A. Every person operating a bicycle 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, or 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 riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a one- way street or highway with two or more marked lanes of travel may ride as close as is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street or highway. C. No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction. D. Persons riding bicycles or motorized scooters 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 or motorized scooters. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane. Added by Laws 1961, p. 390, § 11-1205, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 301, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2003, c. 411, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 521, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2004;
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