2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
§47-11-202.1. Bicycles – Stops signs and traffic control signals.
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.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 449, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
