House Transportation Committee Throws out Bike-Yield Plan
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative committee has killed a bill that would have required bicycle riders in South Dakota to yield to vehicles in certain circumstances on the road.
The House Transportation committee voted to throw out the plan Thursday. It would have required a bicyclist to pull to the side of the road and stop if a faster vehicle came up behind on a roadway with a limited shoulder or no shoulder.
The Argus leader newspaper reports that representatives of state transportation, public safety and tourism agencies opposed the bill. Cycling advocates also came out against it.
Republican Representative Mike Verchio of Hill City says that he decided to sponsor the bill after hearing concerns from truck drivers who had trouble passing cyclists on narrow roads in the Black Hills area.
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