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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

SUBTITLE 12
REGULATIONS FOR BICYCLES

21.1201 - EFFECT OF REGULATIONS

(A) IT IS A MISDEMEANOR FOR ANY PERSON TO DO ANY
ACT FORBIDDEN OR FAIL TO PERFORM ANY ACT REQUIRED IN
THIS TITLE.

(B) THE PARENT OF ANY CHILD AND THE GUARDIAN OF
ANY WARD SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE OR KNOWINGLY PERMIT ANY
SUCH CHILD OR WARD TO VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ACT.

(C) THESE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES
SHALL APPLY WHENEVER A BICYCLE IS OPERATED UPON ANY
HIGHWAY OR UPON ANY PATH SET ASIDE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE
USE OF BICYCLES SUBJECT TO THOSE EXCEPTIONS STATED
HEREIN.

21.1202   - TRAFFIC ACTS APPLY TO PERSONS RIDING
BICYCLES

EVERY PERSON RIDING A BICYCLE UPON A ROADWAY
SHALL BE GRANTED ALL OF THE BIGHTS AND SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THE DRIVER
OF A VEHICLE BY THIS ACT, EXCEPT AS TO SPECIAL
REGULATIONS IN THIS TITLE AND EXCEPT AS TO THOSE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, WHICH BY THEIR NATURE CAN HAVE
NO APPLICATION.

21.1203 - OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES

ANY PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE SHALL OBEY THE
INSTRUCTIONS OF OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
APPLICABLE TO VEHICLES, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY A
POLICE OFFICER.

[[(B) WHENEVER AUTHORIZED SIGNS ABE ERECTED
INDICATING THAT NO BIGHT OR LEFT OR U TURN IS
PERMITTED, NO PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE SHALL DISOBEY
THE DIRECTION OF ANY SUCH SIGN, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH
PERSON DISMOUNTS FROM THE BICYCLE TO MAKE ANY SUCH
TURN, IN WHICH EVENT SUCH PERSON SHALL THEN OBEY THE
REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PEDESTRIANS.]]

21.1204 - PARKING