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An Act To Allow in Certain Circumstances Two-wheeled Vehicles To Proceed through Red Lights and Make Right Turns on Red in Contravention of Posted Prohibitions
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2057, sub-§1, ¶C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §36 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read:
 
C. AExcept as provided by paragraph C-3, a red light, if steady and circular, means:
 
(1) The operator must stop and remain stationary until an indication to proceed is shown; or
 
(2) The operator may cautiously enter the intersection to make a right turn after stopping if:
 
(a) Not prohibited by an appropriate sign such as "NO RIGHT TURN ON RED"; and
 
(b) The operator executing a turn yields the right-of-way to pedestrians on a crosswalk and to a vehicle having a green signal at the intersection.
Sec. 2.  29-A MRSA §2057, sub-§1, ¶C-3  is enacted to read:
 
C-3.  Notwithstanding paragraph C, the operator of a motorcycle, moped or bicycle as defined in section 2063, subsection 1 facing a red light, if steady and circular, after stopping for a reasonable amount of time may proceed cautiously through the intersection before the light on the traffic-control device turns green if no other vehicles are present at the intersection to actuate the traffic-control device. The operator of a motorcycle, moped or bicycle proceeding through a red light under this paragraph shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicular traffic proceeding through a green light at the intersection or a pedestrian lawfully within a crosswalk or using the intersection.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the operator of a motorcycle, moped or bicycle, including a motorized bicycle, motorized tricycle or motorized scooter, facing a steady and circular red light, after stopping for a reasonable amount of time, to proceed cautiously through the intersection before the light on the traffic-control device turns green if no other vehicles are present at the intersection to actuate the traffic-control device.