1. (a) Each person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter at a speed less than the speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing on a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable and safe, except when:

   1. (1) Making or attempting to make a left turn;
   2. (2) Operating on a one-way street;
   3. (3) Passing a stopped or slower moving vehicle;
   4. (4) Avoiding pedestrians or road hazards;
   5. (5) The right lane is a right turn only lane; or
   6. (6) Operating in a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle or motor scooter and another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
2. (b) Each person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a roadway may ride two abreast only if the flow of traffic is unimpeded.
3. (c) Each person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a roadway shall exercise due care when passing a vehicle.
4. (d) Each person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a roadway may walk the bicycle or motor scooter on the right side of a highway if there is no sidewalk.

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 300; Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 1995, c. 495, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, c. 557, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, c. 159, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.

Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-1205.