Bill Text: VA HB1077 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, etc.; exception to stopping requirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-02-29 - Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (5-Y 9-N) [HB1077 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1077-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-821.1 as follows:
§46.2-821.1. Exception to stopping requirement; bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter.
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§46.2-821 and 46.2-830,
any person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device,
electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter may yield
instead of stop at an intersection [ of two highways ]
controlled by a stop sign if all the following conditions are met:
1. Each intersecting highway has no more than three motor vehicle travel lanes;
2. The person is at least 15 years [ old of
age ] or accompanied by an adult;
3. The person slows to a reasonable speed based on existing
[ highway ] conditions; and
4. Before proceeding into the intersection, the person
[ yields the right-of-way to stops for ] any
pedestrian [ lawfully ] within the crosswalk, as required
pursuant to §46.2-924, and [ to the driver of another for
any other ] vehicle approaching or entering such intersection from
another direction.
