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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1803

Entering stop or yield intersection

Acts 2019, No. 650, § 1.

(1) A person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall: Slow down;

(2) If required to avoid an immediate hazard, stop at the stop sign before entering the intersection; and

(3) 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.

(4) If a person operating a bicycle meets the requirements provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, he or she may cautiously make a right or left turn, or proceed through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign.

(5) A person operating a bicycle approaching a steady red traffic control light shall: Make a complete stop at the steady red traffic control light before entering the intersection; and

(6) 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.

(7) If a person operating a bicycle meets the requirements as provided in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, he or she may proceed through the steady red traffic control light with caution.

(8) However, a person operating a bicycle may make a: Right-hand turn at a steady red traffic control light 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

(9) Left-hand turn onto a one-way road at a steady red traffic control light after stopping and yielding to oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.