RCW 46.61.755

Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles.

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Pudmaroff v. Allen (1999)

Most recently applied in Pamela O'neill, V The City Of Port Orchard (June 2016)

2020 c 66 s 4; 2000 c 85 s 3; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 80.

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(1) Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations in RCW 46.61.750 through 46.61.780, except as provided in RCW 46.61.190, and except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.

(2) Every person riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk or crosswalk must be granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to a pedestrian by this chapter.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.