CHAPTER 150
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 38
AS AMENDED BY
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BICYCLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.
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 Section 4116, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by creating a new subsection (c) thereof, to read as follows:
"(3) The driver of a motor vehicle, when approaching a bicyclist traveling in the same direction, shall ensure the safety and protection of the bicyclist by:
a. Proceeding with caution and yielding the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the bicyclist, if possible, with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, if on a roadway having at least 4 lanes with not less than 2 lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; or,
b. Proceeding with caution and reducing the speed of the vehicle to a safe speed and leaving a reasonable and prudent distance by providing a minimum of three feet of clearance while passing such bicyclist, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe."
Approved July 25, 2011