Bill allowing cyclists to roll through stop signs clears first hurdle

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill allowing cyclists to roll through stop signs was unanimously advanced Tuesday by the House Transportation Committee despite concerns raised about safety."Cyclists do this anyway," the sponsor of HB58, Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay, told the committee. Moss said studies have shown that similar laws have not caused an increase in accidents.She described the bill as letting cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs but said they would still have to wait for a tra