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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1205.1" 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may not ride a bicycle or a motor scooter:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on any roadway where the posted maximum speed limit is more than 50 miles per hour; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On any expressway, except on an adjacent bicycle path or way approved by the State Highway Administration, or on any other controlled access highway signed in accordance with § 21–313 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a person is lawfully operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a shoulder adjacent to a roadway for which the posted maximum speed limit is more than 50 miles per hour, the person may enter the roadway only if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Making or attempting to make a left turn;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Crossing through an intersection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The shoulder is overlaid with a right turn lane, a merge lane, a bypass lane, or any other marking that breaks the continuity of the shoulder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Where there is not a bike lane paved to a smooth surface, a person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter may use the roadway or the shoulder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Where there is a bike lane paved to a smooth surface, a person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter shall use the bike lane and may not ride on the roadway, except in the following situations:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motor scooter, pedestrian, or other vehicle within the bike lane if the overtaking and passing cannot be done safely within the bike lane;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>When reasonably necessary to leave the bike lane to avoid debris or other hazardous condition; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>When reasonably necessary to leave the bike lane because the bike lane is overlaid with a right turn lane, merge lane, or other marking that breaks the continuity of the bike lane.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter may not leave a bike lane until the movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving an appropriate signal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Department shall adopt regulations pertaining to this subsection, including a definition of “smooth surface”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A motor scooter may not be operated at a speed in excess of 30 miles per hour.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may not operate an EPAMD on any roadway where there are sidewalks adjacent to the roadway or the posted maximum speed limit is more than 30 miles per hour.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An EPAMD may not be operated at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a personal delivery device, as defined in § 21–104.5 of this title, may not travel on any roadway where there are sidewalks or a shoulder adjacent to the roadway or the posted maximum speed limit is more than 35 miles per hour.</text>
  </level>
</section>
