39:4-14.2 - Keeping to right; exceptions; single file - New Jersey Statutes

39:4-14.2.  Keeping to right;  exceptions;  single file    Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction; provided, however, that any person may move to the left under any of the following situations:

    (a) to make a left turn from a left-turn lane or pocket;

     (b) to avoid debris, drains or other hazardous conditions that make it impracticable to ride at the right side of the roadway;

     (c) to pass a slower moving vehicle;

     (d) to occupy any available lane when traveling at the same speed as other traffic;

     (e) to travel no more than two abreast when traffic is not impeded.

     Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may travel no more than two abreast when traffic is not impeded, but otherwise shall ride in single file except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.

     L.1951, c. 23, p. 71, s. 17.  Amended by L.1977, c. 388, s. 1, eff. Feb. 23, 1978;  L.1983, c. 257, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1983.