Bill Text: NJ A4758 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits person operating bicycle approaching stop sign to reduce speed instead of stopping, unless required for safety, before entering intersection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-12-06 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A4758 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4758-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4758

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 6, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  PATRICIA EGAN JONES

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits person operating bicycle approaching stop sign to reduce speed instead of stopping, unless required for safety, before entering intersection.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning the operation of bicycles and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    A person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall reduce speed and, if required for safety, stop before entering the intersection.  If a stop is not required for safety, the person shall slow to a reasonable speed and yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching the intersection as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the person is moving across or within the intersection.  After the person has slowed to a reasonable speed and yielded the right-of-way if required, the person may cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping. 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill permits a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign to reduce their speed, instead of stopping, unless required for safety, before entering the intersection.  Under the bill, if a stop is not required for safety, the person would slow to a reasonable speed and yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching the intersection so closely as to present an immediate hazard to the person.  After the person has slowed to a reasonable speed and yielded the right-of-way if required, the person may cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping. 

     This bill is based on an Idaho statute.