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State of South Dakota
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NINETY-FIRST SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016 |
| 915X0033 | HOUSE BILL NO. 1073 |
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Introduced by: Representatives Verchio, Campbell, Feickert, Kirschman, Marty, McCleerey,
Qualm, Rasmussen, Schrempp, Werner, and Zikmund and Senators
Rampelberg, Monroe, and Olson
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to require persons operating bicycles under certain
conditions to stop and allow faster vehicles to pass.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-20B-5 be amended to read:
32-20B-5. Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. However, a person operating a bicycle may move from the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway to overtake and pass another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction, to prepare for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or roadway, or to avoidconditions including, but not limited to, fixed or moving
objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, or surface hazards, or
substandard width lanes that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge. For
purposes of this section, a "substandard width lane" is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and
vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-20B-5 be amended to read:
32-20B-5. Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. However, a person operating a bicycle may move from the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway to overtake and pass another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction, to prepare for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or roadway, or to avoid
If a person is operating a bicycle within a no passing zone on a roadway that has no shoulder
or a shoulder of less than three feet in width, the person shall stop the bicycle, move the bicycle
off the roadway, and allow a faster vehicle to pass.
A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
