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2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 49 - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 7 - PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES
Section 49-721 - BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS.
ID Code § 49-721 (2016) What's This?
49-721. Bicycles on sidewalks. (1) A person operating a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian, and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian or another bicyclist.
(2) A person shall not operate a bicycle along and upon a sidewalk or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, where the use of bicycles is prohibited by official traffic control devices.
(3) A person operating a vehicle by human power, or operating a motorized wheelchair or an electric personal assistive mobility device upon and along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
History:
[49-721, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 210, p. 680; am. 2002, ch. 160, sec. 5, p. 473.]
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