On the heels of Kansas lawmakers in following the path taken by other states, Georgia could be the next to allow riders to legally ride through red lights.

The latest bill introduced in Georgia’s capital comes from an avid rider with Representative Ann Purcell of Savannah proposing bill HB 161 which would allow motorcycle riders to treat inoperable signals and the red lights at the intersections as a stop sign.

A similar bill is making its way through the Kansas legal system with bikers attending and giving evidence at hearing just last week.

"When you get an inoperable signal, you can sit there all night if you want to," Purcell said to reporters over the new proposed Georgia law.

The bill reads;

"A driver of a motorcycle approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal utilizing a vehicle detection device that is inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle shall come to a full and complete stop at the intersection in response to a red light and, after waiting for a reasonable period of time, not less than 60 seconds, for such traffic-control signal to detect such motorcycle, may proceed with due caution when it is safe to do so."

Its an unusual sign of biker love from a state riding the road of controversy over proposed motorcycle-only checkpoints in time for riders coming through Georgia on the way to Daytona Bike Week.

For those who oppose the bill over a question of responsibility in the case of an accident, the answer is in the proposed legislation.

Representative Purcell said the motorcyclist would be responsible for any accidents as a result of treating a red light as a stop sign.

"The motorcycle must yield right away to the car," said Purcell.