SB 73 — REQUIRE BICYCLE STOPS FOR SAFETY

SENATE BILL 73 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Antoinette Sedillo Lopez and Pamelya Herndon 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF BICYCLES;

167 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

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Section 66-3-702 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, w l n d 18 Chapter 35, Section 101) is amended to read:

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TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO PERSONS RIDING i a e r 20 BICYCLES.--Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall a t m m 21 be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the d r e 22 duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except [as to the c e s k 23 special regulations within Sections 64-3-701 through 64-3-707 e a n b 24 NMSA 1953] in regard to the:

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equipment, maintenance and operation of the .228668.2 bicycle pursuant to Sections 66-3-701 through 66-3-707 NMSA 1978;

The state transportation commission, with reference to state and county highways, and local SB 73 Page 1 authorities, with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction, may designate through highways and erect stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances thereto or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to the intersection.

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Preferential right of way at an intersection may w l n d 18 be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in the = = 19 a l Motor Vehicle Code.

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Except when directed to proceed by a police a t m m 21 officer or traffic-control signal, every driver of a vehicle, d r e 22 other than a person riding a bicycle, approaching a stop c e s k 23 intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before e a n b 24 entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, u [ in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly .228668.2 - 2 - marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection.

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(1) a stop intersection indicated by a red traffic control signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway before e t 17 entering the intersection.

After stopping, if there is no w l n d 18 approaching pedestrian, bicycle or vehicle traffic with the = = 19 a l right of way, the person riding a bicycle may proceed through i a e r 20 the intersection without waiting for the traffic control signal a t m m 21 to turn green;

and d r e 22 (2) an intersection with a stop sign or a c e s k 23 yield sign, if there is no approaching pedestrian, bicycle or e a n b 24 vehicle traffic with the right of way, the person riding a u [ bicycle may proceed through the intersection without stopping.

.228668.2 - 3 - If required for safety to stop, the person riding a bicycle shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the person riding a bicycle has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway." SECTION 3.

-SB 473 -Page 123 14 16 e t 17 w l n d 18 = = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .228668.2