Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-202.1
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Bicycles – Stops signs and traffic control signals
Official statutory text
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
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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.
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
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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.
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