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HB16-1205

Motorcycle Lane-splitting

Type Bill
Session 2016 Regular Session
Subjects
Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Concerning an exception to the prohibitions against driving a motorcycle around motor vehicles blocking the lanes of traffic moving in the same direction.

Bill Summary:

Currently, the driver of a motorcycle is prohibited from driving between rows of motor vehicles or overtaking on the right. The bill allows motorcycles to drive between rows of motor vehicles or overtake on the right when traffic is moving at less than 5 miles per hour if:
  • The motor vehicles that the motorcycle is driving around are traveling in the same direction as the motorcycle and at no more than 5 miles per hour;
  • The motorcycle is driven no faster than 15 miles per hour; and
  • The motorcycle does not exceed by more than 10 miles per hour the speed of traffic the motorcycle is passing.
Overtaking on the right is not allowed when a vehicle is using the shoulder.

The Colorado department of transportation may notify the public of these changes.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Status

Lost

Introduced

Lost

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
02/04/2016 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
06/02/2016 FN2 PDF
02/12/2016 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 16-1205 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion failed on a vote of 5-8. Vote summary
Postpone House Bill 16-1205 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 7-6. Vote summary
Date Location Action
02/17/2016 House House Committee on Transportation & Energy Postpone Indefinitely
02/04/2016 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy

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