Relating to bicycles being overtaken and passed by certain farm vehicles, and providing penalties

234 provides that a person riding a bicycle on the highway is subject to the provisions of Code chapter 321 and has all the rights and duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle.299 requires the driver of an overtaken vehicle to give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle and prohibits the driver from increasing the speed of the overtaken vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle, except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted. This bill specifies that a person riding a bicycle on the highway, when being overtaken and passed by a farm tractor or self-propelled implement of husbandry, must give way to the right in favor of the overtaking farm tractor or self-propelled implement of husbandry and is prohibited from increasing the speed of the bicycle until completely passed by the overtaking farm tractor or self-propelled implement of husbandry. A violation of the bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of $25. By operation of law, the bill does not apply to the use of a bicycle in a parade authorized by a proper permit from local authorities.1, a “farm tractor” is a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry. An “implement of husbandry” is a vehicle or special mobile equipment manufactured, designed, or reconstructed for agricultural purposes and, except for incidental uses, exclusively used in the conduct of agricultural operations. “Implement of husbandry” includes certain all-terrain vehicles, fence-line feeders, and vehicles used exclusively for the application of organic or inorganic plant food materials, organic agricultural limestone, or agricultural chemicals. To be considered an implement of husbandry, a self-propelled implement of husbandry must be operated at a speed of miles per hour or less.