FORMERLY
AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BICYCLISTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. Amend § 4157 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code by deleting the following words from paragraph (2) thereof:
"; not withstanding the foregoing provisions, a person operating a bicycle may give a right turn signal by extending the right hand and arm horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle".
Section 2. Amend § 4198A(a) of Title 21 of the Delaware Cede by restating said subsection in its entirety as follows:
"(a) A person operating a bicycle shall give hand-and arm signals as follows:
(1) Left Turn -- Left hand and arm extended horizontally and to the left side of the bicycle.
(2) Right Turn -- Right hand and arm extended horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle or the left hand and arm extended upward.
(3) Stop or Decrease Speed -- Left hand and arm extended downward from the left side of the bicycle."
Section 3. Amend Subchapter XII, Chapter 41, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by adding a new section thereto to read as follows:
"§ 4198M. Exemption for Bicycle-Mounted Police Officers.
Bicycle-mounted police officers, while responding to an emergency or during the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, are exempt from the obligations under this subchapter."
