39-10.1-05.1. Yielding and stopping while operating a bicycle on a roadway
1. An individual operating a bicycle who is approaching a stop sign at an intersection with
a roadway having three or more lanes for moving traffic shall come to a complete stop
before entering the intersection.
2. An individual operating a bicycle who is approaching a stop sign at an intersection
where a vehicle is stopped in the roadway at the same stop sign shall come to a
complete stop before entering the intersection.
3. An individual operating a bicycle who is approaching a stop sign at an intersection with
a roadway having two or fewer lanes for moving traffic shall reduce speed and, if
required for safety, stop before entering the intersection. After slowing to a reasonable
speed or stopping, the individual shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the
intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an
immediate hazard during the time the individual is moving across or within the
intersection, except that an individual, after slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding
the right of way if required, cautiously may make a turn or proceed through the
intersection without stopping.
4. An individual operating a bicycle who is approaching an intersection shall yield the
right of way to any vehicle that already has entered the intersection.
5. When an individual operating a bicycle and a vehicle enter an intersection from
different roadways at approximately the same time, the operator of the vehicle or
bicycle on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle or bicycle on the right.
6. If the individual operating a bicycle is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the
intersection or junction of roadways after proceeding past a stop sign without stopping
or past a steady red traffic-control light, the collision is deemed prima facie evidence of
the individual's failure to yield the right of way.
