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Key provisions of bill on bicycles and stop signs

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By Cronkite News Service

Here are key provisions of HB 2479, sponsored by Rep. Doug Quelland, R-Phoenix:

_ Require bicyclists approaching a stop sign to yield the right of way to any vehicle in or approaching the intersection;
_ Allow bicyclists to proceed through a stop sign without stopping if there is no traffic;
_ In the case of a collision, put the burden on bicyclists to prove that they adequately yielded the right of way.