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§ 21-1202. Bicycles and motor scooters required to obey traffic and pedestrians laws

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 12. Operation of Bicycles and Play Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2019
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-1202
§ 21-1202. Bicycles and motor scooters required to obey traffic and pedestrians laws
Currentness
Public bicycle area
(a) Every person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter in a public bicycle area has all the rights granted to and is subject to all the duties required of the driver of a vehicle by this title, including the duties set forth in § 21-504 of this title, except:
(1) As otherwise provided in this subtitle; and
(2) For those provisions of this title that by their very nature cannot apply.
Sidewalk, crosswalk, or intersection
(b)(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a person has the rights and is subject to the restrictions applicable to pedestrians under this title while the person is lawfully operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle:
(i) On a sidewalk or sidewalk area; or
(ii) In or through a crosswalk.
(2) At an intersection, a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle is subject to all traffic control signals, as provided in §§ 21-202 and 21-203 of this title.
(3) Section 21-506 of this title does not apply to a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 495, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, c. 557, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2017, c. 754, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 227, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-1202.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-1202, MD TRANS § 21-1202
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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