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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1202" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Operation of Bicycles and Play Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Every person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter in a public bicycle area has all the rights granted to and is subject to all the duties required of the driver of a vehicle by this title, including the duties set forth in § 21–504 of this title, except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>As otherwise provided in this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For those provisions of this title that by their very nature cannot apply.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, a person has the rights and is subject to the restrictions applicable to pedestrians under this title while the person is lawfully operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On a sidewalk or sidewalk area; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In or through a crosswalk.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At an intersection, a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle is subject to all traffic control signals, as provided in §§ 21–202 and 21–203 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk shall yield the right–of–way to a pedestrian or a person riding on an electric personal assistive mobility device.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Section 21–506 of this title does not apply to a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
