SENATE BILL NO. 1102

2005 Legislation

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SENATE BILL NO. 1102 – Bicycles on sidewalk, rights/duties

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Bill Status


S1102.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
BICYCLES - Amends existing law to provide that a person operating a vehicle
by human power upon and along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and
along a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a
pedestrian under the same circumstances.
                                                                        
02/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10    Rpt prt - to Transp

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1102
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES; AMENDING SECTION 49-715, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE  THAT A PERSON OPERATING A VEHICLE BY HUMAN POWER UPON AND ALONG A
  4        SIDEWALK, OR ACROSS A HIGHWAY UPON AND ALONG A CROSSWALK, SHALL  HAVE  ALL
  5        THE  RIGHTS  AND  DUTIES APPLICABLE TO A PEDESTRIAN UNDER THE SAME CIRCUM-
  6        STANCES.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-715, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-715.  RIDING  ON  BICYCLES. (1) A person propelling a bicycle shall not
 11    ride other than upon or astride an attached permanent and regular seat.
 12        (2)  No bicycle or human-propelled vehicle shall be  used  to  carry  more
 13    persons at one (1) time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
 14        (3)  An adult rider may carry a child securely attached to his person in a
 15    backpack or sling or in a child carrier attached to the bicycle.
 16        (4)  A  person  operating  a vehicle by human power upon and along a side-
 17    walk, or across a highway upon and along  a  crosswalk,  shall  have  all  the
 18    rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 14819

This amendment clarifies that a bicyclist must obey the same
rights and duties as pedestrians on sidewalks and crosswalks.


                         FISCAL IMPACT

There will be no fiscal impact to the State General Fund or local
Governments for this change, with the exception of possibly
reducing time in courts for people who are cited for violation of
this statute.


Contact
Name:  Ben Wolfinger
Phone: (208) 446-1311
     

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       S 1102