Montana § 61-8-608 Bicycles, Mopeds, Or Motorized Scooters On Sidewalks And Bike Lanes

Montana Statutes

§ 61-8-608 — Bicycles, Mopeds, Or Motorized Scooters On Sidewalks And Bike Lanes

Montana·Title 61 MOTOR VEHICLES·Ch. 8 TRAFFIC REGULATION·Part 6 Bicycle, Moped, and Motorized Scooter Traffic

61-8-608 . Bicycles, mopeds, or motorized scooters on sidewalks and bike lanes.

(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (3)(b), a person operating a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.

(2)A person may not ride a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk where the use of a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter is prohibited by official traffic control devices.

(3)(a) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), a person operating a vehicle by human power on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk has al

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61-8-608 . Bicycles, mopeds, or motorized scooters on sidewalks and bike lanes. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3)(b), a person operating a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.
(2) A person may not ride a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk where the use of a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter is prohibited by official traffic control devices.
(3) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), a person operating a vehicle by human power on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
(b) A moped or motorized scooter may be operated on and along a sidewalk or a bicycle path only under human propulsion and may not be operated on or along a sidewalk or bicycle path if the moped or motorized scooter is under power from an independent power source.
(c) A moped or motorized scooter may be operated under human propulsion or an independent power source on a highway, in a designated bicycle lane on a highway, or on the shoulder of a highway.

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