Governor signs Bicycle Operation Approaching Intersection Bill into law

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Governor John Hickenlooper signed the Bicycle Operation Approaching Intersection Bill into law last week. The law allows municipalities to pass local laws letting bicyclists treat stop signs like yield signs and traffic signals like stop signs. Essentially, a municipality can pass a law that allows a bicyclist to slow to a reasonable speed and proceed through an intersection when it is safe to do so. At traffic signals, the bicyclist must come to a complete stop before moving through the intersection. So far, no communities within Northern Colorado have passed the law, but Fort Collins may revisit the law in the coming years.

To find out more about this law, read the article on the Coloradoan.