§ 9.38.020. Applicability of traffic laws to riders.  


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  • A.

    Every person operating a bicycle shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a person operating a vehicle by this title, except as to special regulations in this chapter, and except as to those provisions of this title which by their nature have no application.

    B.

    A person shall not operate a bicycle so as to suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path of any other vehicle so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.

    C.

    A person operating a bicycle or a device moved solely by any combination of human muscular power, wind or gravity, upon and along a sidewalk, trail or pathway shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances as follows:

    1.

    The person shall not operate the bicycle or device at a speed greater than ten miles per hour when approaching or entering an uncontrolled crosswalk, approaching or crossing a driveway, or crossing a curb cut or pedestrian ramp where a motor vehicle is approaching the uncontrolled crosswalk, driveway, curb cut or pedestrian ramp.

    2.

    The person, when entering a controlled intersection, shall obey the traffic control device applicable to pedestrians and enter the intersection at a reasonable and prudent speed.

    3.

    The person shall operate the bicycle or device at a reasonable and prudent speed when in the presence of pedestrians on the same sidewalk, trail or pathway, consistent with section 9.38.070.

(CAC 9.38.020; AO No. 78-72; AO No. 2005-77, § 2, 11-22-05; AO No. 2011-113(S), § 107, 11-22-11, eff. 12-22-11; AO No. 2016-67, § 3, 6-21-16 )