Indiana’s “Dead Red” Law
Recently Indiana became the 16th state to pass what is known as a “dead red” law. House bill 1080, authored by local state representative Mike Karickhoff, “authorizes motorcycle, moped, and bicycle riders who fail to trigger a traffic signal at an intersection to drive through a red light, so long as the rider first stops for two minutes and then proceeds cautiously.” Representative Karickhoff cited to the fact that many traffic signals cannot detect motorcycles as a contributing factor to the passing of bill 1080, which passed 84-10. When the signal that a vehicle is waiting at the light...
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