicyclists treat stop signs as yields and certain red lights as stop signs (modeled on an Idaho law) failed on a committee voice vote after members raised safety and driver-expectation concerns; supporters cited an Idaho reduction in bicycle fatalities and economic benefits from cycling tourism.
Senate Bill 388, introduced with backing from the Governor’s Advisory Council on Cycling, failed in committee after a lengthy debate over safety and driver expectations.
Joe Jacobs, chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Cycling and staff at the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, told members the council formed to improve cycling…
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