(1) A person operating a bicycle or a moped on a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as near as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway except when:
- (a) overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
- (b) preparing to make a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
- (c) traveling straight through an intersection that has a right-turn only lane that is in conflict with the straight through movement; or
(d) reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand edge of the roadway including:
- (i) fixed or moving objects;
- (ii) parked or moving vehicles;
- (iii) bicycles;
- (iv) pedestrians;
- (v) animals;
- (vi) surface hazards; or
- (vii) a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
- (2) A person operating a bicycle or moped on a highway shall operate in the designated direction of traffic.
(3)
- (a) A person riding a bicycle or moped on a roadway may not ride more than two abreast with another person except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
- (b) If allowed under Subsection (3)(a), a person riding two abreast with another person may not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and shall ride within a single lane.
- (4) If a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, a bicycle rider may be directed by a traffic-control device to use the path and not the roadway.
(5)
- (a) As used in this Subsection (5), "immediate hazard" means a vehicle approaching an intersection at a proximity and rate of speed sufficient to indicate to a reasonable person that there is a danger of collision or accident.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (6), an individual operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign if:
- (i) the individual slows to a reasonable speed; and
(ii) yields the right-of-way to:
- (A) any pedestrian within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk;
- (B) other traffic within the intersection; and
- (C) oncoming traffic that poses an immediate hazard during the time the individual is traveling through the intersection.
- (6) Subsection (5)(b) does not apply to an intersection with an active railroad grade crossing as defined in Section 41-6a-1005.
Amended by Chapter 119, 2021 General Session