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Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-202.1: Bicycles – Stops signs and traffic control signals

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 47

A. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Bicycle" means a device as defined in subsection A of

Section 1-104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

2. "Immediate hazard" means a vehicle approaching a person

operating a bicycle at a proximity and rate of speed sufficient to

indicate to a reasonably careful person that there is a danger of

collision or accident.

B. 1. A person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign

shall:

a. slow down,

b. if required to avoid an immediate hazard, stop at the

stop sign before entering the intersection, and

c. cautiously enter the intersection and yield the right-

of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent

crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the

intersection.

2. If a person operating a bicycle determines there is no

immediate hazard, he or she may cautiously make a right or left

turn, or proceed through the intersection without stopping at the

stop sign.

C. 1. A person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red

traffic-control signal shall:

a. make a complete stop at the steady red traffic-control

signal before entering the intersection, and

b. yield the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic that

constitutes an immediate hazard during the time that

he or she is moving across or within the intersection.

2. If a person operating a bicycle determines there is no

immediate hazard, he or she may proceed through the steady red

traffic-control signal with caution.

3. A person operating a bicycle may make a:

a. right-hand turn at a steady red traffic-control signal

without stopping after slowing to a reasonable speed

and yielding the right-of-way, if required, to

oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard,

or

b. left-hand turn onto a one-way street at a steady red

traffic-control signal after stopping and yielding to

oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard.

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