8-1590. Riding on bicycles or mopeds; riding on roadways and bicycle paths.
8-1590
8-1590. Riding on bicycles or mopeds; riding on roadways and bicycle
paths.
(a) Every person operating a bicycle or a moped upon a roadway at less
than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions
then existing shall ride
as near
to the right side of the roadway as practicable, except
under any of the following situations when: (1) Overtaking and passing
another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction; (2) preparing for
a
left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway; or (3)
reasonably necessary to avoid conditions including, but not limited to, fixed
or moving objects, parked or moving bicycles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals,
surface hazards or narrow width lanes that make it unsafe to continue along the
right-hand edge of the roadway.
(b) Any person operating a bicycle or a moped upon a one-way highway with
two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near to the left side of the
roadway as practicable.
(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more
than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the
exclusive use of bicycles.
(d) Wherever a usable path for bicycles has been provided
adjacent to a
roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the roadway.
(e) For purposes of this section, "narrow width lane" means a lane that is
too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side-by-side within the
lane.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1590;
L. 1995, ch. 188, § 7; July 1.