§ 1003. Riding on right side.

A.

Every person operating a bicycle, rickshaw, or motorized scooter 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 close as is safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under any of the following situations:

1.

When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;

2.

When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;

3.

When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while exercising due care, including but not limited to:

a.

Fixed or moving objects,

b.

Parked or moving vehicles,

c.

Pedestrians or animals,

d.

Surface hazards,

e.

Any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway; and

4.

When riding in the right-turn-only lane.

B.

Any person operating a bicycle, rickshaw, or motorized scooter upon a one-way street or roadway with two (2) or more marked lanes of travel may ride as close as is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street or roadway.

C.

No person operating a bicycle, rickshaw, or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction.

(Ord. No. 21982, § 32, 12-18-2008; Ord. No. 22395, § 6, 3-24-2011; Ord. No. 23786 , § 1, 9-20-2017)