Walk It Through: The Cyclist And The Car
A cyclist on the road, a right turn, a fall, and the driver's duty to stop.
A cyclist rides in the right lane of a city street with no bike lane.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One collision. Fault and insurance, a crash with an e-bike, bike lanes and a cyclist's own citation are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Liability insuranceThe insurance every owner of a vehicle registered and operated in Idaho keeps continuously. Driving without it is a $75 infraction the first time, and a misdemeanor on a second within five years.
- Electric assisted bicycleA bicycle with working pedals and a motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts, in one of three classes. No driver's license, registration, plate or insurance is required.
- Stop sign as a yieldThe rule that a cyclist at a stop sign slows, stops if safety requires, yields, and then may cautiously go through without stopping; at a red light, the cyclist stops and yields first.