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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2667 By: Echols, Luttrell and
Phillips of the House
and
McCortney of the Senate
[ motorcycles - allowing two-wheeled motorcycles to
lane filter under certain conditions - effective
date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-1103, is
amended to read as follows :
Section 11-1103. A. No person under the age of sixteen (16)
years shall drive a motorcycle, motor -driven cycle, motorized
scooter, or motorized bicycle on any hig hway of this state while
transporting any other person.
B. The operator of a motorcycle, motor -driven cycle, motorized
scooter, or motorized bicycle who has attai ned the age of sixteen
(16) years or older may carry a passenger if the vehicle has a wheel
diameter of twelve (12) inches or greater and is factory -designed
and equipped with either:
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1. A double seating device with double foot rests; or
2. A sidecar attachment providing a separate seat space within
such sidecar attachment for each person riding therein so that such
person shall be seated entirely within the body of said sidecar.
C. No rider of a motorcycle, motor -driven cycle, motorized
scooter, or motorized bicycle shall hold to a ny moving vehicle for
the purpose of being propelled.
D. No Except as otherwise provided by subsection E of this
section, no driver of a motorcycle, motor -driven cycle, motorized
scooter, motorized bicycle, or electric -assisted bicycle shall pass
other vehicles between lan es of traffic traveling in the same
direction. This subsection shall not apply to th e operator of an
authorized emergency vehicle.
E. 1. As used in this subsection , the term "lane filter ing"
means the act of a two-wheeled motorcycle overtaking and passing
another vehicle or vehicles that are stopped in the same lane and
direction of travel as the overtaking motorcycle.
2. An operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle may engage in lane
filtering when:
a. the operator of the motorcycle is on a roadway with
lanes that are wide enough to pass safely,
b. the overtaking motorcycle is not operated at a speed
in excess of ten (10) miles per hour when overtaking
or passing the stopped vehicle or vehicles, and
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c. conditions permit con tinued reasonable and prudent
operation of the motorcycle while lane filtering.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate